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Saveur magazine Editor-in-Chief Adam Sachs is a multi-award winning food journalist who oversees print and digital magazines that transport readers through its inspiring culinary travel and cultural articles and recipes. The November issue puts a spicy twist on the traditional Thanksgiving meal. Wine maker Susana Balbo has been called "The Queen of Torrontes" and "Argentina's Evita of Wine." She d...

Chef Graham Elliot co hosts FOX TV's MasterChef series and owns Graham Elliot Bistro in Chicago. The former punk rock musician turned Michelin star chef has written his first cookbook, "Cooking Like a Master Chef." Named 2015 Wine Enthusiast Innovator of the Year, Aurelio Montes has spent a lifetime raising the bar for Chilean wines, most notably his iconic Bordeaux style blend, Montes Alpha M. (V...

The province of Umbria is known as the green heart of Italy and its only landlocked region. The food is hearty and the wines exceptional. Livia Colantonio owns Castello delle Regine, a 1,000 acre estate producing world class wines and olive oil, and a herd of prized Chianina cows to supply her estate's restaurant. Since 1850 Urbani has been the #1 name in truffles, today supplying 70% of the world...

Thomas (Tom) Matthews, longtime Executive Editor of #1 rated wine magazine, Wine Spectator, discusses the process his team takes to taste and rate 20,000 wines a year and compile the annual Top 100 Wines. As lead reporter on Spain, Tom discusses his latest Spanish Wine Report. One of Spain's greatest winemakers, Alvaro Palacios shares his spiritual side to making world renowned wines in Priorat (L...

A show for culinary travelers! Chef Joanne Weir has traveled the world teaching, writing and hosting her PBS television shows. Her 18th and latest book, Kitchen Gypsy (Oxmoor House), is her culinary memoir. Joanne is owner of the Mexican hotspot, Copita, in Sausalito, CA. Dave Eckert is producer/host of "Culinary Travels with Dave Eckert," airing on AWE-TV and Delta Air Lines inflight. Dave discus...

Jacques Pépin is an Emmy Award and James Beard Award-winning host of 14 cooking show series on PBS-TV and author of more than a dozen acclaimed books. His newest book and TV show are Jacques "Pépin Heart & Soul in the Kitchen." He turns 80 in 2015 and shows no signs of slowing down, appearing with daughter and co-chef, Claudine Pépin, at food events around the USA, plus many birthday celebrations....

Jacques Pépin is an Emmy Award and James Beard Award-winning host of 14 cooking show series on PBS-TV and author of more than a dozen acclaimed books. His newest book and TV show are Jacques "Pépin Heart & Soul in the Kitchen." He turns 80 in 2015 and shows no signs of slowing down, appearing with daughter and co-chef, Claudine Pépin, at food events around the USA, plus many birthday celebrations....

When NBC's Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford need a wine expert they turn to Leslie Sbrocco. Leslie travels the globe to speak and write about wine and hosts the Emmy Award winning PBS/KQED TV series, Check, Please! Bay Area. As CEO/Editor-in-Chief of Starchefs.com, Antoinette Bruno provides food and beverage industry professionals a business networking community, a collaborative environment to sha...

After 30 years running New York City's beloved Capsouto Fères restaurant with his mother and two brothers, Jacques Capsouto, at age 68, decided to reinvent his life from restaurateur to vintner. His Cȏtes de Galilée Villages wines are produced in Israel using native varietals from Southern France. Javier Galarreta is founder of ARAEX/Spanish Fine Wines, comprised of 12 independent Spanish wineries...

Pam Starr is owner, manager and winemaker at Crocker and Starr Winery in St. Helena where she makes highly coveted Bordeaux style wines. We discuss her affinity for Cabernet Franc and her unique style of Sauvignon Blanc. David Ransom shares insights from his recent visit to Sicily with Mezzacorona, owner of Stemmari Wines, Sicily's indigenous varietals and local dishes. This show is broadcast live...

The town of Tequila in Mexico's state of Jalisco is where tequila is made from 100% pure blue Weber agave plants. In "How the Gringos Stole Tequila," Chantal Martineau takes us to the source of tequila: how its made and how big business and tequila's booming popularity create opportunities and challenges. Filmmaker/author Aileen Bordman, takes us to the French village of Giverny, to artist Claude...

Giovanni Bonmartini Fini's family has been making wines in Italy's Trentino/Alto Adige region since 1497. Barone Fini wines are known for their elegant DOC Pinot Grigio and Merlot. Ralph Brennan, a third generation member of a the Brennan family, discusses the New Orleans restaurant industry 10 years after Hurricane Katrina and 5 years after the BP oil spill. Founder of Ralph Brennan Restaurant Gr...

Chef/Restaurateur/Author Pierre Thiam takes us on a culinary journey to his native Senegal, whose cuisine is rich in traditions and big bold flavors. His beautiful book, "Senegal: Modern Senegalese Recipes from the Source to the Bowl," offers popular Senegalese dishes, including ingredients to stock your pantry and where to source. We discuss Senegalese super fruits, ancient grains and red palm oi...

Carolyn O'Neil is a Registered Dietitian, award winning former CNN TV food/nutrition journalist and Atlanta Journal-Constitution food columnist whose healthy message is "The More You Know, The More You Can Eat." She's author of "Slim Down South: Eating Well in the Land of Biscuits and Bacon" and "The Dish on Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous." Carolyn shares her tricks to slim down the southern di...

JBF Award winning Chef Douglas Rodriguez is called the "godfather of Nuevo Latino cooking." A Cuban-American raised in Miami, Doug leads culinary tours to Cuba. He shares his passion for Cuban food and culture. Carlos Esquivel is CEO of PILSA, producers of fine rums made in Panama. He's teamed up with Don Pancho Fernandez, former Master Distiller for Cuba's Havana Club, to produce Origenes Don Pan...

Melanie and David share highlights from Tales of the Cocktail 2015 in New Orleans. One standout is the increasing number of quality of vermouths and their growing popularity. Vermouth has gone from back shelf to top shelf in bars around the U.S. Adam Ford, author of "Vermouth: The Revival of the Spirit that Created America's Cocktail Culture" and Founder of New York's Atsby Vermouth, discusses the...

Live from New Orleans at Tales of the Cocktail we visit with Ti Adelaide Martin, a member of the legendary Brennan family and co-owner of Commander's Palace, SoBou, Cafe Adelaide & The Swizzle Stick Bar and Brennan's in Houston. Ti shares some of her favorite cocktail lore from her book "In the Land of Cocktails." Master Tea Blender Roderick Markus, President of Rare Tea Cellar, applies his extens...

Chef Alon Shaya was born in Israel, raised in Philadelphia and now lives in New Orleans where he is executive chef and co-owner with Chef John Besh and Octavio Mantilla of Shaya Restaurant (Modern Israeli cuisine). Domenica (classic Italian) and Pizza Domenica. Frank Pellegrino Jr. inherited his father, Frank's, gift for serving classic southern Italian food with generous portions of hospitality a...

Chef Beverly Gannon runs three top rated restaurants in Maui: Hali'imaile General Store, Gannons and Joe's Nuevo Latino, and she's considers one of the 12 founding members of the Hawaii Regional Cuisine Movement. The Specialty Food Association's Ron Tanner discusses highlights of the 2015 Summer Fancy Food Show, trends and impact of the $109-billion specialty food industry, from regional mom & pop...

Ann Tuennerman is founder/director of Tales of the Cocktail, the largest gathering of bar and spirits industry professionals which takes place each July in New Orleans. Ann shares her story from creating "cocktail tours" in 2002 to building a gobal brand for Tales of the Cocktail with events in Mexico City, Vancouver and Buenos Aires. The island of Crete has the oldest wine making tradition in Gre...

Chef Greg Sonnier has cooked at his own restaurants and others in New Orleans for nearly 30 years. Now with the Dickie Brennan Restaurant Group, Greg is working with other top chefs to train new chefs about the culture and techniques of New Orleans cooking. A leading bartender, brand ambassador and expert on gin, Simon Ford launched The 86 Co in 2012 to create a portfolio of carefully sourced and...

Lettie Teague is wine columnist for the Wall Street Journal and author of three books including most recent, Wine in Words. Lettie discusses her wine mentors and mavericks, the wine business and having an adventurous wine palate. Tony Abou-Ganim (The Modern Mixologist) has created numerous signature cocktails listed on U.S. bar menus, most notably The Cable Car. His career has spanned the heights,...

Ariane Daguin, Co-Founder/CEO of D'Artagnan, has procured carefully sourced, sustainably and humanely raised meat, game and poultry to the US food industry for 30 years. Ariane also explains how D'Artagnan's exceptional foie gras is produced. Dale DeGroff, aka King Cocktail, is credited with reviving bartending as a respected profession and educating generations of new bartenders. Dale reminisces...

we discuss the differences between rum, rhum and rhum agricole with Ben Jones a fourth generation family member of Martinique's Rhum Clement, which put rhum agricole (made from pressed sugar cane juice) on the map. Chef, Author and Grilling Expert Elizabeth Karmel discusses the many regional types or barbecue and offers expert advice on grilling. Elizabeth is author of 3 books on grilling, appears...

Ralph Scamardella is Chef/Partner for The TAO Group which owns some of the nation's top grossing restaurants and nightclubs- 20 at last count. How does this Brooklyn-born chef with Neapolitan roots keep his idea pot simmering and concepts fresh? Uruguay's Daniel Pisano is 4th generation vintner at Pisano Family Vineyards. Uruguay is South America's 4th largest wine producer recognized for its wine...