Dr. Essie Sassoon, Bala Menon, Kenny Salem connect with us from different corners of the world to tell us stories, memories, culture, cuisine & contribution of this two millennia old culture of Cochin Jews. Their beautiful book, "Spice & Kosher" is part history, part social document, part memoir and part celebration.

Jael Silliman, the heart, brain & creatrix behind the digital archive, www.jewishcalcutta.in and the author of "The Man with Many Hats", a novel set in the Calcutta Jewish Community in India, talks about the tiny community of trailblazers whose contributions are indelible in the history of India. We talk about monuments, carefully maintained synagogues, a very famous bakery and other artists.

Farideh Goldin, the author of " Wedding Song", the vivid, poignant, hopeful, heartrending memoir of her world in Jewish Iran, talks about lost and reviving, foods, rituals,weddings, memories, ancient language of Judi - Hebrew and old Persian.

A refreshing way of looking at wellness & vitality. Exploring healing principles of food, what makes up our vitality blueprint. Why is it important choose freedom, adventure & delight for transformation It is a call to create your own Inspired Palette, and Be your own guru.

A Syrian-Jewish Kitchen & Sephardic Culinary Traditions - tart tamarind, sweet apricots, honey, spicy trio of cumin, allspice & cinnamon and more with Jennifer Abadi and her memoir-like cookbook at www.fistfuloflentils.com & www.toogoodtopassover.com

Jewish Diaspora - Foods, food lores, surprising origins, connections, celebrations and threads that connect to the past and the future with masterful storyteller, a brilliant Jewish historical cuisine expert - Tina Wasserman of www.cookingandmore.com

A bridge between a fiercely American icon - the BBQ & Sacred Jewish Traditions. Where Slow Smoke, comfortingly familiar & mysteriously exotic flavors meet.

We talk Rosh Hashanah Brisket,flavors, marinating & smoking tips for beginners and enthusiasts.

We dig into memories, food, family, connections. Find Rabbi Mendel Segal at www.RabbiQ.com & @BBQRabbi and follow his delightful adventures.

What do Paw Paws, Pecans, Pierogies have in common? The greatest river in America -The Mississippi. Renowned Chef, Regina Charboneau talks about the culinary traditions along the Mississippi river, the distinctiveness of each tiny cradle, its agriculture, it ecology, the farm to table and how to make it ours with seasonal produce of the America you live in. She also regales us with stories and memories of her childhood, of hoop skirts, oyster eating and her Antebellum home..

An exploration extended.

Dr. Lois Ellen Frank, Chef-Culinary Anthropologist- Native Historian-renowned Photographer - author of Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations talks about heirloom beans, micaceaous clay pots, ancient clay covered cooking, wild riches of pursulane, dandelions, Navajo tea. Prickly pears, the sacred ritual of enough being enough. Sustainability and reviving traditions to sustain the earth and the generations to follow.

We look at the old and new through the eyes & heritage of Michael Twitty, Antebellum Chef-Culinary Historian. His Cooking Gene - inherited from all his ancestors - West African, European and more.

We talk Old Medicine, New Science - Seafood/Fish & Greens, spice bush, dandelion greens, wild onions/chive vinegar.

Reviving & Preserving with reverence heirlooms, wild and indigenous plants - The story of persimmons

Restoring sovereignty to food systems with local communities. Bringing in Ancient Wisdom, Modern Solutions.