This one is a long time coming, and we're thrilled to welcome Sam Sifton into our studio.

Today we’re revisiting two of my favorite conversations with food folks who make their own rules.

Today on the show we have a great double episode featuring Los Angeles–based chef and writer Chloe Walsh and photographer and director Eyal Yassky-Weiss

Cake Zine is an independent print magazine exploring society through sweets, cofounded by Tanya Bush and TASTE contributing editor Aliza Abarbanel.

Kareem Rahma is a comedian and media host based in New York City.

It was fun having chef René Redzepi in the studio to talk about his great new (and first) television show, a sweeping food documentary series called Omnivore, streaming now on Apple TV+

Khushbu Shah is a journalist and the author of a terrific new book, Amrikan: 125 Recipes from the Indian American Diaspora.

What a fun conversation we have with Caroline Chambers, the author of the popular Substack What To Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking, as well as an upcoming cookbook of the same name.

Today on the show we have two great conversations with cookbook author Molly Baz and New York Times book reviewer Dwight Garner, author of The Upstairs Delicatessen.

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

Today on the show we feature conversations with two extremely cool authors, Jess Damuck and Sara B. Franklin.

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

Today on the show we welcome Steven Rinella. He’s an American outdoorsman, conversationalist, writer, and TV personality responsible for introducing the outdoor lifestyle to millions of fans.

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

On this very special episode, it’s all about beef, and we have a number of experts talking about the subject.

Tony “Tonx” Konecny is on the show today and we talk about the coffee company he founded with Sumi Ali.

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

Dennis Lee is the iconoclastic Chicago-based food writer and newsletter daddy behind two great sends: Food Is Stupid and the Party Cut.

Joan Nathan is a longtime chronicler of Jewish food culture around the world and the author of many cookbooks on the topic, including her latest (and final) book, My Life in Recipes: Food, Family, and Memories.

Mike Lata is chef and co-owner of the restaurants FIG and The Ordinary in Charleston, South Carolina, and one of the most respected voices in Southern cooking.

We caught up with iconic Wisconsin chefs Tory Miller of L’Etoile and Graze in Madison and Luke Zahm of Driftless Cafe in Viroqua about how they harness the power of cheese.