Chris Shepherd, Founding Director and Honorary Chairman of the Southern Smoke Foundation, discusses his own evolution as a chef, and the origin story of the organization he started.

Joshua Pinsky (Claud & Penny, NYC) on Influences, Concepting Restaurants, & Defining One's Culinary Style

Our top chefs, as you’ve never heard them before. Author Andrew Friedman, one of the nation's chief chroniclers of professional kitchen life, interviews a diverse cross-section of the best and biggest names in the business, bringing his personal relationships and industry knowledge to bear in coaxing personal and professional revelations from his guests.