EPISODE · Apr 28, 2026 · 39 MIN
Does Lukas Hate Lentils?
from SALT PIG · host Elinor Hutton & Lukas Volger
Welcome to SALT PIG! Buckle your seatbelts everyone, because we are about to break the biggest scandal this side of the East River. Or at least in SALT PIG history, in all three months of its existence. Lukas—cookbook writer extraordinaire, vegetable whisperer, bean club acolyte—has a thing AGAINST lentils. WHaaat? But don’t despair! We break down many ways these sometimes-chalky pulses can be prepared and we dissect the root of his ambivalence. Will he find a lentil dish he truly craves? Will Ellie recover from her shock? Listen and find out!Discussed in this episode:Table Manners episode featuring Kristin Scott ThomasMujaddara/mujadra/mujadarah/mejadra recipes from Ottolenghi, from Hot Date! by Rawan Alkhatib, from Naz DerivianFagioli: The Bean Cuisine of Italy by Judith Barrett, and recipe for Pasta con LenticchiDeb Perelman’s My Favorite Lentil SaladCatherine Newman’s Red Lentil FalafelInstagram | Substack
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Welcome to SALT PIG! Buckle your seatbelts everyone, because we are about to break the biggest scandal this side of the East River. Or at least in SALT PIG history, in all three months of its existence. Lukas—cookbook writer extraordinaire, vegetable whisperer, bean club acolyte—has a thing AGAINST lentils. WHaaat? But don’t despair! We break down many ways these sometimes-chalky pulses can be prepared and we dissect the root of his ambivalence. Will he find a lentil dish he truly craves? Wil...
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