Chef and edible insect ambassador Joseph Yoon is trying to normalize eating edible insects around the world.

Farrell Monaco is an experimental archaeologist that replicates ancient technologies and specific ingredients, even growing her own starters, to bring to life the breads that ancient Pompeiians would have eaten.

Jen Monroe began hosting monochromatic dinner parties after reading about an all-black funeral dinner in a book. Now, the chef and artist creates edible whimsy—from white iPhone sushi to aquarium gelatin molds—for all sorts of fantastical events.

Fork 2 Farmer explores the connections between local restaurants and farmers. In this episodes we meet the women behind Chickadee Farms—a small, organic farm in Clayton, N.C.— and Fiction Kitchen—a vegan and vegetarian restaurant in downtown Raleigh that serves their produce.

Kyle Frey and Creighton McNeil share a passion for oysters—growing them and cooking them. The Fork 2 Farmer project highlights the connections between local restaurants and the farmers that supply them.

Joe Merrell’s family has been farming in southeast N.C. since 1734. Fabian Bota runs Ruddy Duck Tavern in Morehead City and serves Joe’s produce. This short film shows the connections between two, independent businesses in Carteret Co., N.C.

James Beard Award–winning author Michael W. Twitty in Virginia's 18th-century time capsule known as Colonial Williamsburg, where the legacy of millions of African Atlantic people survives in food.

Kate MacDonald’s dream is that Cincinnati will one day be thought of as a great wine-producing region along the lines of Bordeaux or Napa. In her winery, she creates unique wines from American heritage grape varieties grown in the Ohio River Valley.

Join writer, cook, documentarian and Texan Adán Medrano as he forages and cooks with quelitre native to Texas and northeastern Mexico, an edible leafy green, that connects his past with the present, using recipes and ingredients from his mother.

Priya Krishna is a food reporter for the New York Times and a the author of the popular cookbooks Indianish and Cooking at Home. She traces the roots of her successful career back to a recipe from a kids cookbook that opened her eyes and “sparked” her unique perspective in the food world.

Glenn Spencer now runs the most exclusive barber shop in the small, Kentucky town, Mt. Sterling—from his garage.

Will Jackson is the leader of Durham’s Village of Wisdom, which strives to protect Black Genius. Jackson was interviewed for the PBS Newshour series, Brief But Spectacular.

Nadine and Mike Mohney’s journey to get cochlear implants for their young son James.

Graig Kreindler is a talented, classically trained painter who has devoted his talents and passion to bringing baseball history to life through fine art.