Borrowed from Mardi Gras - Laissez les bontemps rouler! Let the good times roll. By French law, on the Third Thursday of November the new Beaujolais wine may be released. It has been in the barrel and the bottle for about ten minutes. Okay, six months. It's a fun, fruity red wine that as Bob Burke says, you want to date, not marry...Ah, the French. So, he throws a party every November and it's here. The barrels are being rolled out in Providence RI and it has become a landmark in North America. You're invited. By the way, this wine pairs very well with turkey....

And there's ice cream, coffee milk and chips! We're tasting our way through a bunch of treats today. First, seafood - that's the Blue food. Emmy Award Winning TV Personality / Chef/ Cookbook Author / James Beard Winner Andrew Zimmern and Award Winning Chef and Sustainable Seafood Expert, Barton Seaver talk and share recipes from their new Blue Food Cookbook. Then we're off to Dave's Marketplace in Rhode Island for Local Tasting Day with local specialty makers Schartner Farms,Navad Bakery, Wright's Dairy Farm and Nantucket Crisps. I'm full!

So the cheese never stands alone. We had a great time at the Grafton Village Cheese Company's Okemo Valley Tasting Room and Retail Store in Proctorsville, Vermont. Inside we were treated to the state of the cheesemaker's art with aged cheddar and some of the finest cheddars and other specialty cheeses that have ever been tasted. Outside, our neighbors had some high-end hardwood grills going and served up amazing Smoked Mac and Cheese and grilled cheese sandwiches that go way beyond anything you have ever tasted. We spoke to Kent Underwood - yes, the Big Cheese - and Jack and Shadow who know their cheeses and Arnie on the grill. And some of our friends who stopped by. There's more of our friends in this episode. Chef Antonio Petri from Waybury Inn and I talk about fall and Thanksgiving, Kathleen Stine talks Oktoberfest at her Orchard and Mon Ami Bob Burke and I talk about a Supper Club and a fancy night out in Providence RI!

It's tea time so mind your manners and pinkies up! We're off to a Gilded Age style High Tea in Providence RI at the always amazing Mill's Tavern. Then you'll be one of the first to try the new JT Commons restaurant in Newport just over the line in Middletown. It's a cool concept from Newport Restaurant Group. And I think I see Peak Foliage. How about Foliage and Flavor! Everything tastes better in Vermont and especially during Foliage Season. So our friends at Grafton Village and Vermont Farmstead Cheese are throwing a Peak Colors Peak Flavors party and you're invited.

Wait what?? We're all over it on this week's episode. You'll be among the first to taste with your ears the new Girl Scout Cookie Exploremores. And of course what goes better than a Fall Pumpkin Beer? We'll pop the top on a few with Jen Brinton of Greysail Brewing in Rhode Island. Bookend all that with a stay at my Vermont home, the Waybury Inn, and my Newport hideaway, the Chart House and it's a great Fall getaway. Enjoy.

Wanna be my Tailgate Date? We're going tailgating with Chef Jamie Gwen who has already said she would. Don't fight over me now. It's Maine Lobster Week and Gillian Britt will be our tour guide all over the great State of Maine. And from the Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival, culinary director Chef Kevin Des Chenes and guest celebrity chef Jen Behm-Lazzarini.

So, how's your French? If you know, you know. In French, it's "House of Tent" which works. We're at Waybury Inn where the new "Great Outdoors" tent just went up. Some guests are already calling the Waybury Dome. It's going to host some amazing events this fall and Chef Antonio fills us in on a big one upcoming - O'hAnleigh's 1000th Show Sept 21. Now if you said, "Cheese Tent," you're right too. It's Cheese Week in Vermont. Kent Underwood and Meg Gonzalez from Grafton Village Cheese Co are at the party. Then we are off to Barkeaters in Shelburne to talk amazing fall specials with proprietor David Zeidler. Enjoy!

Who says no to pie and coffee? Not us. Especially when its Vermont Coffee Company and the North American Maple Pie Competition! Jacob Powsner who is Baird Farm's Coffee Bean Counter is first up from his family farm's 4th Annual North American Maple Pie Competition before the event took place. Then, it's our first-ever Coffee Show with Mira Rinder-Goddard from Vermont Coffee Company taking us from espresso to Americano and everything in between. Pour yourself a big mug and enjoy.

Fans of Farmers' Markets have their favorites, each with its own special charm. The Shelburne (VT) Farmers Market is getting more charming each week. It has become one of the largest in Vermont. We spent the last Saturday in July visiting with the vendors and turned it into an hour of Food Dude Radio. And we just got started. Also, a stop at Vermont's only A&W Drive-In and we get ready for culinary school with a new college degree program getting off the ground this September. We begin at the Waybury Inn to talk about peak summer with Chef Antonio Petri. Enjoy.

You ask everyone, "How is your summer going?" and the reply is usually, "Great but too fast." Summer has a habit of slipping away. Summer food events come fast and furious. Here are a couple more to savor before the seasons change. The Summer Soiree to benefit Little Sisters and Fishes At The Fort on behalf of Eating with the Ecosystem. Meet Lauren Clem who is organizing the Soiree and chefs Josh Berman (Little Fish) and David Standridge (Shipwright's Daughter) who are cooking at Fishes.