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Why do millions of fans eagerly await the next cookbook from British author Nigella Lawson? Find out why in this special interview with host Howie Kahn. As brilliant a writer as she is a home cook, Nigella admits that writing makes her anxious--and why that's good; how Madame Secretary's waffles led to her own amazing new recipe; how to cook a perfect poached egg, Parmesan French Toast, the playfulness of the kitchen, and much more. 

Recorded live in Dean & DeLuca Soho, Prince Street;s Howie Kahn and Vogue's Executive Editor, Taylor Antrim discuss the new book FOOD IN VOGUE.  How does Vogue illustrate the cultural food moment? How did photographer Irving Penn use ants in one of his photos--and where did his editor find them? How will Vogue's food coverage change?  These answers and much more in a lively discussion about how the influential magazine has helped make food fashion.

A tasting menu of some of our favorite stories, including: The farming revolution  taking place in the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn.  Why Scarlett Johannson's memory lane leads her to Howard Johnson's. Alex Guarnaschelli and Isaac Mizrahi discuss tomato sauce and the meaning of life—before he serenades her. Alec Baldwin on the food that reminds him of his early Broadway days.  David Miliband on how Americans can help end the African famine – and why they should.  Chef Mashama Bailey introduces us to the Thrill Ladies.  Hawa Hassan's journey from Somali refugee to CEO of her condiment company, Basbaas.  

Alice Waters has run her legendary Berkeley, California restaurant, Chez Panisse, for 46 years. But how did she become the crusader she is today? In an intimate interview with Prince Street's Howie Kahn, hear how Waters, an accomplished activist, turned timidity into tireless strength, how she's learned to follow her instincts, what frightens her and motivates her, what still intimidates her and who absolutely does not. All that, plus the secrets to a perfect salad and one our sweetest Madeleine Moments yet.

From backstage at Saturday Night Live, Alec Baldwin talks with NYTimes columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni about the power and limitations of satire. The need for empathy. What's wrong with political correctness. Favorite restaurants. Weinstein. Toback. Asia Argento. Baldwin's new book with Kurt Anderson, You Can't Spell America Without Me.  DeBlasio. Brando. NYPD. Why talking about Trump makes him nervous. The best sushi in NYC. Gender equality. The role that got away. Carmela Soprano. What Baldwin's getting for Christmas, and for his 60th birthday... plus a very special Madeleine Moment.

The Four Rules and Seven Dials. How do you bury a mistake?  Find out these secrets and more from chef-author Daniel Patterson as he discusses his new book The Art of Flavor.  And The Prince Street Wine Club debates the hottest champagne and Pet-Nats, with Bianca Bosker (Cork Dork), Marissa Ross (Wine. All The Time.) and NoMad hotel wine director and Empire Estate winemaker Thomas Pastuszak. Plus Feed The Resistance author Julia Turshen's Madeleine Moment.

The road to changing the world often begins at the table. Recorded live before an audience at Dean & Deluca in New York City, cookbook author Julia Turshen, New York magazine's Sierra Tishgart, and Somali-American Hawa Hassan, founder of Basbaas, share inspiring stories from Julia's latest book, FEED THE RESISTANCE, a collection of healthy recipes and essays from celebrated activists and chefs.

Why is Momofuku mastermind David Chang designing high-tops with Nike and what has marriage taught him about being a chef and running his empire? How did the food (and tequila) scene in Marfa, Texas, influence Griffin Dunne, Roberta Colindrez and the rest of the cast of I Love Dick? And what does Nicholas Morgenstern's ice cream have to do with art and design? Plus, Andrew Zimmern is back with an evocative and romantic Madeleine Moment set in Paris, 1968.  

Andrew Zimmern is more than just the sum of his Bizarre Foods. In this candid conversation at the Dean & DeLuca flagship with Prince Street's Howie Kahn, the acclaimed chef and television host lays bare the past that could have killed him, the show that almost never got off the ground, why food people are the best people and why he might leave all the deliciousness behind for a world that's even more bizarre--a future in American politics. 

Masa Takayama, master of sushi, gets serious about hamburgers with Jay McInerney.  Rising British art star, Lucy Sparrow, tells Alex Guarnaschelli why being an artist is more difficult than being a stripper and why her latest installation is a bodega made of felt. Cork Dork author Bianca Bosker leads the rousing, Rosé-fueled return of The Prince Street Wine Club with Drink Pink author Victoria James and Ramona wine cooler mastermind, Jordan Salacito. And learn why an Italian grandmother kept two kitchens in her home from her grandson, The New York Times' Frank Bruni.

Very soon, grocery stores will be cloud-controlled mini-farms with shelves of growing produce -- according to the co-founders of the Brooklyn startup Smallhold. Hear how their ideas for vertical farming could impact your home, your supermarket and even outer space. British sisters, Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley, are best-selling authors, TV hosts and restaurateurs who believe food should make you feel good. But their approach to healthy eating is more traditional than new age, focusing on fat and flavor rather than potions and powders. They're here to whip our host, Howie Kahn's diet, and yours, into shape.  What does Hannah Cheng, co-founder of NYC's most delicious Taiwanese-style restaurant, believe was the best thing she ate this month? (Hint: it's from chef Kevin Fink's Emmer & Rye in Austin, Texas). All that, and Mel Brooks, too! Tune in for his favorite food memory--and his dining tips for both coasts. 

How do you feed 30 million people? We sat down with David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, to discuss the unprecedented famine spreading across South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria and what his organization is doing about it right now. And how you can help, too. Can cooking and agriculture help foster civil rights and social justice? In his provocative new book, The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South, author and historian John T. Edge argues, in the hands of regional heroes, they do. He's in conversation with poet Kevin Young, director of Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, soon-to-be poetry editor of The New Yorker and a man with Southern roots of his own. Finally, one of the heroes of Edge's book, Mashama Bailey, chef-partner of The Grey in Savannah, Georgia explains the enduring magic of that city's "Thrill Ladies" in a Madeleine Moment you won't want to miss.

Is creativity an act of rebellion? What's mustard seed doing in a taco? Is there a store-bought tortilla worth eating? And how did this self-proclaimed Masshole, interested in vandalism, punk rock and avant-garde pastry, become one of contemporary Mexican cuisine's leading voices and greatest chefs? Empellón's Alex Stupak reveals these answers and more to chef Alex Guarnaschelli--and a live audience--at Dean & DeLuca's flagship store in Manhattan. 

Does what you eat—and cook—reveal the real you? New York Times columnist Frank Bruni talks about how politicians use food to manipulate you and why co-writing his new book A Meatloaf in Every Oven was therapy for him. In Barbara Lynch's new memoir, Out of Line, Boston's most celebrated chef confesses that the worst days of her life led to her best as she cooked her way out of a tough Southie childhood. Food reflects Camille Becerra's passion for healing and beauty, at her hot new Manhattan restaurant, De Maria.  Plus Alex Guarnaschelli's fear of lobsters, Giorgio DeLuca's new favorite dining destination, mousseron mushrooms, Chuck Schumer's meatloaf, how to cook with sumac—and our most moving Madeleine Moment yet.

Dan Barber, in London, makes food waste the new black. How April Bloomfield turned her fear of the hamburger into gold. Tasmanian journalist Craig Leeson wants to shock you—to save the earth with his film, A Plastic Ocean. From upstate New York, a Brazilian-American man has started a shrimp revolution. And Gillian Jacobs, star of Netflix's Love, calls us from Los Angeles with her Madeleine Moment (spoiler alert: sprouts are involved). 

Caviar with oligarchs, pot brownies with Snoop, baking with spelt and anesthetizing a chicken before slaughter: welcome to the world of Martha Stewart. LIVE FROM PRINCE STREET, our new podcast spinoff, features the kinds of interviews that deserve a show all to themselves. The first one brings together Martha Stewart, on the occasion of publishing her 88th book, A NEW WAY TO BAKE, and author and journalist Bill Buford, whose own new book, DIRT, about moving his family to France to learn to cook like the French masters comes out later this year. 

Love or money, chocolate or wine, everything you desire, we're talking about it on this episode of Prince Street. Christina Tosi shares love tips, and cookie tips, with Sierra Tishgart; Isaac Mizrahi and Alex Guarnaschelli discuss pleasure vs. ambition; and Jay McInerney, top sommelier Paul Grieco and Cork Dork author, Bianca Bosker debate their favorite February wines. Plus the power of Ayurvedic truffles with Melanie Dunea, Marco Canora's healing broths, highschoolers with surprising affections and a live performance from Mizrahi's new cabaret act at Café Carlyle.

Secret recipes, secret crimes, secrets of success --we have them all on this episode, revealed by guests like Scarlett Johansson and Alex Guarnaschelli, and some famous American ghosts, too. America's OG celebrity chef, Wolfgang Puck, is finally taking on the Big Apple. In the seventies, what did he do in Indianapolis to change the natives' eating habits? And what has made his restaurant Spago one of Hollywood's longest running hits?  Giorgio DeLuca reveals to Alex Guarnaschelli that the secrets of his success were his friends, his neighbors, and his joy in the pleasures of the table. When Missy Robbins quit A Voce in 2013 she stunned the New York food world. Now she's back with Lillia, just voted one of the top new restaurants of 2016 by The New York Times. Tune in to find out how she makes her pasta so extraordinary. Scarlett Johannson's secret love becomes Griffin Dunne's desire, when he tries to express his gratitude to the crew of his upcoming Amazon series, I Love Dick. African-American chef Ashbel

Anthony Bourdain visits the ghosts of Christmas future and present, and has a special message for the Anthony of the past. Celebrity chef Alex Guarnaschelli digs deep into family holiday triumphs and tumult with her mother, the legendary cookbook editor, Maria Guarnaschelli. Top Chef's Gail Simmons reveals which animal part prompts her Madeleine Moment and invites Eden Grinshpan home to discuss why Hanukkah and Chinese food go hand in hand.  Howie Kahn goes to the dinner party of the year with fashion designer Lela Rose, chef Massimo Bottura and Edible Schoolyard NYC and then we head south as one correspondent decides to go home for the holidays for the first time in years in an attempt to outcook her family of Atlanta chefs. Plus, authors Jonathan Franzen and Bill Buford return to finish the food fight they started on our last episode. Where do they land on Bouley and Boulud and is there such thing as too much butter?