Ever wonder how olives are cured or why rascasse is needed to make a true bouillabaisse? The answers to these questions and countless others are both ingenious and simple. At Native Food and Wine we examine how local and regional ingredients define a place and how people around the world respond, sustain and enjoy themselves in their respective environments.

Native Food & Wine is part video documentary/part blog. Whether one is a seasoned food service professional, a self-taught home chef or new to the food scene Native Food & Wine offers jargon-free content. Each of the short episodes and blog entries will illustrate that one does not need to have a culinary degree or a masters in wine to eat and drink well. It is also an open forum where those who care about the food they eat and the wine they drink can discuss the issues that affect contemporary culinary culture.

The near-daily posts will offer eyes-on cooking demonstrations, indigenous production methods and wine related stories gleaned from first-hand experience with the people who produce what we eat and drink. Chef Amber Share and sommelier Kevin Lynch will lead you on this exploration and bring to you the faces and voices of those producers making a difference in their communities. Native Food & Wine seeks to inform and demystify the world of food and remind people that eating well can be simple, healthy, delicious and above all else, one of lifes greatest pleasures.