Restaurant critics John Mariani and Michael Bauer have each covered dining in America for over 30 years and share their top picks and trends. John reported on restaurants for Esquire Magazine for 35 years, currently publishes Virtual Gourmet...

An owner of highly acclaimed NYC restaurants, The Cecil Harlem and Minton's, Restaurateur/Chef/Singer Alexander Smalls is considered the creator of southern revival cooking and is a scholar of the African culinary diaspora. Chef/Pastry...

Architect-turned-vintner Elena Walch restored the vineyards at her husband, Werner Walch's family property, Castel Ringberg, in Italy's Alto Adige and turned it into one of the top wine estates in the region. Daughters Karoline and Julia now work with...

The Brennans of New Orleans are America's dining dynasty and ambassadors of great hospitality and food. Matriarch Ella Brennan, age 91, and daughter Ti Adelaide Martin, discuss the book and documentary, "Miss Ella's of Commander's Palace" and share...

Alice Paillard's ancestors have been growers in Champagne since 1704. In 1981 her father, Bruno Paillard, broke with tradition to found his own Champagne house to produce wines known for their complex blending and longer aging. Alice now works with...

Paulette Satur started Satur Farms on Long Island's North Fork in 1997 after a career in wine. Today, with her husband, Chef Eberhard Muller, she oversee farms in New York and Florida which produce sustainably grown lettuces, herbs and other...

Faouzi Issa is winemaker at Lebanon's oldest commercial winery, Domaine des Tourelles (est. 1868) located in the Bakaa Valley. Faouzi's family acquired the winery in the late 1990s. He joined as winemaker after studying enology in France and working...

Rajat Parr made a name for himself as Wine Director at Michael Mina Group in San Francisco including Fifth Floor Restaurant and RN74. He's added "vintner" to his resume as an owner in Seven Springs Vineyard in Oregon and Sandhi and Domaine de la Côte,...

Conflict Cuisine and Conscious Cuisine show how food politics and policy impact communities and nations. Dr. Johanna Mendelson Forman, Senior Adviser, the Stimson Center & Adjunct Professor, American Univ. School of International Service, teaches...

Blaine Ashley is Founder of New York Champagne Week, Spirit of Cava, Fun with Franciacorta and Prosecco Pop Up, all designed to educate people on drinking bubbles. A 2016 Wine Enthusiast "40 Under 40," Blaine's own Champagne label is Bulle de Reve....