Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini

On today’s episode of Eat Your Words , host Cathy Erway interviews Jennifer McLagan and Mayur Subbarao. Jennifer McLagan is a Canadian chef and author based in Toronto. She has become famous for writing books on food and is the author of the book Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes. On today’s show Cathy discusses her most recent book, Bitter. They discuss the rise in...

This week on Eat Your Words , host Cathy Erway talks to author of ‘Carbon Shock: A Tale of Risk and Calculus on the Front Lines of a Disrupted Global Economy’, Mark Schapiro. Mark explains how the carbon issues of the world doesn’t just affect the environment. He explains how climate changes have had an astronomical impact on farming, crop insurance as well as the economy. They discuss various gro...

Bonjour! This week on Eat Your Words , host Cathy Erway welcomes Hillary Davis to the show. Hillary is the author of the new book, French Comfort Food, and joins Cathy in a wonderful conversation about how she became intrigued with French food. After living in France for years, Hillary prides herself in featuring recipes that are considered family recipes that you won’t find elsewhere unless you a...

This week on Eat Your Words , host Cathy Erway welcomes Lou Di Palo of Italian Selects and author of the new book, Di Palo’s Guide to the Essential Foods of Italy . Rachel Wharton, a food writer, also joins the program, having traveled with Lou to gather information and help write the book. Talking to Cathy about his family’s prominent background in the food industry (Lou’s great-grandfather start...

This week on Eat Your Words , host Cathy Erway kicks off the new radio season welcoming Jaime Joyce, author of Moonshine: A Cultural History of America’s Infamous Liquor, to the program. Talking about the history, alternative nick-names, legality, and what exactly constitutes the drink, Cathy and Jaime clear up the misnomers that have surrounded moonshine throughout the years. Jaime goes on to exp...

How can print media stand out in 2014? What sets a publication apart from its peers in an overcrowded landscape of mediocre writing and photography? Find out on a new episode of Eat Your Words as Briana Kurtz is joined by James Casey, founder and editor of Swallow Magazine. In their own words — Swallow is the anti-foodie food magazine, a palate-pleasing respite from gastronomic faddism. Each issue...

African, Caribbean, and southern food are all known and loved as vibrant and flavor-packed cuisines. In Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed , renowned chef and food justice activist Bryant Terry reworks and remixes the favorite staples, ingredients, and classic dishes of the African Diaspora to present wholly new, creative culinary combinations that will amaze v...

There may be no more appropriate guest for Eat Your Words than Celia Sack of Omnivore Books. Omnivore Books is a store and shop featuring new, antiquarian, and collectible books on food and drink. Omnivore connects the past to the present by offering centuries of knowledge on growing, raising, and cooking food. They offer everything from 19th Century agricultural guides to how to start a kitchen g...

How did a story about hog rectum and calamari on public radio capture the public’s attention and win a James Beard Award? Find out on a brand new episode of Eat Your Words , as host Talia Ralph is joined by Ben Calhoun, a producer for NPR’s This American Life, who contributed the story about hog rectum to the popular public radio show. He got a tip about a meat plant selling pig intestines as fake...

Take a trip to Texas on a southern themed episode of Eat Your Words . Guest host Talia Ralph is joined by Lisa Fain, author of the popular blog Homesick Texan and the book it inspired, The Homesick Texan Cookbook .In 2006, Fain started the blog Homesick Texan to share Texan food with fellow expatriates, and the site immediately connected with readers worldwide, Texan and non-Texan alike. Now, in h...

Who doesn’t love good, local fruit? Tune in to this week’s episode of Eat Your Words as guest host Talia Ralph chats with Sarah Huck and Brian Nicholson, the duo behind Fruitful: Four Seasons of Fresh Fruit Recipes . Fruitful is a trip to the local orchard, overflowing with ripe, seasonal produce—and it’s not just desserts! From sweet to savory, including fresh juices, every chapter is devoted t...

What is it about ice cream? People are head over heals with it in a way that is rarely paralleled with other foods. On a topical episode of Eat Your Words , host Talia Ralph sits down with Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna, co-founders of Ample Hills Creamery and co-authors of Ample Hills Creamery – The Cookbook . Find out how Brian’s past life as a writer of “monster movie” helps inform his work as...

This week on Eat Your Words, host Talia Ralph gets into the meat and grits of Southern food with Francis Lam, Top Chef judge, food writer, and the editor of Cornbread Nation 7, an anthology of the best southern food writing in recent years. From its hazy geographic boundaries to the wealth and layering of cultures and tastes, the Southern United States is more than just a spot on the map. Lam — hi...

The Carnivore’s Manifesto by Patrick Martins & Mike Edison. The book features fifty ways to be an enlightened carnivore, while taking better care of our planet and ourselves. We have evolved as meat eaters, proclaims Patrick Martins, and it’s futile to deny it. But, given the destructive forces of the fast-food industry and factory farming, we need to make smart, informed choices about the foo...

This week on Eat Your Words , Briana Kurtz looks at culinary books from the bookseller’s perspective. Joining Briana in the studio is Matt Sartwell, the Managing Partner at Kitchen Arts & Letters, a culinary bookstore in Manhattan with thirty years of history. Learn how Matt’s experiences judging the James Beard Awards have trained his literary eye. Find out how the store serves professional c...

As environmentally healthful and thoughtful eaters pile on the vegetables and fruits and push animal protein off their plates, the desire for more recipes showcasing fresh produce has gone sky high. On this week’s episode of Eat Your Words , Talia Ralph chats with Myra Goodman, author of Straight from the Earth: Irresistible Vegan Recipes for Everyone . Myra Goodman, and her husband Drew, founded...

With the rise of interest in local ingredients, “New Nordic cuisine”, and sustainability – foraging has become quite the buzz-word. What does it actually mean to forage? What does foraging look like in a place like New York City? We find out this week on Eat Your Words , as guest-host Talia Ralph chats with Ava Chin. A native New Yorker from Flushing, Queens, Ava Chin forages throughout the five b...

Ellen Gustafason is serious in her mission to change how the world eats and her bio proves it. Ellen is a sustainable food system activist, author, innovator and social entrepreneur. Her first book, “We the Eaters: If We Change Dinner, We Can Change the World” is being published by Rodale Press in May 2014. She is the Co-Founder of Food Tank: the Food Think Tank, with Danielle Nierenberg. She is a...

Who doesn’t love fried chicken? One of America’s premiere comfort food’s has been undergoing a serious renaissance over the past few years – and today on Eat Your Words , guest host Briana Kurtz talks fried chicken with Lee Schrager and Adeena Sussman, co-authors of “Fried & True: More than 50 Recipes for America’s Best Fried Chicken and Sides” . The book leaves no stone unturned, or bird unco...

Low-fat, non-fat and “heart healthy”.. we’ve heard it all. Americans are constantly avoiding the “f” word to try and stay fit and healthy, but should fat be an essential part of a healthy diet? Nina Taicholz thinks so. She’s the author of “The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet” , and she’s this week’s guest on Eat Your Words with guest-host Talia Ralph. How did...

Cinco de Mayo may be a misunderstood holiday, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be a reason to celebrate Mexican culinary traditions. Today on Eat Your Words , guest host Talia Ralph is joined by Fany Gerson, co-owner of Dough, owner of La Newyorkina and author of two cookbooks – Paletas and My Sweet Mexico . Fany knows her stuff when it comes to the cuisine of Mexico, especially sweets. Tune in and...

Why will soil save us? Kristin Ohlson has the answer. Kristin, the author of The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet , is this week’s guest on Eat Your Words with host Cathy Erway. Tune in for an in-depth conversation on soil science, climate change and sustainably minded farming. Did you know 80 billion tons of carbon has been lost from...

This week on Eat Your Words, Cathy speaks to Arlo Crawford, author of A Farm Dies Once A Year . Arlo tells us about his book, and after the break he and Cathy discuss how farming apprentices have changed throughout the years. This program has been sponsored by Bonnie Plants . Today’s music provided by Four Lincolns . “A farm is always going to come to an end, a season is always going to come to an...

There’s so much to explore in the cuisine of Morocco. From mint tea to cous cous – the gastronomic culture of Morocco is rich with tradition and innovation. This week on Eat Your Words , Cathy Erway is joined by Kitty Morse, author of Mint Tea and Minarets: A Banquet of Moroccan Memories . They chat about the culinary staples of the North African city and explore the rise in interest of Mediterran...

Did you know Abraham Lincoln cooked!? Did you know his favorite childhood food was gingerbread? Was Lincoln a foodie? Take a culinary trip to the 1800’s as author Rae Katherine Eighmey joins Cathy Erway on a special episode of Eat Your Words . Rae is the author of Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen: A Culinary View of Lincoln’s Life and Times , a historical cookbook and culinary biography. Hear how fo...