Podcast Episodes

We Can Do Better Than “Obligation Salads”

Pretty much every restaurant has salads, and yet how often do you get really excited to eat one? In restaurants and at home, most salads seem to be there because the person making the meal felt oblig…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Reheat: How To Be A Good Ice Cream Citizen

Is it unethical to sample an ice cream shop's flavors and not buy anything? A married couple calls in for advice, and Cooks Illustrated's Dan Souza reveals the artisanal ice cream industry's biggest …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

When Celery Was More Expensive Than Caviar

Celery doesn't get a lot of love these days. But it was the avocado toast of the late 1800s and early 1900s. People thought it had magical powers, and the hottest chefs in New York City were making c…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Cookbooks That Need ‘The Grandma Disclaimer’ (Live)

Food writer Khushbu Shah and chef Edy Massih each released their first cookbooks this spring. Both works are part of a new generation of cookbooks that take inspiration from specific cuisines without…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Reheat: Confessions of a Ballpark Food Vendor

In this episode of the Sporkful, a former Shea Stadium food vendor tells Dan about the worst gig in the ballpark. Plus a North Carolina peanut man tells us how they get the salt inside the shell, and…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

2 Chefs And A Lie: Deconstructed Coney Dog Edition

We’re back with our annual game show Two Chefs And A Lie! Here’s how it works. Dan talks with three “chefs.” Two of them are real chefs, one is an imposter. Dan can ask each of them just five questio…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Why Does Gluttony Get Such A Bad Rap?

Recently, a friend of restaurant critic Tim Hayward called him a glutton. This week, our friends at the Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast dig into that label with Tim — and he explains why he embr…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Searching For The Donut King Part 2

After months of searching, we finally meet Ted Ngoy, aka "the Donut King", and learn what happened to him. He's returned to the Cambodian community seeking redemption. But will he find it?

(This is pa…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Searching For The Donut King Part 1

After escaping Cambodia's Killing Fields, Ted Ngoy built a donut empire in California. Then he lost it all, and disappeared. This week we're searching for the Donut King and his legacy. (This is part…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Molly Baz Has Confidence In Her Taste

Everything Molly Baz puts out — from her best-selling cookbooks Cook This Book and More Is More, to her Instagram pics and YouTube videos, to her wine brand — seems so perfectly cool and stylish, so …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago