The Cooking Channel: The Food Network's new channel leaves Sandra Lee and company behind for a grittier, hipper feel.

Food Renaissance in Durham: In the Research Triangle city, "hundreds of outlying acres of rich Piedmont soil have 'transitioned' from tobacco, and now sprout peas, strawberries, fennel, artichokes and lettuce."

Jidori Chicken: These Los Angeles chickens are grass-fed, local, and taste extraordinarily chickeny.

Two Stars: SHO Shaun Hergatt bucks locavore mania: their trout comes from Tasmania, frogs' legs from Florida, and escolar from Japan.

No. 7 Sub: Classic sandwiches like the cubano are revamped with poached turkey breast, brined turkey leg, and pickled daikon.

Making Local Food Convenient: The rise of the local food movement has challenged existing infrastructure. Is there a simple solution?

New Market in Red Hook: The Red Hook Mercado will foster a festive vibe and sell crafts, ice cream and wine.

Food Stuff: A team of sisters open a pie shop in Brooklyn; Korean Beef Jerky is sweet, salty and spicy; Wild Hive Farm in upstate New York makes coarse-ground polenta with a lot of character.