Tune in for our coverage of The 2013 James Beard Foundation Awards! Hear from the biggest names in food including Marcus Samuelsson, Danny Bowien, Wylie Dufresne, Jacques Pepin, Michael Anthony & Jonathan Sawyer. Produced by Jack Inslee & Michael Harlan Turkell for HeritageRadioNetwork.org This program was sponsored by Fairway Market.

Listen to the story of Chief Pastry Officer and two time James Beard Award Winner Emily Luchetti! Hear about the road to prestige as a pastry chef bakes her way into greatness. Tune in as Emily, author of The Fearless Baker breaks down the award process both as a voter and as a nominee. Learn about how the dessert culture is changing, the bridging of sweet and savory, and the end of the age of "too sweet". Don't miss this installment of Taste Matters! Thanks to our sponsor, BluePrint. Break music for today's episode provided courtesy of California Honeydrops.

"You can't be in this profession and live for awards... it has to be that you get the internal satisfaction of making a good product... getting nominated is just the icing on the cake..." [6:55] -- Chief Pastry Officer Emily Luchetti on Taste Matters!

Darin Bresnitz is covering a lot of ground in the worlds of food and music on this week's installment of Snacky Tunes. Darin calls up Mitchell Davis, Executive Vice President of the James Beard Foundation and host of HRN's 'Taste Matters', to talk about the upcoming James Beard Awards. Learn how food media and journalism has changed the buzz around restaurants and food policy. Mitchell reports live from The World's 50 Best Restaurants in London; who will be this year's winner? Later, Darin chats with The Rev about his upcoming events- Burger Week and Beer Balls. Find out why beer and burgers make the ultimate food pairing, and hear Darin and The Rev talk about their ideal meatballs. Finally Amanda from Other Music calls in to talk about this year's Smorgasburg Record Fair! This episode has been sponsored by Rolling Press.

"My appreciation for other people's artistry of the burger goes beyond what I can do. I like to cook things other than burgers at home." [28:15] -- The Rev on Snacky Tunes