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Vote! An Election Eve Plea (and endorsement)
In this 7-minute editorial, our first standalone statement of its kind, we encourage all listeners to vote, share a little information on how to do i…
5 years, 4 months ago
Episode 135: Ariel Arce (Air's Champagne Parlor & others, NYC; author, Better with Bubbles)
Episode 135
Dubbed "the Champagne Empress of Greenwich Village" by The New York Times, Ariel Arce presides over a quartet of downtown Manhattan, Champagne- and w…
5 years, 4 months ago
Episode 134: Einat Admony (Balaboosta & other restaurants, NYC)
Episode 134
From a childhood in Israel, to life as a street seller in Germany, to jobs in top New York City kitchens to success as chef-owner of Taim, Balaboosta…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 133: Frank Castronovo & Frank Falcinelli (Frankies Spuntino & other restaurants; Brooklyn)
Episode 133
Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli (aka "The Franks") have been operating a collection of restaurants in Brooklyn, NY, for many years now, startin…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 132: Barbara Sibley (La Palapa & Holiday Cocktail Lounge, NYC)
Episode 132
Barbara Sibley came to New York City from Mexico in the early 1980s and fell in love with the restaurant industry thanks to time working at the stori…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 131: John Birdsall (author, The Man Who Ate Too Much)
Episode 131
For our money, there's no better writer in the food realm today than John Birdsall. In his new book The Man Who Ate Too Much, a biography of James Be…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 130: David Kinch on A Chef's Voyage & Matt Sartwell on Saving Kitchen Arts & Letters
Episode 130
David Kinch and his Manresa restaurant team are at the center of the new documentary "A Chef's Voyage," about the time they spent in France, collabor…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 129: Akhtar Nawab (chef & author of Good for You)
Episode 129
Akhtar Nawab grew up in one of a handful of Indian families in Louisville, Kentucky, before setting his sights on the pro kitchen and New York City. …
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 128: David Nayfeld Introduces The Main Ingredient
Episode 128
Friend of the pod David Nayfeld, one of our favorite recurring guests, has launched his own podcast, The Main Ingredient with David Nayfeld, cohosted…
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 127: Black Food Professionals, Part 2, Guest Hosted and Curated by Scott Alves Barton
Episode 127
We are delighted to share our first-ever guest-hosted and curated episodes of the pod. In a 2-episode special report, educator and former chef Scott …
5 years, 6 months ago