Tip of the Tongue

Eileen Wayner, CEO of Tales of the Cocktail, is full of ideas for the annual international gathering of people in or interested in the spirits industry. The industry as well as Tales are always changing with our changing culture. We discuss the past and future with Eileen Wayner, CEO. It’s on Tip of the Tongue.

The H3irloom Food Group is the platform of chef partners David and Tonya Thomas. They explore the influence of African Americans on the food of Maryland and on America. Listen. It’s on Tip of the Tongue.

If you are Italian American trying to define what food that is definitely Italian American is also Italian is very hard. What we may think of as Italian has evolved from its to be something completely different. Actually completely American. It’s an interesting subject to explore. It’s on Tip of the Tongue.

Michael Harold and Quinn Peeper share their entertaining secrets, ideas, and experiences. They call their style Classical Shindig. Listen to them talk about the joys of entertaining. It’s on Tip of the Tongue.

Amy Theilen and I talk about her terrific new book, Company: The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others. Amy has written a truthful book about cooking for company, including the mess and the chaos and the joy of sharing and the peace of putting everything back in order. It’s on Tip of the Tongue.

Kenneth Kolb had the temerity to ask people in a classic “food desert” why they wanted a grocery store in their neighborhood. What he discovered about their shopping habits and their hopes for their neighborhood made him question the validity of the food desert as a concept. Listen to our conversation. It’s on Tip of the Tongue.

When you have found the place that lets you study food the way you want to, you just have to go. Maddie Hayes describes just such an experience at Anna Tasca Lanza in Sicily. She lived with others from around the world who shared her desire to experience the food. It’s on Tip of the Tongue.

Sometimes you just gotta crow! Isa Bentz, Creative Director at SoFAB, and I talk about all of the new activities at SoFAB. We are doing a lot in the museum, trying to share with Bloomberg Connects so that you can enjoy the museum even if you can’t make it to New Orleans, and share in as many ways as possible like this very podcast! So much is happening, you have got to listen.

Isa in the podcast studio

North Carolina barbecue and the name - Ed Mitchell - are synonymous. We talk about traditional barecue in its historic context being brought into the 21st century with Ryan Mitchell and Zella Palmer. It’s on Tip of the Tongue.

Anglophiles, Japanese tea ceremony enthusiasts, and everyone who loves tea should listen to Kathea Bryan and her take on the tea party. Are there rules? Is anything too gauche to do? Can there be coffee for those who prefer it to tea? Listen and find out. It’s on Tip of the Tongue.