Nicole Taylor kicks off the new season of Hot Grease with some important food headlines. What's up with the farm bill? What are cupcakes doing on wall street? Tune in and see what's going on in the food world and find out why Nicole can't get enough "Dough". Also on the show, Marina Berger re-joins Hot Grease for a special Hot Five segment. This episode was sponsored by Cochon555. For more information visit www.cochon555.com

Dough donuts in Bed-Stuy

This week on Why We Cook ChefSmartyPants recounts her adventures joining a mycology club: hitting the forests, foraging an armful of fungus, then going at it with microscopes, magnifying glasses, Mycology tomes, and other research tools. Chef Erica eventually becomes frustrated at the pace of the mycologist's crew, ponders a potential dabble in hunting, and finally finds a giant delicious mushroom on a stroll through the wilderness. This episode was sponsored by Fairway: like no other market.

Hen of the woods mushrooms

Marion Nestle revolutionized the way we teach food in this country. Marion is a Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, which she chaired from 1988-2003. She is also Professor of Sociology at NYU and Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. She earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition from University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of three prize-winning books: Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health; Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety; andWhat to Eat. She also has written two books about pet food, Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine and Feed Your Pet Right (with Malden Nesheim). Hear her story on an inspiring episode of Evolutionaries and discover how the idea of "food studies" came to be. This program was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.