Frank Hyman’s interest in mushrooms was ignited after a mushroom walk in Maine years ago. Now, he writes about and teaches classes about the fungi, especially how to forage them without getting sick or dying. Frank talks about the law and etiquette of hunting mushrooms on public land and how […]

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We’re revisiting some of our favorite conversations with Filmmakers and their movies about food. Gregory Kershaw and Michael Dweck, directors of “The Truffle Hunters,” tell us about penetrating the secret world of the Italian truffle. And they have some homemade wine along the way. Alice Gu, director of “The Donut […]

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Cameron Hewitt has been “The other half of Rick Steves’ brain.” He’s written several guidebooks for Rick Steves Europe, but now he’s stepping out with his new book “The Temporary European: Lessons And Confessions Of A Professional Traveler.” Cameron talks about gelato in Florence, milk bars in Krakow, and his […]

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Sammy Dunham and Peter Austin are Brits who make their home in picturesque Abruzzo, Italy. We talk about bitter digestivs, a wine grape named after sheep, a pasta named after a musical instrument, and local cheese. Plus, we squeeze in a little truffle talk. [Ep 172]

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Larissa Zimberoff worked in Silicon Valley before becoming a reporter. Now, she’s well known for her work that has appeared in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Wired. Her new book Technically Food: Inside Silicon Valley’s Mission to Change What We Eat looks at how technology has […]

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We’re revisiting some of our best conversations about cheese. From iconic English cheeses to stinky feet Crete cheese and feta cheese Greece. Plus, a special preview of our upcoming Abruzzo episode and some of the best cheese from that mountainous region of Italy. [Ep 170]

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TV host and producer Darley Newman talks about the new season of her show “Travels with Darley,” including a visit to a brewstillery, how to eat wild cattails, and learning to make real biscuits. Plus, Darley shares stories of the Civil Rights struggle in Selma and Birmingham, Alabama. [Ep 169]

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Maria Lawton is a cookbook author and host of the PBS show “Maria’s Portuguese Table.” Maria and I talk about Portuguese olives and olive oil, bushes of Bay leaves and Portuguese people who have settled in New England, California, and Hawaii. Plus, we hear from Gracie the cockapoo. [Ep 168]

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We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with a show about chocolate. Fermenting cacao beans in Costa Rica, trying new flavors in Portugal, and how chocolate hazelnut was born out of scarcity in Turin, Italy, this is one of our sweetest episodes ever! [Ep 167]

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Maria Lawton, creator and host of the TV Show Maria’s Portuguese Table, grew up in a home in Massachusetts where only Portuguese was spoken. She tells me about cooking using the sense of smell, accosting strangers in the supermarket and sharing recipes on the factory floor. She also tells me […]

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