New York City chef Andrew Carmellini and his wife, writer Gwen Hyman talk to Joseph Planta about their book Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True Stories From a Life in Food (Bloomsbury, 2008).

Food writer Jeffrey Alford discusses his recent book, Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China (Random House, 2008), with Joseph Planta. Alford co-wrote the book with his wife Naomi Duguid.

Joseph Planta talks to Dr. Woodson Merrell, the author of The Source: Beat Fatigue, Power Up Your Health and Feel 10 Years Younger (Random House, 2008).

Bestselling author and popular media personality Dr. Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill’s Office for Science and Society, discusses his new book, Brain Fuel: 199 Mind-Expanding Inquiries into the Science of Everyday Life (Doubleday, 2008) where he provides a better understanding of the science around us, why there aren’t as many toxins around us as we’re led to believe, how chocolate can be good for us, or how best to cook broccoli.

Writer and journalist Susan Bourette, author of Carnivore Chic: From Pasture to Plate, A Search for the Perfect Meat (Viking, 2008) talks to Joseph Planta.

Kate Colley Lo of Tourism Vancouver discussed Dine Out 2005, the successful dining experience featuring many of Vancouver’s finest restaurants, as well as all things tourism in Vancouver this December with Joseph Planta.