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Join local tastemaker Jimmy Carbone as he chronicles the exciting recent history of New York State Craft Beverage and a new Hudson Valley sail freight project: The Schooner Apollonia. Their next docking date at Pier […]

By day, Jase Franklyn is a beloved Track and Field Coach at a local high school. The rest of the time he’s a barbecue craftsman, combining Caribbean flavors with American barbecue technique for Jase BBQ. His

Joe DeCicco grew up in a grocery store family. He’s a family member and partner in DeCicco & Sons, which was founded 1973, as well as a buyer for the chain in the New York

Peter Kaminsky has written about everything from fly fishing to open fire cooking and the beauty of bacon. He’s co-authored cookbooks with some of the biggest names in the business including Daniel Boloud, Gray Kunz

Rich Holmes of Juicy Lucy BBQ in Staten Island is a two time Brisket King® champion and started our call talking about how happy he was that he beat the team that won Best Ribs at

For over a decade, Mable’s Smokehouse has been serving traditional barbecue to the masses in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We talked with Meghan Love, co-owner of the restaurant along with her husband Jeff, about how they gained

If you’ve attended any Food Karma event, you know Chef Jesse Jones is going to be there with his big smile and big flavors. He’s been a participant for years and always wins over the

Bret Lunsford went from idolizing chefs playing with molecular gastronomy in culinary school to executive chef at Blue Smoke, one of the most important barbecue joints in New York City. For almost two decades, Blue

Kimberly Plafke grew up on a steady diet of chicken fingers and buttered noodles but now waxes poetically about all the ways to cook a pig’s head. This badass butcher went from picky eater to

Leland Avellino spent almost a decade working for the beloved Dinosaur Barbecue restaurant group, even as a part owner and executive chef at the Stamford location. He and the Dinosaur team made the hard decision