Food Friday

Food Friday takes a decidedly spicy turn as we welcome back Deanna Fox for a discussion about hot sauce. What's your favorite? Call in and share your favorite spicy recipe! 800-348-2551. Or email VoxPop@WAMC.org. Ray Graf hosts.

Chef Gail Sokol is back. Today, we'll learn about easy and fast Halloween desserts! Call 800-348-2551 at show time to ask a question or share a recipe. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

Best selling author Bruce Weinstein returns to Studio A. Bruce and his partner Mark Scarbrough are the authors of dozens of cookbooks. Today they want to teach us a little about the art of writing them. Ever dream of publishing your own cookbook? The experts are here! 800-348-2551. Sarah LaDuke hosts.

We soak up the suds on this edition of Food Friday. Harry Whalen of Great Flats Brewing, Rick Davidson of Davison Brothers Brewing and WAMC's Joe Donahue join Ray Graf in Studio A to sip a few brews and take your calls. 800-348-2551 is the number. BYOB.

Java, jitter juice, mud, rocket fuel... or just a plain old cuppa Joe. There are dozens of nicknames for the favorite beverage of the WAMC newsroom and millions of others around the world. Whatever you call it, this is the show for you. We talk coffee today with Chris and Matt Grady of Stagecoach Coffee. Call in and join the kaffeeklatsch. 800-348-2551 is the number. Ray Graf hosts.

The annual Hudson Valley Garlic Fest is happening this weekend in Saugerties. In celebration, we bring you an entire show devoted to garlic! Tony Carlotto and Darby Weigel of Rolling Rock Salt return. And joining us for the first time are Raema Rotindo of Rockerbox Spice Company and Pat Praetorius from the Hudson Valley Garlic Fest. Call with your favorite garlic recipe. 800-348-2551. Ray Graf hosts.

It's a comfort food at or near the top of almost everyone's list. Macaroni and cheese! Today we talk about - and taste - this American favorite with Deanna Fox and Shaleena Bridgham. Call and share your favorite recipe. 800-348-2551. Ray Graf hosts.

Today we welcome back Holly Shelowitz to discuss healthy foods that taste great and can make us feel better. Call in and join the conversation. 800-348-2551. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

Chef Gail Sokol is back. Today, we bake with the bounties of the harvest. Call 800-348-2551 at show time to ask a question or share a recipe. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

Chef Gail Sokol joins Ray Graf to tell him what the heck a pandowdy is.... and answer your questions about cobblers, crumbles, buckles, crisps and whatnot. 800-348-2551 is the number to call.