The Restaurant Guys Podcast

The guys start the show by discussing the benefits of having cameras in the restaurant and how they've helped them to catch various misdeeds on camera, including a recent incident with some construction workers. Their guest is Angela Miller, author of Hay Fever: How Chasing a Dream on a Vermont Farm Changed My Life. They discuss Angela's goat farm, Consider Bardwell Dairy, and the cheeses she produces, as well as how she splits her time between being a literary agent in New York and being a dairy farmer in Vermont....

La Petraia: Mark and Francis travel to La Petraia, an agrotourismo in the Chinati Classico region of Italy. They walk through the property with Susan McKenna Grant and Marco Panichi and discuss the various things grown on the property and how they are used in the agrotourismo....

Antoinette Bruno of StarChefs.com joins the guys to discuss the upcoming Chef's Congress happening in New York City September 20, 21, and 22. They discuss mixology, the various events, and the Rising Stars Gala happening in New Jersey on September 22nd....

Ben Hewitt is the author of The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food. He joins the guys to discuss living in Vermont, the situation in Hardwick Vermont, and the state of food in America....

Janit London joins the guys to discuss her food co-op, Purple Dragon. Amy Sutherland joins the guys to discuss cook-offs in America....

Lionello Marchese joins Mark and Francis at Vinitaly to discuss his wine, Castello di Monastero. They discuss Lionello's previous businesses and how that business experience relates to the business of wine. They also discuss the unique terroir of Tuscany and the wines that are made there....

Michael J Gelb is the author of the book Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking. He is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning and innovatve leadership. He joins the guys to discuss his book and the principles that are described within....

Mark and Francis travel to the Vinitaly wine conference in Verona Italy, one of the most important wine conferences in the world, and interview some very important people from each link of the chain that brings quality wine to you. Silvia Vanucci's family produces top quality Sangiovese/Cabernet blends from their family estate in the Carmignano region of Tuscany. Iano DeGrazia, along with his brother Marco DeGrazia export the wine to the United States, where it is distributed by Harmon Skurnik, along with his brother Michael of Michael Skurnik Wines. The wine then finds a home in reputable wine shops and restaurants like Stage Left and Catherine Lombardi. Mark and Francis discuss the whole shebang and process with Silvia, Iano and Michael....

Fresh: The Movie Fresh, celebrates the farmers, thinkers, and business people across America who are reinventing our food system. Producer, Ana Sofia Joanes grew up in Switzerland, but attended college in the US at Barnard and went on to study law at Columbia Law School. Her first documentary, Generation Meds, explored our fears and misgivings about mental illness and medication. She joins the guys to discuss her second film, Fresh!...

Daniel Okrent was the first public editor of The New York Times, editor-at-large of Time, Inc., and managing editor of Life magazine. He worked in book publishing as an editor at Knopf and Viking, and was editor-in-chief of general books at Harcourt Brace. He is author of four books, one of which, Great Fortune, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in history. He joins the guys today to discuss his new book, Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition....