Ruth Reichl and author Nicole Mones talk about the metaphors and meanings connected to Chinese cuisine. Also, senior editor Nanette Maxim meets with Robert Sietsema and two members of the Organ Meat Society to dish on deer hunters, eating innards solo, and the brain sandwiches of Saint Louis.

Ruth Reichl talks with food author and farro fiend Calvin Trillin about Tuscany, chicken under a brick, and the pleasures of inauthentic gazpacho. Also, Gourmet senior articles editor Jocelyn Zuckerman speaks with gritty prose stylist Junot Diaz about how food and literature intersect with the immigrant experience in the US.

Ruth Reichl visits author and artist Maira Kalman's studio for a chat about breakfast and Napoleon. Reichl also speaks with Gourmet food editor Shelley Wiseman about the genesis of Kalman's breakfast fantasy food, Brioche Gaga. Lastly, Gourmet Web editor Adam Houghtaling enjoys a few New York minutes discussing egg creams with author Thomas Beller

Join Gourmet travel editor Bill Sertl and award-winning novelist Ann Patchett at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York. Also, photo editor Amy Koblenzer speaks with artist Laura Letinsky about the origins of Laura’s photography featured in the supplement to Gourmet’s August issue. Ruth Reichl hosts.