This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:

You may have already sampled sake, perhaps the best-known Japanese alcoholic beverage. But the popularity of Japanese whisky may soon rival Japan's most familiar drink.

And, many James Beard Award nominees are restaurants and chefs in Massachusetts featuring Asian cuisine.

Plus, from Back Bay to Watertown, local Black-owned restaurants are drawing new attention.

Join our food and wine contributors as we sip and savor those stories and more.

GUESTS

Amy Traverso, senior food editor at Yankee Magazine, cohost of GBH’s Weekends with Yankee and author of “The Apple Lover’s Cookbook”

Jonathon Alsop, founder and executive director of the Boston Wine School, author of “The Wine Lover’s Devotional”