Food

Award-winning chefs and restaurateurs Tony Foreman and Cindy Wolf on food, wine, travel, and tips for entertaining.

On the November ballot, voters will decide whether to expand gambling in Maryland to include table games--and to add a casino in Prince George's County.  Meanwhile, the state is preparing for an increase in gambling addiciton, and is partnering with the University of Maryland to create a new center that trains counselors in gambling addiction.  We'll talk with the director of the center, and a gambling counselor in Worcester County, which is the where t

Football is back, and so is the tailgating season. Chefs Henry Hong and John Shields have terrific tailgate recipes, and we invite listeners to tell us what they're cooking on game day. What was the most elaborate tailgate you’ve ever seen? What Maryland fans throw the best tailgates? And forget beer, what’s the best tailgate cocktail?

Our garden guru, Anne Raver, has decided to sell her family farm in Carroll County.  She wrote about the decision in an essay in the New York Times, "Saying Goodbye to the Farm."  The decision to sell means the land could be planted differently, and that the converted barn where she and her partner have lived for a long time

City Councilman Bill Henry is sponsoring four charter amendments that would shift the balance of power in Baltimore.  We ask him what they would do.

Then, Regina McCarthy takes us through the history of winemaking in Maryland, all the way back to the catawba vines planted by Thomas Jefferson's friend John Adlum in the early 19th century.

And on the 11th anniversary of the terror attacks, Tom Hall takes a tour of the Maryland 9/11 memorial at Baltimore's World Trade Center in the Inner Harbor.

The Maryland Wine Festival is this weekend in Westminster.

Smartphone apps can track everything from sleep patterns to diet habits in an effort to help Americans change lifestyles and improve health. David Freedman, author of June’s Atlantic cover story, “The Perfected Self,” joins us to talk about the psychology at work in smartphone tracking. WYPR and NPR technology commentator Mario Armstrong fills us in on the latest self-help smartphone apps.
Original air date: 7/31/12
 

Tony Foreman on wine, with stops in Alsace, Napa and Maryland to check on the growing seasons at three vineyards. Your questions answered this hour. Originally aired 06/27/12.

Opa! Greek food is on the menu for this edition of Midday Eats with Hong & Shields. Chefs Henry Hong and John Shields talk gyros, souvlaki, pita, spanakopita, baklava and more. Where can you find the best greek food in Baltimore? And how, for the life of Zeus, do you pronounce “gyro” anyway? Guest host: Melody Simmons

Sascha's August recipes, to grow WYPR's pickling prominence. 

Peach Chutney

Yield: About 7 pints

Ingredients: