Attn: Western Pennsylvania listeners - Savor Pittsburgh - a PSA about this event Sep 1, with organizer Christina Dickerson, www.savorpgh.com.  3 Outstanding Food & Drink products; Jacques Bezvidenhout, Brand Ambassador, Partida Tequila, San Francisco, award winning Tequilas from Bianco to Extra Anejo, www.partidatequila.com; Yuval Zaliouk, Founder, Almondina, Maumee OH, Almond Cookies in 10 flavors, www.almondina.com; Brent Madsen, Partner, Chocolatier & Brittle Inventor, Anette's Chocolates, Napa CA, Brittles in Amazing Flavors, including Chili-Lime-Tequila-Tortilla, www.anettes.com.

Michael Recchiuti, a Great American Chocolatier, tells OTM about his Expanding Empire, San Francisco CA, www.recchiuti.com.  Latest Food Industry Trends, some Fascinating People & Products; Chef Danilo Zecchini, Ciao Bella Gelato, Eugene OR, www.ciaobellagelato.com; Jean Arnold, Founder, 479 degrees Popcorn, San Francisco CA, www.479popcorn.com; MaryAnn McCormick, Co-Founder, Lark Fine Foods, "Cookies for Grown Ups", Essex MA, www.larkfinefoods.com.

Some Very Special Ingredients & the People who Produce them.  Mary Keehn, Cypress Grove Chevre, Many Varieties of Goat Cheese, most famously Humbolld Fog, Arcata CA, www.cypressgrovechevre.com; Rufus Brown, Curemaster, Johnson County Hams, Smithfield NC; Country Ham & Bacon products, including Sliced Bacon & Ham from Mangalitsa Pigs raised in Iowa, www.countrycuredhams.com; David Hammons, 4th Generation, Hammons Products Co, Balck Walnuts, nuts, oils etc., Stockton MO, www.black-walnuts.com; LLance & Lori Kezner, Founders, Garlic-it, Bellevue WA; www.garlicit.com.

OTM Goes to Washington - not for Politics, but for Food.  Top Restaurateurs & Chefs we met.  Eric Ziebold, Executive Chef, CityZen at the Mandarin Oriental, www.mandarinoriental.com/washington/dining/cityzen; Peter Smith, Chef-Partner, PS7, www.ps7restaurant.com; Jeff Tunks, Head Chef-Partner, DC Coast, Acadiana, Ceiba, Passionfish (Reston VA) & soon to open District Commons, www.dccoast.com, www.acadianarestaurant.com, www.ceibarestaurant.com, www.passionfishreston.com; Robert Wiedmaier, Head Chef-Partner, Marcel's, Brasserie Beck, Brabo & The Butcher's Block (Alexandria VA), Mussel Bar (Bethesda MD), www.marcelsdc.com, www.beckdc.com, www.braborestaurant.com, www.musselbar.com, John Engle, chef de Cuisine, Brasserie Beck.

A Great Chef, a Great Cookbook for Singles, Gadgets for your Kitchen & your Lifestyle, and How to Survive the "Princess" in Your Life.  Tyson Cole, Chef-Owner, Uchi, Austin TX, www.uchiaustin.com, Uchi: The Cookbook; Joe Yonan, Food & Travel Editor, The Washington Post, Serve Yourself: Nightly Adventures in Cooking for One; Elke Roehrig, President, Leifheit USA, Kitchen & Bathroom Scales, www.leifheitusa.com; Barbara Beery, Kids Cook, Austin TX, www.kidscookingshop.com, The Pink Princess Party Cookbook.

Interesting & different viewpoints on Food & Cooking.  James Oseland, Editor in Chief, Saveur Magazine, Saveur The New Comfort Food: Home Cooking from Around the World; Ryan D'Agostino, Food Editor, Esquire, Esquire's Eat Like a Man; the Only Cookbook a Man will ever need; Joshua & Jessica Applestone, Owners, Fleisher's Grass-fed & Organic Meats, Kingston NY, The Butcher's Guide to Well-raised Meat, www.fleishers.com; Hank Shaw, Hunt, Gather, Cook: Finding the Forgotten Feast, honest-food.net.

Mostly Mixed Drinks, then more 5Star Sensation Chef Volunteers.  Lincoln Henderson, Founder & Owner, Angel's Envy Distillery, Louisville KY, www.angelsenvy.com/; Albert & Eleanor Leger, Proprietors, Eden Ice Cider, West Charleston VT, www.edenicecider.com; Mary Lou & Robert Heiss, Owners, Tea Trekkers, Northampton MA, www.teatrekker.com.

And the Chefs, Joseph Miller, Chef-owner, Joe's Restaurant, Venice CA, www.joesrestaurant.com; Anthony Meidenbauer, Executive Chef, Holsteins, Las Vegas, NV www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com/taste/restaurant-collection/holsteins.aspx

Two Legendary Chefs and their recently published works; Rick Tramonto, Scars of a Chef, Chef-partner, R'evolution. opening in New Orleans in November 2011, www.sonesta.com/RoyalNewOrleans/index.cfm?fa=restaurant3.home; Jonathan Waxman, Italian My Way, Chef-owner, Barbuto, NYC, barbutonyc.com/.  Celebrity Volunteer Chefs at 5Star Sensation in Cleveland, June 25, 2011 (helping raise $2MM for Cancer Research); Sam Choy, Kai Lanai & Honolulu HI, www.samchoy.com/; Roy Yamaguchi, Roy's, several locations, including Honolulu HI, www.roysrestaurant.com/; Kelly English, Chef-owner, Restaurant Iris, Memphis TN, www.restaurantiris.com; Enrique Aranda, Chef, Payard Patisserie & Bistro, Las Vegas NV, www.caesarspalace.com/casinos/caesars-palace/restaurants-dining/payard-patisserie-detail.html .

A Miscellany of New Ideas & Adventures in Cooking & Eating.  James Tanner, Co-Owner & Chef, Tanners Restaurant & The Barbican Kitchen, Plymouth UK, Take 5 Ingredients: 100 Delicious Dishes Using Just 5 Ingredients, www.tannersrestaurant.com; Alexander Talbot, Co-owner, Ideas in Food, Ideas in Food: Great Recipes & how they Work, www.ideasinfood.com; Amy Finley, How to Eat a Small Country: a Family's Pursuit of Happiness, One Meal at a Time; Heather Shouse, Food Trucks: Dispatches & Recipes from the Best Kitches on Wheels.

Three Great Experts, 2 on Ethnic Cuisine, 1 on the History & Proper Use of Salt, talk about their recently published Book.  Camilla Plum, The Scandinavian Kitchen: Over 100 Essential Ingredients with 200 Authentic Recipes, www.fuglebjerggaard.dk; Roberto Santibanez, Truly Mexican: Authentic Mexican Cooking for the Home Kitchen, www.robertosantibanez.com; Mark Bitterman, Owner, The Meadow Salt & Specialty Food Stores in Portland OR & NYC; Salted: a Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes, www.themeadow.net.

An Entire Program Dedicated to the Juice of the Grape - remember "A day without wine is like a day without sunshine".� John Geber, Owner, Chateau Tanunda, Barossa Valley South Australia, www.chateautanunda.com/; Giacomo, Founder & Owner, D'Alessandro Azienda Agricola, Agrigento, Sicily Italy, www.dalmin.it/azienda/; Doug Cohn, NE Manager, Reidel Crystal USA, How to "pair" Wines & Wine Glasses, www.riedel.com/.

OTM reporting from New Orleans - there was no flooding and lots of great food & drink. Two great young Chefs from John Besh's Restaurant Group; Meson923 a great new option near the Convention Ctr.; why decide to become a Chef at 38, and write a book about it? Alon Shaya, Executive Chef/Partner, Domenica; Erick Loos IV, Chef de Cuisine (and Farmhand) La Provence, Lacombe LA; Baruch Rabasa, Executive Chef, Meson923; Jonathan Dixon, Beaten, Seared, and Sauced: on becomimg a Chef at the Culinary Institute of America.

A Mixed Bag, Great Coffee, Great Butchering & Grilling Japanese & Southern Style.  Alan Adler, Inventor & Owner, Aeropress Coffee Maker from Aerobie, Inc.; Marissa Guggiano, Sonoma Direct, author Primal Cuts; Harris Salat, co-author, The Japanese Grill; Jamie & Bobby Deen, The Deen Bros. Get Fired Up.

5Star Sensation, probably THE Biggest & Best Dining Party!!  Spokesperson Loree Vick, participating Chef Frank Ostini & Wine Maker Gray Hartley, The Hitching Post, Buellton CA. Then OTM in New York City for the James Beard Awards and a couple of great Dining Experiences.  Missy Robbins, Executive Chef, A Voce Columbus & A Voce Madison; Chris Cipollone, Chef Proprietor & Jeffrey Tascarella, Beverage Director & Proprietor, Tenpenny at The Gotham Hotel; 6 Excited Winners of JBF Awards; Michael Tusk, Quince San Francisco, Best Chef Pacific; Isaac Becker, 112 Eatery Minneapolis, Best Chef MidWest; Andrea Reusing, Lantern Chapel Hill NC, Best Chef SouthEast; Joshua Aidlin, Audlin Darling Design San Francisco, Best Restaurant Design; Louise, Louis, Michael & Michael Jr. Esposito, Chef Volas's Atlantic City, America's Classic; Julian P Van Winkle III, Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery Louisville KY, Outstanding Wine & Spirits Professional.

Great new Food Products & Snacks.  Christian Bunte, Co-Founder, Cabo Foods, Fine Corn Chips, Laguna Hills CA, www.cabofoods.com; Kathryn Lukas, Farmhouse Culture Fresh Organic Sauerkraut, Santa Cruz CA, www.farmhouseculture.com; Tara Branham, Founder, Java Bites Cookies, www.javabites.com; Angela Liu, Founder, Crispy Green & Frutzio "freeze dried" Fruit Snacks, Fairfield NY, www.crispygreen.com; Lea Richards, Owner, Pig of the Month BBQ, prepared Barbecued Ribs & Pulled Pork, Condiments & Bottled Sauces, Dayton OH, www.pigofthemonth.com; and a change of pace to end; Daniel Leader, Owner, Bread Alone Bakery, Rhinebeck NY, author Simply Great Breads.

Three Great Italo-Americans talk about their Food Heritage - and Good News about where to get them.....  John Mariani, Esquire Food & Travel Correspondent, author How Italian Food Conquered the World; Lou Di Palo, Di Palo's Fine Foods, NYC, www.dipaloselects.com, fine imported Italian foods, especially Cheese & Charcuterie, also an operating Latteria (dairy) making Fresh Cheese; Rosario Safina, Founder, Da Rosario Organics, Organic Truffles & Truffle products, including Oils, Mayonaise & Butter, www.darosario.com.

Peter is surrounded by Ladies again!!  Two great Southern (USA) Chefs & two Cooking & Cookbook Celebrities from NYC.  Andrea Reusing, Chef-owner, Lantern Restaurant, Chapel Hill NC, author Cooking in the Moment - a Year of Seasonal Recipes; Sara Foster, Foster's Markets, Durham & Chapel Hill NC, author Sara Foster's Southern Kitchen; Joan Nathan, Quiches, Kugels & Couscous; Sara Moulton, Broadcaster & Author

Celebrating Easter, Italian Wines & Cooking.  Giovanni Ponchia, Oenologist, The Soave Consortium, on this much improved white wine of the Veneto region; Tiziana Frescobaldi, Director of Communications, Marchesi di Frescobaldi, Red Wines for Easter with Lamb, Nippozzano Chianti Riserva or Castelgioconda Brunello di Montalcino; Gainni Scappin, Chef-Owner, Cucina, Woodstock NY, Co-author, Italian Cooking at Home; Jessica Theroux, Cooking with Italian Grandmothers.

Wine & Beer Gurus - Rajat Parr, Director-Sommelier, Mina Group, Partner RN74 San Francisco, author Secrets of the Sommeliers: How to Think & Drink Like the World's Top Wine Professionals; Sam Calagione, Owner, Dogfish Head Brewery, Lewes DE, author Brewing up a Business.  Great Mustards & Marinades, Suzie Barhyte, Barhyte & Saucie Mama, Pendleton OR; Fine Farmstead Cheeses, Debbie Crave, Crave Brothers, Waterloo WI.

Gabrielle Hamilton, Chef-owner, Prune Restaurant, NYC, author Blood, Bones and Butter: the Inadverdent Education of a Reluctant Chef; Markus Glocker, Executive Chef, Gordon Ramsay Restaurant at The London, NYC; Andrew Hebson, Chef-Partner, NOLA on Market Square, Pittsburgh; Ewald Notter, Owner, Notter School of Pastry Design, Orlando FL, author Art of the Chocolatier.

Its's the Ingredients - variations on this theme!!  Darryl Estrine, Harvest to Heat, 100 Recipes showing how Food Producers & Top Chefs work together; Robert Schueller, Melissa's, suppliers of more than 1,000 fruit & vegetable items; Tyler Gray, Mikuni Wild Harvest, Exotic & Foraged Ingredients for Chefs, from Mushrooms to Vinegars & some very special Tonics; Kurt Timmermeister, Vashon Island WA, Growing a Farmer, how his Life changed when he decided to work on the land!

Charleston (SC), YES Charleston, a new Fine Dining Favorite.  OTM took the opportunity offered when attending the recent Food & Wine Festival to interview some old friends up to something new..........  Sean Brock, Chef-owner & Clint Sloan, Beverage Program Director, Husk, a restaurant devoted to bringing the best of the "Old South" to 21st Century diners; Frank McMahon, Executive Chef & Joey Ryan, Sommelier, Hank's Seafood, proof that great things change only to get better; Brett McKee, Founder, Roadside Kitchens, at 17 North, Mount Pleasant SC; Nico Romo, Executive Chef, Fish, and Corporate Chef for Patrick Properties Hospitality Group, on "north" King Street.

Peter's outnumbered by these 4 great ladies of the Culinary World.  Kate Moses, Cakewalk - a Memoir; Sarah Simmons, Home Cook Extraordinaire, Host of NYC's City Grit Supper Club; Pam Anderson, Perfect One-Dish Dinners & www.recipegirl.com; Laurie Buckle, How to Squeeze a Lemon (and 1023 other kitchen tips & food fixes...).

Foods & Flavors that we love, with fascinating stories to match!!  Tim Vincent, Vincent Family (4 generations) cranberries, dried & juiced, Bandon OR; Joby Rumiano, Rumiano Cheese (soon to celebrate their 90th anniversary), Crescent City CA, specializing in Jack Cheese; Julian Rose, Moonstruck Chocolate Co., Portland OR, fine chocolate bars and chocolate-dipped beans of the rediscovered "Pure Nacional" variety; P.  Allen Smith, America's best known "TV Gardener" talks about his Cookbook Debut, P. Allen Smith's Seasonal Recipes from the Garden.

"The Yanks are coming............."  From NYC to London, Bar Boulud & Barbecoa, and OTM chats with some old friends about the London scene.  Dean Yassarian, Executive Chef, Bar Boulud; Adam Perry Lang, Chef-Partner, Barbecoa; Eddie Hart, Co-owner & Paul Mant, Club Manager, Quo Vadis Club (Eddie & Sam Hart also own Fino & Barrafina) talking Cocktails & what's new in London dining; Rowley Leigh, Chef-Owner, Le Cafe Anglais, about his new Oyster Bar & Cafe.