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Back to Search![Special Sauce: Food Editor Joe Yonan on Finding the Color of His Parachute [1/2]](https://f.prxu.org/1809/a9b0eca4-7548-46b7-9941-58550bdb6b85/images/60b4858b-07a5-4468-b43c-c4db97a84d3c/Special-Sauce-Logo-1536x1536.png){kind=logo}
Special Sauce: Food Editor Joe Yonan on Finding the Color of His Parachute [1/2]
It's always fun to have a longtime friend on Special Sauce because I always learn so much about the person sitting across from me, no matter how long…
7 years ago
![Special Sauce: Jason Wang on Building a Xi'an Famous Foods Empire [2/2]](https://f.prxu.org/1809/8e2536cc-06f7-4874-99eb-4cdf48bafc51/images/4fbe3972-4c7e-4924-80d0-e215e078f668/Special-Sauce-Logo-1536x1536.png){kind=logo}
Special Sauce: Jason Wang on Building a Xi'an Famous Foods Empire [2/2]
In part two of my conversation with Xi'an Famous Foods cofounder Jason Wang, he and I talked mostly about the struggles and challenges involved in fi…
7 years ago
![Special Sauce: Jason Wang on the Origins of Xi’an Famous Foods [1/2]](https://f.prxu.org/1809/83145dc5-d240-4f6c-a105-a069dfea7d87/images/a7326da3-9da0-4461-8cc3-c0904d9e3bff/Special-Sauce-Logo-1536x1536.png){kind=logo}
Special Sauce: Jason Wang on the Origins of Xi’an Famous Foods [1/2]
One of the many reasons I love doing Special Sauce is I get to interview people who shed light on various parts of the food culture I know very littl…
7 years ago
![Special Sauce: Kwame Onwuachi's Journey From Setbacks to Success Story [2/2]](https://f.prxu.org/1809/1bab6e05-841f-4c7f-854a-55cac6b3ebb1/images/5ffa7292-dc2c-4a8f-a987-e0af1e5547b9/Special-Sauce-Logo-1536x1536.png){kind=logo}
Special Sauce: Kwame Onwuachi's Journey From Setbacks to Success Story [2/2]
When we last left chef and memoirist Kwame Onwuachi, he had dived back into his catering business in New York City. Business was decent, but he’d beg…
7 years ago
![Kwame Onwuachi on Special Sauce: Notes From a Young Black Chef [1/2]](https://f.prxu.org/1809/e47db1db-c7f5-42b6-ab6e-d9ded45f5564/images/fe74b61e-d661-4bfa-bd74-ac3019fb6c93/Special-Sauce-Logo-1536x1536.png){kind=logo}
Kwame Onwuachi on Special Sauce: Notes From a Young Black Chef [1/2]
This week's Special Sauce guest, chef-restaurateur (Kith/Kin in Washington, DC) and memoirist (Notes From a Young Black Chef) Kwame Onwuachi, has led…
7 years, 1 month ago
![Special Sauce: Allison and Matt Robicelli on Moving to Baltimore [2/2]](https://f.prxu.org/1809/971b7d16-74b6-4343-9d61-2cd5cfe1107c/images/cba6c84f-3edf-49d3-9711-885e63a4182a/Special-Sauce-Logo-1536x1536.png){kind=logo}
Special Sauce: Allison and Matt Robicelli on Moving to Baltimore [2/2]
When we last left the irreverent Robicellis in the first part of their Special Sauce interview, they had decided to leave Brooklyn, their beloved hom…
7 years, 1 month ago
![Special Sauce: Matt and Allison Robicelli on Cupcakes and the Bonds of Suffering [1/2]](https://f.prxu.org/1809/5c226f5a-4557-45cc-950a-f65a079fb79d/images/6ff94a00-375a-475d-b8e6-62ce5165c6f3/Special-Sauce-Logo-1536x1536.png){kind=logo}
Special Sauce: Matt and Allison Robicelli on Cupcakes and the Bonds of Suffering [1/2]
Sometimes our Special Sauce guests are just so idiosyncratic, so entertaining, so thoughtful, and so zany, I find myself alternately laughing and nea…
7 years, 1 month ago
![Special Sauce: Tommy Tomlinson on Asking for Help When You Need It [2/2]](https://f.prxu.org/1809/289a0d53-7c48-4a73-b9ff-d0b4eefc1558/images/ab2a9cc7-fde4-4df2-85a4-8c6a68df9b27/Special-Sauce-Logo-1536x1536.png){kind=logo}
Special Sauce: Tommy Tomlinson on Asking for Help When You Need It [2/2]
In part two of my wonderful conversation with Tommy Tomlinson, author of the impossible-to-put-down book The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man's Ques…
7 years, 1 month ago
![Special Sauce: Tommy Tomlinson on Untangling Food, Love, and Loving Food [1/2]](https://f.prxu.org/1809/7aa689cb-48c1-4175-95d0-18a3ac5eb8ac/images/c87755ac-5218-4e08-806c-216141805522/Special-Sauce-Logo-1536x1536.png){kind=logo}
Special Sauce: Tommy Tomlinson on Untangling Food, Love, and Loving Food [1/2]
It's pretty rare for a Special Sauce interview to speak so directly to me that it feels like I've been hit in the gut. But that's exactly what happen…
7 years, 2 months ago
![Special Sauce: Osayi Endolyn on the Legacy of Southern Fried Chicken [2/2]](https://f.prxu.org/1809/71952199-30be-4771-a5b7-165c6fb6b05a/images/e5d34eb7-8a55-4942-9fdc-659556578099/Special-Sauce-Logo-1536x1536.png){kind=logo}
Special Sauce: Osayi Endolyn on the Legacy of Southern Fried Chicken [2/2]
The superb young food and culture writer Osayi Endolyn is back again for this week's episode of Special Sauce. This time our far-reaching conversatio…
7 years, 2 months ago