This week's episode of Cooking Issues starts off with a slightly off-topic discussion: food aesthetics. Tune in to hear Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez talk about the the importance of the appearance of a dish or cocktail versus its taste. What role does food presentation have in defining the quality of a meal? Later, Dave tackles a question about centrifuges and clarifying agents, as well as some methods to re-bottle vermouth. Dave offers some equipment suggestions to a caller, and follows up about picky-eating children. Check out this listener's suggestions for children's foods here. What is involved with making a maraschino cherry? All this and more on this episode of Cooking Issues! This program has been sponsored by White Oak Pastures.

"We're in an era now where a lot of food work is done on the Internet, in books, on television programs, and demonstrations. There's a lot of work that's done where you can tell that it's done for the look, and not necessarily the taste."

"When you're doing a demo or dish or a cocktail it's important to have it look appetizing. The way a dish looks can be enchanting and captivating and make an already good tasting thing taste better, but nothing is worse than something that's taken forever to make look great but doesn't even taste good."

-- Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues

Curious about fermenting vegetables at home? This week on Fuhmentaboudit!, Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett are joined in the studio by Bahiyyih Comeau of Brooklyn Homebrew. Bahiyyih is not only an expert homebrewer, but an overall fermentation enthusiast. Find out how Bahiyyih's job at a grocery store inspired her to pickle and ferment with the store's surplus vegetables. Find out how simple it is to make sauerkraut at home! Why do many homebrewers often shy away from making other fermented foods? Tune in to hear Bahiyyih talk about her methods of making kimchi, dilly beans, and more! Find out why it's better to use organic produce when you're first learning to ferment vegetables. This program has been sponsored by Rolling Press.

"In the summer, you need to use more salt because the heat promotes bad bacteria ferments." [9:00]

-- Bahiyyih Comeau on Fuhmentaboudit!

Jessie Kiefer and Jen Tullock are talking about The Great Googa Mooga, food policy, and supper clubs on today's episode of The Morning After! Jessie and Jen call up Michael Chernow, co-owner of The Meatball Shop, to talk meatballs, being in a nationally-broadcasted commercial, and The Meatball Shop's plans for The Great Googa Mooga. Later, Jessie and Jen chat with Tove K. Danovich about her beginnings in food writing, and why food policy needs to be at the forefront of our nation's attention. Hear Tove talk about tipped workers, and how that structure creates a stigma in the restaurant industry. Hear from Jessica Hayden Mattheus of Hearth & Table! Tune in to hear why Jessica fell in love with hosting supper clubs in Italy, and why she took her idea to New York City. Hear about all of Hearth & Table's other amazing food ventures! This program has been sponsored by Whole Foods, and music has been provided by EULA.

"The fact that servers and front of house workers rely on tips makes some diners think that these workers are their employees." [15:30] -- Tove K. Danovich on The Morning After

"Cooking for me is a way of being creative, and it's also a way to be nurturing. I love that connection you make through sharing a meal." [29:30] -- Jessica Hayden Mattheus on The Morning After