Ivan Orkin on ramen, James Oseland on stories, Gustavo Arellano on Mexico, David Rosengarten on capers, Julie Hruby on pottery.
Hoby Wedler on wine tasting, Coi's Daniel Patterson, Sam Brasch on cactus, Bill Waddington on white tea.
Erin Byers Murray on oysters, Stump the Cook with Padma Lakshmi, Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on wine.
Christopher Leonard on chicken, Macanese cuisine, Joshua Wesson on wine, the Sterns.
John Gorham on family, Maureen Fant on pasta, David Rosengarten on hot sauce, Sam Chapple-Sokol on diplomacy, The Perennial Plate.
Col. Chris Hadfield on space food, Andy Ricker on Thailand, Herb Eckhouse on prosciutto, Jenn Louis on salad, the Sterns in Florida.
Lisa Heathcote on Downton Abbey, Rene Redzepi on fun, Rachel Laudan on empires, Michael Anthony, Katie Workman.
Isaac Mizrahi's Key 3, Crescent Dragonwagon on beans, Patrick Comiskey on Madeira.
Nathan Myhrvold on modernist cuisine, Hank Shaw on goose, Alice Medrich on chocolate, Joshua Wesson on wine, the Sterns.
David Chang on fusion, Diana Henry on zakuski, Ray Isle on classic wine.