Regina Varolli, 05/29/12

Author, 99 Things You Wish You Knew Before Going To Culinary School

The LUCKYRICE Festival brought together some of the best chefs and mixologists from across the city, and the world, and left the sold-out crowds with heavy bellies and light heads.

Ari Solomon, 05/29/12

Writer, activist, and entrepreneur

When one thinks of a vegetarian or a vegan, I don't think they envision the Adonis that is Brooklyn-based actor/performer Zachary Koval. After reading his insights, it's clear he's not just a pretty face, either.

Laura Merriman, 05/29/12

Master's student, NYU

The safety of our nation's workers is as important as the quality of meat we produce. We cannot sanction lost fingers, broken arms and severe musculoskeletal injuries for $90 million.

Michelangelo Signorile, 05/29/12

Editor-at-large, HuffPost Gay Voices; SiriusXM radio host

The dream was crazy and I can't remember it all but I was staying in a weird hotel and you and Ryan came to see me. There was a lot going on in the hotel. Ryan had made a video or a movie of some kind and was showing it to me. You and Ryan then went downstairs to get something to eat and I came down barefoot and some hotel person tried to shoo me out as he thought I was a hooker. You had to rescue me.

Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD, CSSD, LDN, 05/29/12

Registered Dietitian and author of "The Flexitarian Diet"

Snacking is a very healthy habit; in my experience, people who lose weight and keep it off snack once or twice a day.

Fedele Bauccio, 05/29/12

CEO, Bon Appétit Management Company

Chefs have an enormous power to make a difference, and they can do so without sacrificing flavor. If chefs ignore climate change, those oysters Thomas Keller and I both love will disappear from our warming oceans.

Oyster, 05/29/12

Oyster.com visits, photographs, reviews and rates each hotel. We uncover the truth, before it's "uh-oh" time.

There's really nothing more English than afternoon tea, and so in honor of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this June, we've rounded up some of our favorite spots to indulge -- in London and the Commonwealth.

Gillian Clark, 05/29/12

Chef

My father's food needed to survive him. We discovered that we were all cooking his food. Before we even knew his time on earth was coming to an end, he was living on in all of us.

Michelle Chen, 05/29/12

Blogger, In These Times and CultureStrike

It should be no surprise that on America's farms, so many women are treated as less than human, since not even the government sees them as worthy of respect under the law.

André David Halston, 05/29/12

Executive Chef, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club

Have you ever heard that saying "yesterday's soup always tastes better the next day?" That may be true in some cases, but in this case great things come to those who wait. This white chicken chili recipe is one of my favorites.

Carolyn Scott, 05/25/12

Executive producer, creator, host, writer, 'The Healthy Voyager'

Memorial Day marks the start of the "fun in the sun" season, so kick it off with an awesome get-together and killer food! Check out our fun menu of recipes for the weekend.

Departures Magazine, 05/27/12

The beauty of tasting menus is how much they vary from restaurant to restaurant and chef to chef.

Ellen Kanner, 05/27/12

syndicated columnist, the Edgy Veggie

"Being vegan is a glorious adventure. It touches every aspect of my life -- my relationships, how I relate to the world," says Victoria Moran. Holistic health counselor, longtime vegan and all-around glowing kind of person, Moran is author of books including Creating a Charmed Life and the new Main Street Vegan, a plant-based omnibus where spirit meets stomach and magic meets Main Street.

Eva M. Clayton, 05/28/12

Fmr. Congresswoman and fmr. Assistant Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization

This G8 summit was, yet again, a missed opportunity for international leaders to make a real commitment to long-term food security and support for African and developing world farmers.

Amie Valpone, 05/25/12

Culinary Nutrition Expert; Editor-in-Chief, The Healthy Apple

The benefits of eating clean, wholesome gluten-free food will have you feeling good and good about yourself. Here are some quick and easy snacks to hold you over and keep you and your gluten-free belly happy.

Tim Giago, 05/25/12

Founder, Native American Journalists Association

Oftentimes an idea is born out of necessity; and that is the way a weekly column called, "The Grouchy Gourmet" was born.

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn and Vikas Khanna, 05/25/12