This week on Taste Matters, Mitchell Davis discusses global food trends with award-winning American food, wine and travel writer and photographer Carla Capalbo. Tune in to hear her thoughts on the "new nordic cuisine", and some of the rebel bistros across the world that are garnering attention and acclaim. Find out some of Carla's favorite chefs at the moment and learn about how trends in foraging pickling and fermentation are influencing restaurants globally. This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"I'm feeling more and more drawn as an eater to emotional responses. The visual side of food is extraordinarily important, but that doesn't stop me from being totally blown away from a fantastic dish of pasta cooked by somebody's grandmother."

"Real soul food does affect you in all of your parts."

--Carla Capalbo on Taste Matters

This week's guest on Chef's Story is Anita Lo, chef and owner of Annisa restaurant in NYC and author of "Cooking Without Borders". Citing multicultural influences, Anita explains how she fell in love with food growing up in Michigan and traveling the world with her self proclaimed "food tourist" family. From France to Iran, Anita took cues from all of her travels and experiences before opening Annisa, in New York's Greenwich Village. Find out what it took to open Annisa and how Anita has found continued success through her cooking, media appearances and writing. What was it like working with David Bouley? How did 9/11 affect the success of Annisa? How did the Food Network affect Anita's career? Tune in to Chef's Story and hear the whole story! This program was sponsored by Whole Foods Market. Learn more about "A Second Helping Fundraiser" that Anita is involved with here.

"I've always called cooking a lifestyle choice of the obsessive compulsive."

"I was taught French cuisine - I had to learn Asian cuisine."

"David Bouley taught me about ingredients. He was farm to table before anybody else was."

"I'm a nocturnal person which fits well with having a restaurant that's only open for dinner."

--chef Anita Lo on Chef's Story

This week on The Morning After, Jason has a packed studio full of movers and shakers in the New York restaurant scene. The show kicks off with an interview with meat purveying legend Pat LaFrieda of Pat LaFrieda Wholesale Meat Purveyors". Later on, Christian Pappanicholas of Resto discusses his newest venture, The Cannibal, along with chef Michael Berardino. Finally, Charles Wekselbaum of CHarlito's Cocina calls in and Assemblyman Matthew Titone joins the studio. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"I tried to get out, but it (cooking) sucked me back in" - Christian Pappanicholas, owner of Resto & The Cannibal on The Morning After

"Butcheing is a natural way of life for me, having watched my father and grandfather growing up" - Pat LaFrieda on The Morning After