This week Hot Grease gets a little tipsy with the John Schlimm, author of The Tipsy Vegan, who shows us how vegan cooking at any any hour can become happy hour. Learn what exactly makes certain alcohols vegan friendly as well as some delicious and belly-warming recipes for the winter. Later on Nicole Taylor recaps her interview on Heritage Radio's The Main Course where she discussed her Thanksgiving cooking as well as Black Friday. This episode is sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

This week on Cooking Issues, Dave tries out a raw vegan diet and discusses the hardships and limitations involved. He then answers questions about meat, popcorn, and salumi followed by a passionate take on how pretzels should always be. This week's episode is sponsored by Fairway Market, like no other market.

Welcome to another episode of Hot Grease! Our host, Nicole Taylor, talks about Majora Carter's new initiative to get technological jobs into the South Bronx, as well as gives a sneak peak for the upcoming National Ice Cream Month. Nicole is joined in the studio by King Whetstone, director of the National Agricultural Statistics Service for the USDA. Nicole and King talk about some of their favorite New York State agricultural products, including apples and dairy. King also talks about his work in trying to bridge the informational gap about food production between upstate and downstate. Later, Nicole calls John Schlimm, author of the new book Grilling Vegan Style, to talk about some healthy, vegan grilling options. Tune in to hear some ways to make flavorful tofu steaks, as well as delicious grilled fruit deserts! This program has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

"The decline that we're seeing [in dairy operations] is because of different factors. Number one, is probably is because of the cost to raise dairy...the input costs are just increasing, and the price of milk is down. It's not profitable. So we see a lot of the smaller milk producers bailing out." --King Whetstone on Hot Grease