This week Beer Sessions's soundtrack is set to the smooth flute sounds of Ale Street News's Tony Fordner. Joining them is Sam Merritt of Civilization of Beer and Brooks Carretta the founder of the Birreria at the roof of Eataly. Brooks expounds on building a cask-only brew pub on a Manhattan rooftop. Later tune for beer haikus, and Ashley Routson or, better known as The Beer Wench. This episode is sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.

Three million tonnes of liquid gold have been produced this year and no we're not talking about bullion, we're talking about olive oil. From it's first sightings on ancient Egyptian pyramids to the many different styles and pressings today, olive oil has been a staple of life for thousands of years. With the help of oil importer and expert Tony DeMarco, Linda Pelaccio takes you on an organoleptic retrospective of one of the worlds oldest delicacies. From it's early uses helping sustain traveling Roman Armies to the recent discoveries of its health benefits and uses in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, this week's A Taste of The Past will provide you with an encyclopedic view of this amazing but hard to grow tree crop. Also, tune in for a live tasting of some of the best olive oils in the world at the end of the show! This episode is sponsored by Fairway Market.

Anne Saxelby and Sophie Slesinger are joined by author Paul Kindstedt, who's latest book "Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and its place in Western Civilization", explores the 11,000 year old history of cheese! Tune in to learn about everything from maritime trade, ancient pottery and religion as they relate to cheese on an especially historical episode of the best Cheese radio show in the world! This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"If cheese can help us understand the origin of civilization, it can help us learn who we are as a species. To think that cheese can help inform that process is extraordinary."

--Author Paul Kindstedt on Cutting the Curd