Forward-thinking restaurants are now working on getting rid of another all-too-common plastic: Straws. And there’s really just one Edible that can claim coffee as a truly local product: Edible Hawaiian Islands.

Emily Peterson definitely knows a few things about how meal planning can make even a busy life more a lot more tasty and a little less crazy. Marissa McClellan's fourth book, The Food in Jars Kitchen has more than 100 recipes to help you use up those ingredients in your homemade pantry.

We’re visiting California wine country for a talk with Jennifer Reichardt of Raft Wine. Then, we’re headed to DC to talk to Bonnie Benwick, deputy food editor and recipe editor at The Washington Post. We’ll have a conversation about last year’s surprising bestselling cookbook.

Edible Potluck is a podcast from Edible Communities, the James Beard Award-winning network of magazines across the US and Canada dedicated to celebrating local, sustainable food. We talk about eating in restaurants, finding great ingredients, and the fine art and mad scramble that is home cooking. Subscribe for big ideas, little actions, and fresh trends that affect your own local food choices, no matter where you live. Follow @EdibleCommunities on Instagram for show news and more. Hosted by Joy Manning. Produced by David Wolf.