Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchComic Fortune Feimster Joined The Swim Team For The Fun Dip
Episode 737
"I've always been a fan of food," comedian Fortune Feimster says in her 2020 stand up special, Sweet and Salty. She joined the swim team in grade sch…
1 year, 9 months ago
These Chefs Want You To Talk Politics At Dinner (Reheat)
Episode 736
Tunde Wey learned to cook at home with his family in Nigeria. Sean Sherman grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Today they're both …
1 year, 10 months ago
A Salty Medical Mystery
Episode 735
A couple years ago, Abigail Keel started having debilitating attacks of vertigo. Once she got a diagnosis, the treatment seemed simple enough: reduce…
1 year, 10 months ago
Can A Restaurant Be For Everyone? (Reheat)
Episode 734
"White people are comfortable anywhere," says restaurateur Andy Shallal. "In order for a Black person to walk into a space, there need to be signals …
1 year, 10 months ago
How Judith Jones Changed Cookbooks Forever
Episode 733
What do Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking and The Diary of Anne Frank have in common? A woman named Judith Jones fought for both of t…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Rice Cooker That Changed Jake Cohen’s Life (Reheat)
Episode 732
Jake Cohen didn’t care much about Jewish food when he went to culinary school and worked in high end restaurants. But when he met his future husband,…
1 year, 10 months ago
Who Really Was James Beard?
Episode 731
Before the James Beard Awards, there was the man himself. Beard was the first celebrity chef of the TV era, preaching home cooking and fresh, local f…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Pasta That Won Obama Re-Election (Reheat)
Episode 730
Sam Kass shares stories of his time as the Obama family’s chef — cooking on Air Force One, smuggling special ingredients into the White House, and cr…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bobby Flay Wins A Lot — But Also Knows How To Lose
Episode 729
Bobby Flay has competed in more than 700 TV cooking challenges and written a dozen cookbooks. But at heart, he still thinks of himself as a restauran…
1 year, 10 months ago
Reheat: A Very Trini Punjabi Diwali (with DJ Rekha)
Episode 728
We cook up a Diwali feast with a Trinidadian mother and daughter and discuss straddling cultures with the Indian-American DJ who introduced a blend o…
1 year, 10 months ago