Hosted by Rachel Wharton, the deputy editor of Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn, Meet Your Maker is where you get to hear from the people behind our food. That means not just bakers, picklers, cheesemakers, candysmiths, chefs and butchers, but hopefully kitchenware designers, builders, glass-blowers, bourbon distillers and even those behind the way we think about food. What does a baker obsess about? How do you forge a cast iron pan? Who invented the term locavore? How does the sausage get made? You'll find out on Meet Your Maker, and over time hear from all those who else have a hand--literally--in how we cook, eat and drink.

Rachel Wharton is an editor at Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn magazines, which focus on food culture in New York City. She holds a master’s degree in Food Studies from New York University and has nearly 20 years of experience as a writer, reporter and editor. In 2010 Wharton won a James Beard food journalism award for stories in Edible Brooklyn, while her profile of Russ & Daughters in Edible Manhattan was included in 2012 and 2010 Best Food Writing. She has edited The Edible Brooklyn cookbook (Sterling, 2011), a collection of recipes from those profiled in the magazine, and co-authored the baking cookbook Handheld Pies (Chronicle, 2011). Since the fall of 2010, Wharton has also written and hosted a weekly food segment for NY1, a local cable news station in New York City.

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