Stephanie Izard, who was both the winner and voted fan favorite in the fourth season of Bravo network's 'Top Chef' (Chicago) has launched a new weekly video podcast and blog, "The Tasty Life," at stephanieizard.com

Izard visits various sites — the first is an Indiana brewery and brewpub, Three Floyds, where she helped make beer and cooked a dish with her favorite ale.She posts recipes and blogs about her adventures. Subcriptions to "The Tasty Life" are available through iTunes or on the Web site.

In addition to these projects, Izard is opening a new Chicago restaurant, The Drunken Goat, in the fall