Welcome to yet another episode of Cooking Issues. Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez are in the studio post-Hurricane Sandy, and are talking about the storm's impact on New York City. Dave is without power, and so are so many other people in Lower Manhattan, the Rockaways, Brooklyn, and Long Island. Later, Dave suggests a few Cambodian cookbooks and pressure cookers. What is the best way to apply sous vide techniques in a food truck? Dave talks about the differences between home and commercial refrigeration, and refrigeration systems that use endothermic reactions. Get some tips on making pasta and ice cream at home! This program has been brought to you by The International Culinary Center.

"I think it's a freakin' racket! Notice how your home fridge never breaks down? For a four year period, I had a commercial fridge in my house and it broke four times! Commercial refrigeration sucks! ...They just don't put the thing together as well, insulate it as well, and solder it as well." [28:20]

-- Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues

Take a journey through food systems on a special in-the-field episode of Taste Matters as Mitchell Davis is recording at the American Museum of Natural History with Museum Curator Mark Norell. Take a virtual tour through their latest exhibit at the museum, "Our Global Kitchen". How did the exhibit come to be? What specific food topics are covered in the exhibit? Learn about the foods of the world and get an inside look at one of the most interesting curated food experiences in the world! This special episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio explores the history of public markets and meat supplies in New York City with Gergely Baics, Assistant Professor of History and Urban Studies at Barnard College. Tune in to learn about food provisioning and local markets and how policy and seasonality play into the proteins made available to the public in urban areas. This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.