The Cultural Kitchen

Nancy Ancrum is the co-founder of Curated Dining and the co-host of Join Us at the Table, a weekly conversation about food and the people who create it that's heard from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturdays at blogtalkradio.com. She is a member of Slow Food and the American Institute of Wine and Food. Her philosophy: The more we know about the foods we eat, the more we know about ourselves and each other. In addition to writing a biweekly column for The Miami Herald's Food & Dining section, she is a member of the newspaper's editorial board.

E-mail her at nancrum@miamiherald.com.