The CHAAD Project is an organization created by and for hospitality workers in Chicago to advance accountability and end labor abuses within the industry.

Katherine Lewin is the founder of Big Night, an entertaining-focused home goods store with two locations here in New York City.

Valeria Socorro Velazquez Lindsten is the owner and head baker of Loba Pastry + Coffee, a beloved Chicago café.

Alice Jun is the founder and brewer at Hana Makgeolli, an artisanal Korean rice wine producer based in Brooklyn, New York.

Innovative nail artists and their hungry clients are raiding the fridge for inspiration.

Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson are the co-owners of Kismet and Kismet Rotisserie, two beloved Los Angeles restaurants that have won plenty of fans with the power of herbs, seasonal vegetables, and feta.

Gina Marinelli is the chef and partner of La Strega, a coastal Italian restaurant charming Las Vegas’s Summerlin neighborhood.

Penny Chutima is the next generation of Lotus of Siam, an iconic, James Beard Award–winning restaurant serving up regional Northern Thai food in Las Vegas since 1999.

Benjamina Ebuehi is a London-based recipe developer and food stylist who rose to fame as a quarter-finalist in the 2016 Great British Bake Off.

Celina Baljeet Basra is the Berlin based author of Happy, a sweet and surreal postmodern novel released last year.

Abi Balingit is the author of Mayumu: Filipino American Desserts Remixed, a delightful cookbook full of maximalist personality and transfixing sweets, like the adobo chocolate chip cookie.

Olga Massov and Sanaë Lemoine are the authors of Hot Sheet, a delightful new cookbook dedicated to the wide world of possibilities unlocked by the humble sheet pan.

Arielle Johnson is a flavor scientist who advises some of the top restaurants and chefs in the world on how to turbocharge their cooking with chemistry.

Nicolaia Rips is a true New Yorker. She grew up in Manhattan’s famous Chelsea Hotel, which served as the subject of her memoir, Trying to Float.

Julius Roberts is a chef and farmer living in the idyllic English countryside off the Dorset coast.

Hailee Catalano and Chuck Cruz are two of our favorite social media follows. The two chefs, who met in culinary school, cooked at Chicago restaurants like Dos Urban Cantina and Cellar Door Provisions.

Aquaculture advancements are creating new kinds of fish to crave

The chef, author, podcast host, and nutrition coach who has a PhD in biomedical sciences from Harvard Medical School, which she uses to champion the science-backed benefits of ancient spices.

The charcuterie staple is trying out new looks, and New York City is eating it up.

Christina Chaey is a writer and recipe developer based in Brooklyn. A former Bon Appétit food editor, she’s currently writing the newsletter Gentle Foods, where she shares essays and recipes rooted in cooking how you want to feel.

Rachelle Hampton is a culture writer and the cohost of ICYMI, a digital culture podcast from Slate. Also on the show, Matt catches up with Suzy Karadsheh, a good friend of TASTE and the author of The Mediterranean Dish: 120 Bold and Healthy Recipes You'll Make on Repeat.