Through her tweets, magazine articles and now a cookbook, Jordana Rothman has proven herself a provocative and fun source of ideas and info on all aspects of gastronomic pleasure. The secret of her success? She works hard at it, every day, so you can make the most of your leisure time.

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Quick to spot trends—and able to explain, amplify or deride them in memorable prose—Montville native Jordana Rothman, 32, wrote the book on one of the biggest recent trends, tacos, with famed chef Alex Stupak.

Their award-winning cookbook, Tacos: Recipes and Provocations, is both beautiful and immersive. Her illuminating essays (the “Provocations”) are must-reading. In this week’s conversation, she identifies some of the trends of 2016 and takes the temperature of today’s food scene.

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How did Eric Weiss get into the hospitality field? Well, it began with ocean liners, then being an au pair to a wealthy French family who entertained the Shah of Iran, then shaving truffles at one of the most famous 3-star Michelin restaurants in France.

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Eric Weiss’s work has taken him across America and Europe. Just after this episode was recorded, he left for Tokyo to spend six weeks training the staffs of one of Japan’s most exclusive private clubs.

This week he outlines his tenets of good service and reveals what American diners say is their Number One service complaint. Can you guess it? What is your number one service peeve?

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In this episode Reuwai Hanewald speaks about her time in El Salvador and the Ivory Coast and how Terhune Orchards produces robust fruits and vegetables with minimum environmental impact.

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Reuwai Hanewald graduated from Princeton University, where she majored in ecology and evolutionary biology, and minored in environmental science. Today that knowledge, combined with her years of working the soil and expanding Terhune Orchard’s range of crops, informs her worldview and her dedication to sustainability and local farming.

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How to get a rez at a hot restaurant, when a special is worth ordering, what to expect from a good server, and more tips from NJM’s “She Who Knows All” on the 15th anniversary of her essential blog, Table Hopping With Rosie.

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Keeping on top of food trends five days a week for New Jersey Monthly is a second career for Jersey City native Rosie Saferstein, who spent 32 years as a speech pathologist in the Bayonne public schools. The butcher’s daughter talks about her roots and credits three kinds of yoga for keeping her active and effervescent after 15 years of non-stop Table Hopping.

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Scott Snyder says intense exercise also helps keep his diabetes under control and his head screwed on right. Another thing that keeps him sane is his kitchen staff, who have been with him since he opened Boulevard Five72 in 2008. He is giving them new challenges with the just-opened Boulevard Seafood and Conlin’s Bakery & Café in Somerville.

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Scott Snyder schools us on seafood—on responsible farming as the key to sustainability and why he prefers cold-water to warm-water fish. He also discusses why Boulevard Five72, a basically New American restaurant, has moved its center of gravity from French to Italian influence since opening in 2008.

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