This week on Let's Eat In Cathy sat down with Matt Greco, chef of Char No. 4 in Brooklyn. Greco speaks about the myriad of whiskey, bourbon, scotch and ryes available at his restaurant, the southern food that accompanies them so well, and what his favorite dark distilled beverage is. Tune in for a breakdown of Matt's favorite ingredients at the moment, why pickled things taste so good with whiskey, and a preview of the upcoming Hudson River Blues and BBQ festival. This episode was sponsored by White Oak Pastures.

Photo: Char No. 4

On this episode of A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio is talking with cooking instructor, author and founder of LaVarenne Cooking School, Anne Willan. Anne's cookbook, The Cookbook Library, includes cooking instructions from four centuries of recipe history. Tune in to hear about cooking instructions from all over Europe throughout the ages, the history of dining utensils, and the role of illustrations in cooking manuals. Hear about some of the difficulties involved with recreating dishes from the 15th or 16th century. Anne has collected over 5,000 cookbooks, and you can find some excerpts of these gems of cookbook history in The Cookbook Library! This program has been brought to you by White Oak Pastures.

"It's wonderful because the whole of Europe was interested in writing down and recording what they were eating." -- Anne Willan on old cookbooks, A Taste of the Past

"The oldest recipes were the most difficult to recreate because hard to know just what ingredients tasted like and what people were getting, so it was kind of a bit of a guess. What I wanted to do was to present something that's feasible in a modern kitchen." --Anne Willan on A Taste of the Past

Cathy Erway sits down with Kheedim Oh, founder of Mama O's Kimchee on this week's episode of Let's Eat In. Find out why kimchee is so hot right now (both in spice and popularity), and learn why frozen kimchee might be the next trend! Kheedim dishes on his favorite kimchee recipes, his ideal date meals, and his side career as a music producer. This episode was sponsored by Just Food & The City Chicken Project.