Food writer Cathy Erway recently wrote about the pros and cons of joining a CSA for the website Serious Eats. That would be a “community supported agriculture” program – where local farmers send customers a box full of produce regardless of if they know what to do with all of it. She talked to Brendan about, among other things, the positive power of guilt.
One bakery in Manhattan is making it hard not to hate bread. It's called Arcade Bakery, and their "laminated baguette" has eaters in ecstasy. To find out what it is, Brendan met with owner Roger Gural.
Before Carla Hall was known as the co-host of "The Chew," a "Top Chef" finalist, and the author of several cookbooks, the Nashville native was just a girl who was a deep fan of her grandmother's cooking, especially her cornbread. When she got older and became interested in cooking, she tried to sleuth out how to make it for her family and catering clients. Listen as the celebrity chef remembers a staple of her Southern Sunday suppers and get the recipe for her grandmother's cornbread.