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Nidal Barake (One of Each podcast) on Infiltrating the Chef World, Global Travel, and Adapting to the Moment
Episode 286
As longtime fans of the pod know, there's nothing we love more than a crossover episode with a show we're friendly with. It reminds us of when we wer…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Ari Miller (Philadelphia) on Shifting from Journalism to Cooking, Breakout Dishes, and the Meaning of "Relationship Cuisine"
Episode 285
Ari Miller’s evolution from journalist to chef was anything but traditional. In this revealing conversation, he shares how food became both his creat…
9 months ago
David Nayfeld (Che Fico, et. al. -- Northern California) on His First Cookbook, Dad, What's for Dinner?
Episode 284
Friend of the pod David Nayfeld, of Che Fico and other Bay Area restaurants, discusses his inaugural cookbook, Dad, What's for DInner--an outstanding…
9 months, 1 week ago
Besha Rodell (author, Hunger Like a Thirst) on Restaurant Criticism, Nomadic Living, and Writing Her First Memoir
Episode 283
Besha Rodell has written about food and/or reviewed restaurants for Creative Loafing, LA Weekly, The New York Times, Food & Wine, and other outlets, …
10 months ago
EXCLUSIVE! RETURN OF THE LA CHEF CONFERENCE: A Special Announcement by Conference Founder Brad Metzger & Host Chef Neal Fraser
Episode 282
For nearly a decade, the LA Chef Conference has been the gathering of Los Angeles chefs and industry professionals. After a one-year hiatus, the conf…
10 months, 1 week ago
Emily Yuen (Lingo restaurant, Brooklyn) on Moving on from French Cuisine, Finding Her Culinary Voice, and Why She Never Says Never
Episode 281
Before launching her hit modern-Japanese restaurant Lingo in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, chef Emily Yuen worked in some hardcore French kitchens in London …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Calvin Eng (Bonnie's restaurant, Brooklyn, & author of Salt Sugar MSG) on the Value of Unconventional Training, Generations of Cantonese-American Food, and Whether There's Such a Thing as NYC Cuisine
Episode 280
Calvin Eng has had a busy and successful few years. His restaurant Bonnie's in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has become a hub of modern Cantonese-American …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Inside the Chefs ❤️ LA Benefit! (featuring Nyesha Arrington, Ellen Marie Bennett, Billy Harris, Sherry Yard, and others)
Episode 279
A few weeks ago, in record time, the good folks behind the LA Chef Conference, organized a benefit for victims of the recent, devastating LA wildfire…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Remembering André Soltner (previously unaired 2016 interview)
Episode 278
Earlier this year, we lost one of the greatest and most influential chefs ever to ply his trade in the United States, when André Soltner passed away …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Laurie Woolever (author, Care and Feeding) on Life Lessons, Navigating Memoirs, and Reckoning with Bad Men
Episode 277
Come for the industry insidership, stay for the great writing and unvarnished personal honesty. Author Laurie Woolever's new memoir Care and Feeding …
11 months, 3 weeks ago