Food and Wine: Home Bakeries, Non-Alcoholic Wines And A $5 Strawberry From Japan

<p>Creamy, airy and aromatic — the $5 strawberry from Japan is doubly sweet. Home bakers made sourdough bread the "it" food during the pandemic. Now those homebound hobbyists have turned their doughy devotion into cupcakes for cash — with microbakeries popping up all over social media. And welcome to the world of wine proxies — beverages that look, feel and taste like wine, except they're not. Plus, California may have the nation's most storied wine trails, but Massachusetts is home to a variety of vineyards and wineries producing everything from heirloom New England apple cider to Champagne-like sparklers.</p> <p>Our food and wine experts are here with the latest trends.</p> <p>Guests:<br> <strong><a href="https://bostonwineschool.com/about-jonathon-alsop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathon Alsop</a></strong> — founder and executive director of the <strong><a href="https://bostonwineschool.com/about-jonathon-alsop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boston Wine School</a></strong>, author of “The Wine Lover’s Devotional”<br> <strong><a href="https://www.amytraverso.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amy Traverso</a></strong> — senior food editor at <strong><a href="https://newengland.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yankee Magazine</a></strong>, cohost of GBH’s “<strong><a href="https://newengland.com/weekends-with-yankee/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Weekends with Yankee</a></strong>,” author of “The Apple Lover’s Cookbook”</p>