This week on Hot Grease, Nicole Taylor is gearing up for Thanksgiving! First, Nicole talks food headlines with Jack Inslee of the Heritage Radio Network. Tune in to hear discussions about Barack Obama's re-election, Nicole's doughnut obsession, and HRN's Hurricane Sandy Coverage. Nicole then calls up Dreena Burton to talk about vegan Thanksgiving dishes and her new book Let Them Eat Vegan. Hear some of Dreena's ideas about what foods can serve as good turkey replacements, and what vegan desserts she whips up for the holidays. Nicole closes out the episode by discussing Hot Grease's upcoming schedule. So tune in for more Hot Grease! This program has been brought to you by Route 11 Potato Chips.

"There are a few gravy recipes that are very tricky because the flour tends to clump, and what's beautiful about gluten-free flours is that they don't have that stickiness to them." [19:30]

-- Dreena Burton on Hot Grease

This week on Let's Eat In, our hostess Cathy Erway talks with Chase Emmons of Brooklyn Grange and Tim O'Neal of Borough Bees. Our guests have teamed up to start a 30 hive apiary at the new Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm in the Brooklyn Navy Yards. Tune in to hear how Chase and Tim got their starts in beekeeping, the surprising demand for NYC honey, and the plans for Brooklyn Grange's apiary this season. Learn about bee genetics, and how Chase and Tim plan to breed bees that are adaptable to New York City's weather and conditions. In other words- local New York bees! Thanks to this episode's sponsor, Whole Foods.

"When I started keeping bees, I joined the local beekeeping organization and I was the youngest member by 60 years." -- Tim O'Neal on Let's Eat In

"You want cold winters so bees can make it through the winters. They'll go more dormant, so to speak. If they don't go dormant and they stay a little too active, they go through all their emergency food supplies, which is stored honey." -- Chase Emmons on Let's Eat In

This week on Cutting the Curd its all about cheese and media. First to join Anne and Sophie is Christine Hyatt, current President of the American Cheese Society , who is using video and her site Cheese Chick TV to bring awareness to artisan and DIY cheesemaking. Later, tune in to hear from Will Fertman of Culture Magazine who tells us about using social media to spread the word on cheese, even to find people with the best cheese tattoos. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.