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Chef Taylor Bowen Ricketts is a chef, artist, mother, businesses woman based in Greenwood, Mississippi. Always up for the next culinary adventure, Chef Taylor, pours her soul into creating new dishes that are beautiful as well as delicious. Since 2008, she has been chef/proprietor of Delta Bistro in Greenwood, which has become one of the most acclaimed restaurants in the region. In this episode, Chef Taylor discusses the distinct flavors of the Mississippi Delta - ingredients close to the earth and close to Southern hearts.

CEO Mike McCloud shares the journey starting the World Food Championships which boasts over $300,000 in prize money and a $50,000 cash prize to the winnner next week in Kissame, Florida. Mike explains how the competition will take place in an area the size of 8-10 city blocks and how the WFC has created the sytem for successful food championships across the country, and the globe. Host Andy Chapman asks Mike about his favorite thing he's eaten and much more. All part of this weeks episode on Eat Y'all Radio. Listen now!

Raymond Horne of Mississippi Cold Drip Coffee and Table 100 shares with Let’s Eat Y’all host Andy Chapman about his well-known Ray au Lait Coffee Cocktail, the Ray au Lait sauce, and the process behind the Cold Drip Coffee that makes it a smooth, unique coffee that taste great hot or cold.

Danielle Smathers, Pastry Chef at Restaurant 356 at the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta, GA shares with Let's Eat Y'all host Andy Chapman about her work and experiences at Porsche Experience Center. Danielle is one of the featured chefs at the Sweetest Chefs of the South event on July 21 in Ridgeland, MS.

Andy Chapman, Let's Eat Y'all host, chats with Mitchell Moore, Owner/Executive Chef at Campbell's Bakery in Jackson, MS about his work history and how he became the owner of Campbell's Bakery. He also shares about his favorite desserts. Mitchell will be emceeing the upcoming Sweetest Chefs of the South event on July 21 in Ridgeland, MS.

8000 Desserts a day - Executive Pastry Chef Amanda Owen dishes on desserts at the MGM Beau Rivage and some of the past celebrity fun she's had there. Amanda will be a featured chef at the upcoming Sweetest Chefs of the South event on July 21 in Ridgeland, MS.  

Birmingham, Alabama event planner and food television celebrity Martie Duncan visits with Let's Eat Y'all host Andy Chapman about her  upcoming cooking demonstrations at Sweetest Chefs of the South on July 21 in Jackson, MS. We learn about Martie's previous career as a cop, that's right a police woman in the south and how she's handcuffed to the kitchen now more than ever.

Let's Eat Y'all Radio Host Andy Chapman visits with Cheerwine Soda about their story, their Southern roots and their tour across the Southern U.S. to celebrate a big anniversary.

Join Andy Chapman as he sits down with Food Network's Toughest Critic, Simon Majumdar. Learn how Simon became the toughest critic on the Food Network from his previous career as a book publisher in London. Simon shares how his near suicidal moment was saved by food.  He shares about his first book Eat My Globe, and his newest book Fed White and Blue.

The Delta Meat Market is tucked neatly into a line of downtown buildings that flank the old railroad bed in downtown Cleveland. On Friday nights, crowds with their children in tow fill the place up for the weekly "Happy Hour" complete with local beer, live music (usually a local college kid playing the blues) and a couple of dinner options cooked on a grill out front. Eat Y'all caught up with the guy behind this local meat market turned community gathering place, Chef Cole Ellis. In this episode, you'll hear: Why he came home to the Delta His views on Culinary School vs. The School of Hard Knocks Tales from his culinary journey so far Find out more information Delta Meat Market websiteLike Delta Meat Market on FacebookFollow Delta Meat Market on TwitterVisit Cleveland website

Hayden Hall, Chef / Owner of The Oxbow Restaurant in Clarksdale, MS, talks about his roots in the Delta and why he came home from more established culinary cities to pursue his culinary dreams - which now include world-famous Fish Tacos. Learn about Hall's time opening a restaurant for Wolfgang Puck, why he found himself in Washington D.C. and about his time learning the culinary ropes in New Orleans before returning home to his beloved. Delta.  Visit Oxbow on Facebook Follow Oxbow on Twitter Follow Chef Hayden Hall on Instagram  

Pastured Pork farmer Louis Lirette shares the challenges of running a pasture raised hog farm in Husser, LA. Lirette shares the biggest challenges and highlights in the day to day operation of his farm to table operation, providing pork to some of the top restaurants in New Orleans as well as Mississippi, Houston, TX and the panhandle of Florida including Destin and Pensacola as well as your home through local grocery stores. Want to know more about your pork chop? Hear it straight now from pig farmer, Louis Lirette of Louisiana's Chappapeela Farms. Visit Chappapeela Farms on Facebook Follow Chappapeela Farms on Twitter

This week's Eat Y'all Radio episode is going to be all about ingredients: Eat Y'all co-founder Andy Chapman visits with Valarie Davis Lee about the history of her nickname, the origin of her cocktail sauce recipe and the secret ingredient to her success. Valarie knows how to twist a recipe and the lime twist is one of the secrets of her famous cocktail sauce, just like horseradish. Learn about how this simple yet delicious recipe became a real food product, the Valine's Cocktail Sauce, and try it with oysters! Share with us recipe ideas, and meet Valarie, a truly inspiring woman in the gastronomy world!

Liz Barrett, the "pizza journalist", author of the new book, Pizza, A Slice of American History, and editor of PMQ Magazine (Pizza Magazine Quarterly) and EatingOxford.com shares interesting insights into pizza's legacy in America from the different styles of pizza to an explanation of a little known outside-of-the-pizza-kitchen tool called a Dough Docker. Barrett also tells tales of her favorite pizza restaurant located in rural Mississippi, and she dishes a bit about her local eating journey better known as EatingOxford.com, a blog about her life in food in Oxford, Mississippi.   Listen in as host Andy Chapman visits with author and pizza expert Liz Barrett from Oxford, Mississippi, in this episode of Eat Y'all Radio.  This episode is made possible by our partnership with Southern Peanut Growers, Delta Blues Rice, Visit Ridgeland, Sugar Taylor Sauce and June Bugg Rub. 

Looking for a new twist on quick and easy tailgate food that tastes great and shows off your mad grilling skills? Whitney Miller, winner of MasterChef Season 1 shares her fall football food ideas with Let's Eat, Y'all show host Andy Chapman in this episode of Eat Y'all Radio. Plus, she chats about her upcoming nuptials - and the reception menu as well as a sneak peak into the contents of her upcoming cookbook release. This is an episode you don't want to miss.  Whitney Miller hails from the small town of Poplarville, MS, is a fan of football, food and good fellowship. 

Grill & BBQ Guru Ryan Gnemi talks tailgating with Eat Y'all Radio host, Andy Chapman in this episode. Gnemi, co-owner of Jackson, MS Logan Farms and creator of the popular Who Dat Rub, available in grocery stores around the region, shares recipes for smoked pork loin served in a slider along with other menu suggestions for football food whether tailgating before the live game or cooking for a crowd at your home. You'll be serving up a gourmet tailgate party in no time with these top tips. 

Let's Eat, Y'all show host Andy Chapman learns about the in's and out's of rice farming from Mississippi rice farmer David Arant, Sr. from Arant Farms near Ruleville, MS. Arant Farms is home to Delta Blues Rice, an artisan-milled rice product line featuring long grain rice, rice grits and brown rice products available for retail, wholesale and foodservice use. A true farm-to-table product, learn the story of this local rice product in this episode.  Read more about our First Taste of "Real" Mississippi Rice at http://www.eatyall.com/2014/09/my-first-taste-of-real-mississippi-rice/ Read what the other partners in the Arant Farms operation had to say about life on their farm, in their own words here: http://www.eatyall.com/2014/09/in-their-own-words-on-farming-milling-rice/ Learn more about our #FoodStories series here: http://www.eatyall.com/2014/10/welcome-to-foodstories/

There’s more to cooking venison than bacon and jalapeños. Or at least, so says our recent radio guest, Jes Harrington, the food and beverage director at the Duncan M. Gray Conference Center near Canton, MS and barbecue extraordinaire, on last week’s Eat Y’all Firing Pin to Fork radio segment. Get ready to talk about creamy sauce and exciting ingredients. Do it at home, your guests will be amazed and if you get too entertained by Jes' mouthwatering advices during the show, you can read more about this episode and get the recipe at eatyall.com. 

In this week’s edition of the Eat Y’all #FiringPintoFork segment, we'll hear Chef Marcus Sullivan, Executive Sous Chef at Jackson, Mississippi’s hip Babalu Tacos & Tapas, a well-known local restaurant for winning the city's best burger contest! Not only will Chef Marcus Sullivan show us that they're not only good at making burgers, but also that lamb is great in the center of the plate any time of year. Eat Y'all and amazing guests help showcase the bountiful produce of Southern autumn, otherwise known around these parts as late summer. Read more and get this wonderful recipe at eatyall.com

Seafood R’evolution, the latest fine dining project by the celebrity culinary team of John Folse and Rick Tramonto, is set to open in early November in Ridgeland, MS, according to executive sous chef, Payton Warren, who was our guest this week on the Eat Y’all #FiringPintoFork radio segment. Learn more about cooking tips, this huge project and their passion for southern food, the origins of local ingredients, and artistic plating. A combination of two Chefs and two styles that will definitely convince you to try and book your spot when it's finally open!  Read more at eatyall.com