Chef Michael Gottlieb calls in from the sensational new fraternal twin restaurants of Tchefuncte's and Anchor in the old Friends building in Madisonville. And that spawns a conversation about restaurants in a class by themselves. Revolution, ... and?

The Grocery Goddess Nicole Dorignac calls in to help us find our way in the new reality. We also talked omelets and sugar cookies..

Stan Meadows calls in from Colorado to talk fresh corn and green chiles and a hip hamburger in Gunnison.. Also Absinthe, and Oysters Rockefeller..

A fun show today. We talked with one of our sponsors, Chris Nobles of Piety and Desire Chocolate, a premium artisan chocolatier. He was fascinating as he described the process of bring cacao beans to chocolate bars, and in his case, beautiful bon bons.

The subject was fried chicken, on this National Fried Chicken Day. We talked about the Al Copeland Foundation Chicken Jam and more on the pork rinds "fried chicken", and we learned something about colonel Sanders.

Greg Reggio called in to talk about Semolina. We talked Fourth of July, and M.F.K. Fisher.

We Talked with Tony Roelofs, Vice President of pulses for Columbia Grain International to talk about grains and pulses.

The Grocery Goddess Nicole Dorignac calls in for the supermarket shopping shortages report. Liver cheese is still hard to get. And we gushed over a visit to Tchefuncte's, the grand new restaurant opening late July. The casual spot downstairs in the old Friends building in Madisonville, is our new favorite. Don't miss Fourth of July there.

Stan Meadows the Traveling Man  calls in from Colorado to talk about fried pork chops and Tightwad, Mo, population 67.

Vic Gerrets calls in from vacation to talk chef tips. Also Veal Chops and Flamingos and a first look at a new favorite.