Steven Rinella
In the first part of this episode, join The Guys as they recap their trip to New Orleans and Tales of Cocktail this summer. The American Buffalo is a key part of the history of the U.S. in addition to its landscape. Steven Rinella joins The Guys to ...
Jill DeGroff
The guys welcome Jill DeGroff. Jill is married to Dale DeGroff and has just published a wonderful new book of illustrations and stories of famous cocktailians from around the world. She joins the guys to discuss her new book, the life of the ...
Mark Kurlansky
The Guys respond to NY Times writer Frank Bruni's conjecture as to how the economy is causing restaurants to be understaffed in the first segment of this show. Mark and Francis have their own ideas about how the economy is affecting service. Mark ...
Double Cross Vodka
The Guys begin this episode by discuss "truth in advertising" and discuss the wild claims product advertising make, such as the "best burger you will ever taste,"and what they really mean to consumers. What makes a vodka great? ...
Anne Mendelson (Author of The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages)
The Guys start off the show with a discussion of Food Industry's "Health Choices" program (hardly). They then welcome Anne Mendelson, Author of The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages. Part cookbook-- with more than 120 enticing ...
Lesley Townsend & Hayden Lambert (A special thanks to El Jimador and Herrad
The Guys welcome Lesley Townsend from The Manhattan Cocktail Classic to talk about the upcoming event in New York. Then, they reach across the pond to their friend Hayden Lambert, a top mixologists from The Merchant Hotel in Belfast. At the recent ...
Robert Kenner: Food Inc.
Erich Schlosser and Robert Kenner have made one of the most explosive film ever about how our food is made and who own it all. Time Magazine calls the film "Bracing, compassionate, thrilling and compelling." Entertainment Weekly wrote, ...
Michael Ruhlman
Michael Ruhlman joins the guys to discuss his exciting new book Ratio. From Booklist: Ruhlman, who explained the basic ingredients, tools, and cookbooks essential to the home chef in The Elements of Cooking (2007), now offers an illuminating read on ...
Kim Severson
Kim Severson has been a food writer and cultural commentator at the New York Times since 2004. Before that, she wrote and edited at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she received the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism in 2002 for her work on ...
Gael Greene
The Guys Discuss Geese in New Jersey. Why don't we eat them? Famed food critic Gael Greene returns to talk about her new role as Judge in the Bravo television series Top Chef Masters and the great chefs with whom she is ...
Dushan Zaric & Jason Kosmas (Sponsored by El Jimidor Tequila)
Dushan Zaric & Jason Kosmas own and operate several bars and restaurants. Their flagship Employees Only is the highest grossing-per-square-foot seller of ...
Lisa Laird Dunn
The Laird Family has been producing Applejack in Scobeyville since the 1600's. The commercial distillery was established in 1780 and is America's oldest native distillery. There were once hundreds of applejack producers in the northeast and across ...
Mark Canlis
Mark Canlis is the middle of the three Canlis sons and is proud to have grown up in a restaurant family. In addition to being a Cornell graduate and former Captain in Air Force Special Operations, Mark has worked in 10 separate restaurants across the ...
Ann Tunnerman / Jim Weaver
Ann Tunnerman is founder of the New Orleans based event, Tales of the Cocktail, which has celebrating the art of well-crafted cocktails since 2003. Ann's love of cocktails, cuisine, history and New Orleans prompted her to found both The New ...
Best Ice Cream / Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace
Bon Appetite Magazine recently named some of America's best ice cream shoppes. In New York - it's a fleet of ice cream trucks - Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream (the ice cream is also available in some stores such as Whole Foods). A Washington ...
Tilar Mazzeo
Tilar J. Mazzeo is the author of The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It (Collins 2008) and of the forthcoming guides to the Back-Lane Wineries of Sonoma and Back-Lane Wineries of Napa (The Little Bookroom). She ...
Susan McKenna Grant
Susan McKenna Grant is a culinary expert who specializes in "slow food" cooking, pastry making, and artisanal baking. After retiring as founder of computer graphic company Alias Research, McKenna moved to Europe and now owns and operates La ...
Rowan Jacobsen
Rowan Jacobsen writes about food, the environment, and the connections between the two. He has written for the New York Times, Newsweek, Harper's, Saveur, Eating Well, Wondertime, The Art of Eating, and others. He is the author of A Geography of ...
Jacqui Naylor
The Wall Street Journal wrote: "The process, which Ms. Naylor calls "acoustic smashing," marked a turning point in her career." NPR said: "Jacqui Naylor has brought new twists to the notion of melding jazz and pop tunes -- ...
Anthony Giglio
Anthony Giglio is a New York based sommelier, journalist and accomplished freelance writer. He recently authored the Food & Wine: Wine Guide 2009 and edited the 67th edition of Mr. Boston Official Bartender's Guide for 2009 with Jim Meehan. ...
Andrew Carmellini
Andrew Carmellini has created an innovative new cookbook entitled 'Urban Italian: Simple Recipes & True Stories from a Life in Food' to go along with his innovative genre of Italian-American cuisine creations. He worked with his wife, ...
Tanya Wenman Steele
Tanya Wenman Steele is editor in chief of the award-winning food website Epicurious.com. She is also the winner of a James Beard foundation journalism award and a regular guest on Today. She has written extensively for the New York Times, and has been ...
Pat Willard
Pat Willard is the author of the recently published, 'America Eats!--On the Road with the WPA. She has written three other books about food and has written numerous articles and maintains her website at www.patwillard.com. She has worked as a ...
Patricia Wells Returns (Author, Teacher)
Patricia Wells has lived in Paris with her husband, Walter Wells, for nearly 30 years. She runs a popular cooking school in Paris and is the author of over 10 books. She was also the restaurant critic for the International Herald Tribune from 1980 ...
Aldo Sohm
To say that Aldo Sohm knows wine is an understatement. The Austrian-born Sohm, who is currently the wine director at New York's Le Bernardin, was named the Best Sommelier in the world in May of this year at the International Association of ...
Livio Felluga (Italian winemaker)
Livio Felluga is an Italian winemaker whose estate reaches over 160 hectares in the hill country of Collio and Colli Orientali del Friuli. His wines range from dry to sweet and from red to white. His son Andrea joins us today to discuss his history ...
Michaele Weissman (Journalist and Author)
Michaele Weissman is a journalist and author who writes about food, families, business, and American culture. Her work appears frequently in publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. She joins us ...
Georgeanne Brennan (Author)
There are certain words which come to mind when you hear the name Georgeanne Brennan. Cookbook author, food journalist, cooking teacher. Prolific. Winner of a James Beard Foundation Award. Brennan published A Pig in Provence in March of 2007, a memoir ...
Taras Grescoe (Author)
Taras Grescoe has written articles on travel for The Times, Independent, Conde Nast Traveller (U.K.), National Geographic Traveler and the New York Times. His bestselling first book Sacre Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec won the Mavis ...
Dr. Daphne Miller (uthor of The Jungle Effect)
Dr. Daphne Miller is the author of The Jungle Effect, which is not the ordinary diet book. Instead of miracles, Dr. Miller explains how returning to an indigenous diet will help Western society from diseases that seem to plague only us: heart disease, ...