Amy's Table

Amy chats with author Dr. Bernard Golden about tools for breaking free from mindless anger and the suffering it brings. Uncontrolled anger can be devastating, yet many people with serious anger issues don't know how to change their behavior.

Sometime all you want is a good casserole. The Casserole Queens have plenty of inspiration.

Dr. James Maas talked about the importance of, and how to get, great sleep.

Amy chats with the author of the "Italian Vegetable Cookbook", Michelle Scicolone who shares recipes gathered during years of traveling in Italy.

Amy chats with Wini Moranville, the author of The Bonne Femme Cookbook: Simple, Splendid Food That French Women Cook Every Day.

Amy chats with the one and only Jacques Pepin. His book, Heart and Soul celebrates his 60 years in the kitchen along with his culinary history and travel experiences.

Amy chats with Mireille Guiliano, the #1 New York Times bestselling author and “high priestess of French lady wisdom”. The Art of Savoir Faire is every woman's guide to navigating the world of work, living the good life, and savoring every minute of it.

Amy chats with Danielle Walker, blogger and author of Against All Grain and Meals Made Simple.

Amy chats with dietician and nutritionist Molly Morgan. Molly has collected 101 secrets so you can free your inner skinny chick and lose weight--without dieting! Drawing on the latest research and featuring insights from top experts and your favorite skinny celebs, The Skinny Rules shares the simple rules that every skinny girl follows, so that the rest of us can live like a skinny chick and look like one, too.

Amy chats with author Ellie Krieger about her easy-to-start, simple-to-maintain, scientifically sound, and eminently usable twelve-week program of small steps on the road to better health. Small Changes, Big Results is a game changer.

Amy chants with expert Rita Heikenfeld about what to do with your herb garden in the fall. Can it survive?

Amy chats fall landscape ideas with the one and only P Allen Smith.

Amy chats with bestselling author Rebecca Katz about her book, "Clean Soups: Simple, Nourishing Recipes for Health and Vitality," a collection of 60 recipes for pure, cleansing soups intended to renew and restore.

You truly are what you eat. Amy chats with Dr. Jessica Wu about her book "Feed Your Face: Younger, Smoother Skin and a Beautiful Body in 28 Delicious Days".

12 million books and counting! Amy chats with New York Times best selling author Phyllis Good about her book, "Stock the Crock", the ultimate resource for a new generation of slow-cooker fans.

Amy chat's with Deepa Thomas about her book "Deepa's Secrets", a journey from old traditions to modern Indian cooking with deliciously simple and gut-healing recipes that leave you feeling fulfilled—rather than full.

Amy chats with author Dan Defigio about his step-by-step guide to kicking the sugar habit and living a healthier, happier life. With many Australians and New Zealanders drawing as much as a third of their total caloric intake from sugar and enriched flour, sugar addiction is a rapidly growing problem. Dan can help end it forever.

Winner of the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Single Subject Cookbook, "All About Roasting: A New Approach to a Classic Art" is a must have book in your pantry. Amy chats with author Molly Stevens about the principles behind the essential technique of roasting.

Amy chats with Jon Gordon about "Work-Life Balance." It's a phrase we hear often. But author Jon Gordon doesn't think it really exists. At least not in the way most "experts" talk about it.He, like most people, have never been able to balance the scales of work/life on a day-to-day basis. Rather, he's come to realize that the dance between work and life is more about rhythm than balance.

Soup is the food of the world and every culture produces its own delicious variations on this universal theme. At once comforting and familiar, it can at the same time be exotic and exciting. Amy chats with author Annie Bell about the extraordinary versatility of soup and its ability to lend itself to embellishment and improvisation.

The Big Bad Book of Botany is Michael Largo's entertaining and enlightening one-of-a-kind compendium of the world's most amazing and bizarre plants, their history, and their lore. Amy discovers a world of wild, wonderful, and weird plants.

Amy chats with Stephanie Stiavetti author of "Melt" about the art of making mac and cheese.

Amy chats with Jill Donenfeld author of "Better on Toast."

This Labor Day, we go to the expert Meathead Goldwyn. Get your grill on with Amy!

Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation is the name of a list best known as a school writing exercise of George Washington, who became the first president of the United States of America. Amy gets into the subject with Steven Michaels Selzer, about keeping your cool when things get hot.

Bursting with color and seasonality, Amy Chats with Sean of Wow Windowboxes about how to make a statement with your curb appeal this fall.

Amy chats with relationship coach Julie Lingler about how you can be better spouse.

Amy chats with Alex Hitz, American celebrity chef, cookbook author, socialite and philanthropist, and founder of the luxury gourmet food product line The Beverly Hills Kitchen. His book "The Art of the Host" features tried-and-true recipes for classic comfort foods to serve with his inimitable style of gracious entertaining.

Amy chats with Denise Gee about her charming guide to casual outdoor entertaining. Party and decorating ideas have never been more simple or inspiring.

Amy chats with author, food historian and archaeologist Paula Marcoux about the fun of cooking with live fire. Her book "Cooking With Fire" is a hot collection of more than 100 fire-cooked recipes that range from cheese on a stick to roasted rabbit and naan bread.

When the occasion calls for a drink, but not for getting drunk, Kat O'Dell can help you mix up a batch of day drinks--low-alcohol cocktails that are festive, mouthwateringly delicious, and light on the booze. Amy chats Day Drinking with Kat O'Dell.

Amy chats with author Steven Raichlen. He wrote Project Smoke about how to smoke everything, from appetizers to desserts! A complete, step-by-step guide to mastering the art and craft of smoking. It's a game-changer for smoked food that roars off your plate.

Ever since farmers first planted seeds 10,000 years ago, humans have been destroying the nutritional value of their fruits and vegetables. Unwittingly, we've been selecting plants that are high in starch and sugar and low in vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants for more than 400 generations. Eating on the Wild Side reveals the solution -- choosing modern varieties that approach the nutritional content of wild plants but that also please the modern palate. Amy chats with author Jo Robinson.

Over the ages, resourceful Italian cooks have devised countless ways to prepare vegetables--all incredibly flavorful and simple. Amy chats with the author of the "Italian Vegetable Cookbook", Michelle Scicolone who shares recipes gathered during years of traveling in Italy.

Amy chats with "The Great Cook" author James Briscone. He wrote the book on how to cook more than 100 classic, all-time favorite dishes-and learn how to cook them perfectly. This cooking course in a book will show you how to confidently turn out a pie with a flaky, tender crust, make homemade pasta, and master a wow-the-crowd Coq Au Vin.

Amy chats with Lisa Woodruff of Organize 365. Lisa found herself overwhelmed with the chaos of working a 40+ hour work week, taking care of her home, and advocating for her kid's medical needs. During this hectic time, she developed practical, purposeful organizational systems that helped her structure her home so that she could readily respond to the demands of a working mom.

Amy chats with porch party expert Denise Gee about her charming guide to casual outdoor entertaining. Decorating ideas have never been more simple or inspiring.

Amy chats with expert Paula Marcoux who revels in the fun of cooking with live fire. Her book Cooking with Fire is a hot collection including more than 100 fire-cooked recipes that range from cheese on a stick to roasted rabbit and naan bread.

When the occasion calls for a drink, but not for getting drunk, mix up a batch of day drinks. Amy chats with expert Kat O'dell about low-alcohol cocktails that are festive, mouthwateringly delicious, and light on the booze.

How to smoke everything, from appetizers to desserts! Amy chats with author Steven Raichlen about Project Smoke, a complete, step-by-step guide to mastering the art and craft of smoking foods that roars off your plate with flavor.

Amy gets ooey and gooey with mac and cheese expert David Venable.

Amy chats with Stephanie Stivetti, author of Melt, the art of mac and cheese.