This week on Meet Your Maker, Rachel Wharton is talking with 4th generation owner of H. Fox & Co., Inc., Kelly Fox. H. Fox & Co., Inc. is responsible for a chocolatey Brooklyn institution since 1900- H. Fox's U-Bet Chocolate Syrup. From egg creams to iced slushies, H. Fox % Co., Inc. has been providing syrups locally in Brooklyn for over one hundred years! Tune in to this episode to hear about the company's original delivery methods. Hear about their relationship with Gomberg Seltzer Works- because you can't have an egg cream without seltzer. Kelly recalls his first time making an egg cream at a telethon in his early twenties, and how much pressure he felt due to the company's notoriety. How has H. Fox & Co., Inc. been able to stay in business for so long in Brooklyn? And what is the future of the family business? Tune in to find out on this week's Meet Your Maker! This program has been sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"It has a lot to do with the richness of the history, and also there's huge credit to be given to my father. Growing up, he made sure that my brothers and I had a firm understanding that this was our livelihood." --Kelly Fox on Meet Your Maker

Did you know that gangsters controlled nearly all of the food distribution in Depression-era New York City? This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio invites Andy Coe to talk about racketeering in New York City food history. Learn how something as innocent as an egg cream was the cause of major crime. Find out what products were controlled by specific gangsters, and how the food rackets weren't eliminated from the Big Apple until the days of Giuliani! Learn about Murder Inc., and how competition was dealt with in the 1940s. Calling all fans of The Godfather: you don't want to miss this installment of A Taste of the Past! This program has been sponsored by The Heritage Meat Shop. Music has been provided by SNOWMINE.

"Today we have supermarkets and bodegas, and the food appears on the shelves and we don't really know where it comes from... Back then, food distribution was much more spread out." [7:45]

-- Andy Coe on A Taste of the Past

This week on Let's Eat In Cathy spoke to cook Noah Berland and Peter Freeman of Brooklyn Farmacy. The gang talk about NY Egg Cremes, why Fox's U-Bet is the Brooklynest of syrups, and how many layers it takes to make a delicious croissant.