This week on Taste Matters, host Mitchell Davis brings in Allen Salkin, author of From Scratch: Inside the Food Network. Allen tells us all about the process of writing his latest book, and discusses some of the current problems with the Food Network. This program has been sponsored by Fairway Market. Music provided by Brothers NYC.

“The Food Network seems to be at a creative standstill. They don’t really know what the Food Network star is anymore.” [12:55]

“There is a snobbery towards the Food Network now which wasn’t the case in the 90s.” [23:15]

—Allen Salkin on Taste Matters