Faith Middleton Food Schmooze

It’s a love fest! This week: entrées that put you in the mood for love, and Faith and the gang discover Canada’s famous butter tart. Plus, Delia Cabe tells us where you can find New York City’s best literary pubs, cocktail bars, and taverns. It’s all in her book, Storied Bars of New York: Where Literary Luminaries Go to Drink.

Kathy Gunst shares recipes from her cookbook Soup Swap. Couldn’t you go for some soup classics like Tomato Soup, French Onion Soup, and New England Clam Chowder right now? Kathy also tells you how to start a soup swap party of your own.

Faith and the gang sip fresh margaritas with Franco Camacho, Executive Chef for both Geronimo Tequila Bar & Southwest Grill and Shell & Bones Oyster Bar in New Haven. Franco shares tips for making awesome guacamole (just in time for the big game). Plus, our own Chris Prosperi shares Metro Bis news, and you’ll find out the question Faith asks every server when she eats at a restaurant for the first time.

Share your favorite local hot spots with us—and tell us what to order! Sip a lovely French wine we love, and get to know Matt Jennings. Matt's debut cookbook, Homegrown, celebrates the culinary traditions of New England.

Cookbook author, restaurateur, and PBS star Lidia Bastianich shares stories from her fascinating memoir, My American Dream: A Life in Love, Family, and Food.

Let’s get cozy! We talk to chef Gunnar Karl Gíslasen and Jody Eddy about how to incorporate the Danish practice of Hygge into our everyday lives. Plus, we're bringing Soave—a crisp Italian white wine—back to your go-to wine list.

Did you resolve to waste less food in 2019? Lindsay-Jean Hard, author of the excellent cookbook, Cooking with Scraps, joins the party to discuss how home cooks can turn food scraps—peels, cores, rinds, stems, and more—into delicious meals.

Food forecasters make their predictions about what’ll be hot in 2019. Faith shares the list. Plus, what to eat on New Year’s Eve and we want to know: what are your New Year’s Eve traditions?

Dorie Greenspan joins the party to talk with Faith and the gang about her excellent new cookbook, Everyday Dorie. Plus, gift ideas of the spice variety. Do you give interesting spices as gifts? Share them with us on our Facebook page.

We’re revisiting Faith’s conversation with neuroscientist and nutritionist, Dr. Lisa Mosconi. Dr. Mosconi shares fascinating research along with strategies and recipes for eating for optimum brain health.

Cookbook author and baker extraordinaire Rose Levy Beranbaum joins the party to share recipes from her new book, Rose’s Baking Basics. Recipes include Rose’s gingerbread Christmas cookies, Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies and a Milk Chocolate Caramel Tart, and more.

Faith recommends two must-do’s when visiting New York City this holiday season, the gang shares some ingenious tips, we slip into a conversation about the best butters you can buy, and Mark Raymond shares the new vintage of a special wine. Plus, we’re celebrating Hanukkah with cookbook author Leah Koenig. There’ll be fried chicken, braised brisket, and more!

This week, Chris Prosperi walks you through how to make perfect creamy, buttery mashed potatoes—step-by-delicious-step. Plus recipes and ideas for reinventing leftovers (thanks to special guest Julia Turshen). Julia shares roast turkey, of course, and killer sheet-pan stuffing. And for those of you who like to celebrate Thanksgiving with an American wine, we recommend a bold, opulent red Zinfandel.

Faith and the gang share how to make the simplest gravy and two locals join the party: beloved chef Carole Peck and memoirist Mary-Lou Weisman. Plus, every home cook should know how to make classic Chicken Picatta. Susan Volland, author of the new cookbook Searing Inspiration, walks us through the process of perfectly searing meat and whipping up a fabulous pan sauce.

The always-spectacular Ina Garten joins the party to share recipes and tips from her latest cookbook, Cook Like a Pro. Plus, the gang shares details on upcoming foodie events and a festive $20 Prosecco that’s right at home on a holiday table. It goes with everything!