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Special Sauce: Chef Sean Brock on the Perils of Working Too Hard [1/2]
On the first new Special Sauce episode of 2020, we go deep and wide on a whole range of topics. First the insanely talented chef Sean Brock, whose ne…
6 years, 4 months ago
Ask Special Sauce: Kenji and Stella Answer Your Holiday Questions
This year, my wife and I managed to get through Thanksgiving without any major mishaps or blow-ups. That domestic and culinary tranquility was thanks…
6 years, 5 months ago
Special Sauce: Kenji on Eggs, Plus Wisdom From Two Master Bakers [2/2]
In part two of my conversation with the extraordinary bakers Amy Scherber of Amy's Bread and Melissa Weller of High Street on Hudson, we take a deep …
6 years, 5 months ago
Special Sauce: Kenji on Pizza Dough; Amy Scherber and Melissa Weller on the Business of Baking [1/2]
This week's Special Sauce episode unintentionally turned into a carb fest. Although I knew I was having on a couple of the finest bakers in the land-…
6 years, 5 months ago
Ask Special Sauce: Kenji and Stella Answer Your Thanksgiving FAQs
I don't know about the rest of you Thanksgiving hosts out there, but my wife and I tend to become increasingly stressed as the holiday approaches eac…
6 years, 6 months ago
Special Sauce: Kenji on Competitive Cooking; Ivan Orkin and Chris Ying on Being Gaijin [2/2]
On this week's Special Sauce, we take a deep dive into The Gaijin Cookbook: Japanese Recipes from a Chef, Father, Eater, and Lifelong Outsider, the n…
6 years, 6 months ago
Special Sauce: Ivan Orkin and Chris Ying on The Gaijin Cookbook [1/2]
Sometimes, my Special Sauce interviews are the best way to catch up with old friends and colleagues. I was reminded of that when Chris Ying and Ivan …
6 years, 6 months ago
Special Sauce: Kenji on Browning Meat, Adam Chandler on Colonel Sanders's Wild Side [2/2]
On Special Sauce this week, I had the pleasure of continuing my deep dive into the history of fast food with Adam Chandler, the author of Drive-Thru …
6 years, 6 months ago
Special Sauce: Kenji on Cooking With Fish Sauce and Adam Chandler on Fast Food [1/2]
This week's Special Sauce episode kicks off with Serious Eater Marc Lampert asking Kenji about the process of cooking with ingredients packed with um…
6 years, 6 months ago
Special Sauce: Kenji on Freezing Chicken, Simone Tong on Making Mixian [2/2]
This week's episode of Special Sauce kicks off with our new culinary Q&A segment, "Ask Kenji." At the behest of listener Dave Shorr, Kenji lays down …
6 years, 7 months ago