All Episodes

Episode 155: David Burke; Omar Tate (Honeysuckle Provisions); John Winterman on No-Shows during COVID

Episode 154: Julia Turshen (author, Simply Julia); Rebecca Mason (Fluff Bake Bar) on Mask Mandate Lifting in Texas

Episode 153: Beverly Kim (Chicago, Illinois); Forecasting Restaurant Design post COVID with Glen Coben

Episode 152: Jesse Cool (Flea Street Cafe; Menlo Park, CA); Post-Pandemic Jobs Market Round Table with Brad Metzger Restaurant Solutions

Episode 151: Rick Bayless Reflects on Our COVID Year

Episode 150: Wylie Dufresne; Mashama Bailey & John O. Morisano; Opening During COVID roundtable

Episode 149: Helene Henderson (Malibu Farm), Emma Bengtsson (Aquavit)

Episode 148: Terrance Brennan, Vinay Gupta, Maile Carpenter

Episode 147: Our Holiday Spectacular featuring Dan Kluger, Allison & Matt Robicelli, Erick Williams, and Harold Moore

Episode 146: Charlie Palmer

Episode 145: Joshua Smith (Director of Culinary Innovation, Alltown Fresh)

Episode 144: Zod Arifai (Wicked Jane, NYC)

Episode 143: Bo Bech (author, The Relation Between Us)

Episode 142: Deborah Madison (author, An Onion in My Pocket)

Episode 141: Aaron Bludorn (Bludorn restaurant, Houston, TX)

Episode 140: Darin and Greg Bresnitz (authors, Snacky Tunes), Hong Thaimee (Thaimee Love popup), and Kate Heddings (author, Hungry Games)

Episode 139: Jeff Gordinier (Esquire Magazine)

Episode 138: Stefano Secchi (Rezdora, NYC)

Episode 137: Magnus Nilsson (chef/author, Fäviken: 4015 Days, Beginning to End)

Episode 136: Simon Kim (restaurateur - Cote, NYC)

Vote! An Election Eve Plea (and endorsement)

Episode 135: Ariel Arce (Air's Champagne Parlor & others, NYC; author, Better with Bubbles)

Episode 134: Einat Admony (Balaboosta & other restaurants, NYC)

Episode 133: Frank Castronovo & Frank Falcinelli (Frankies Spuntino & other restaurants; Brooklyn)

Episode 132: Barbara Sibley (La Palapa & Holiday Cocktail Lounge, NYC)

Episode 131: John Birdsall (author, The Man Who Ate Too Much)

Episode 130: David Kinch on A Chef's Voyage & Matt Sartwell on Saving Kitchen Arts & Letters

Episode 129: Akhtar Nawab (chef & author of Good for You)

Episode 128: David Nayfeld Introduces The Main Ingredient

Episode 127: Black Food Professionals, Part 2, Guest Hosted and Curated by Scott Alves Barton

Episode 126: Black Food Professionals, Part 1 - Guest Hosted & Curated by Scott Alves Barton

Episode 125: James Wayman (Oyster Club; Grass & Bone; and Engine Room; Mystic, CT)

Episode 124: Kelly Fields (author, The Good Book of Southern Baking)

Episode 123: Mark Ladner (Moby's, East Hampton, NY)

Episode 122: A Talk About "The Talk" with Chef Erick Williams & his father Ricardo Isom

Episode 121: Kevin Sintumuang on Esquire Magazine's America's Best Bars 2020 List

Episode 120: Bill Buford (Author, Dirt)

Episode 119: Alicia Kennedy & Chandra Ram on Recipe Credit & Media-Created Monsters

Episode 118: Shelter en Place Theater presents PULP FICTION (w/ guest critics Allison & Matt Robicelli)

Episode 117: Chef Edward Lee & Lindsey Ofcacek (founders, The LEE Initiative)

Episode 116: Russell Jackson (Reverence restaurant; Harlem, NY)

Episode 115: Douglass Williams (Mida Restaurant; Boston, MA)

SPECIAL REPORT #45: Daniel Boulud on Where We Go From Here

SPECIAL REPORT #44: Fine Dining Lovers' Ryan King on Crunching the Numbers

SPECIAL REPORT #43: Joel Drucker on Missing Tennis, Food & Travel

SPECIAL REPORT #42: "Shelter en Place" Theater presents "Little Italy" starring Hayden Christensen & Emma Roberts

SPECIAL REPORT #41: Rob Petrone on Hot Takes on a Plate

SPECIAL REPORT #40: Lynn Buono & Skip Schwarzman on Catering during COVID

SPECIAL REPORT #39: Jesse Cool on Having a Heart

SPECIAL REPORT #38: "Shelter en Place" Theater presents Albert Brooks' "Defending Your Life" with Guest Critics Allison & Matt Robicelli

SPECIAL REPORT #37: Preeti Mistry on the Larger Lessons of Alison Roman's Very Bad Week

SPECIAL REPORT #36: David Nayfeld on the Changes that Need to be Made

SPECIAL REPORT #35: Jodi Liano (San Francisco Cooking School) on the Surprisingly Bright Future of Culinary Students

SPECIAL REPORT #34: "Shelter en Place" Theater presents Hannibal with Guest Critics Allison and Matt Robicelli

SPECIAL REPORT #32 & 33: Scott Varricchio, Ian Boden, and Craig Melillo on the 3 Stages of Lockdown

SPECIAL REPORT #31: Lisa Abend (author and Vanity Fair contributor) on a Global Perspective

SPECIAL REPORT #30: Darren Underway, sous chef & author of The Stay-Put Cookbook

SPECIAL REPORT #29: "Shelter en Place" Theater presents Dinner Rush, with Guest Critics Allison & Matt Robicelli

SPECIAL REPORT #28: Jose Arroyo on Clearing the Board

SPECIAL REPORT #27: William Sitwell on the Past, and Future, of Restaurants

SPECIAL REPORT #26: Dan Kluger on Quarantine Lessons & Remembering Floyd Cardoz

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SPECIAL REPORT #25: "Shelter en Place" Theater presents Demolition Man (1993) with guest critics Allison & Matt Robicelli

SPECIAL REPORT #24: Edouardo Jordan on Being Resilient & Why People Visit Seattle

SPECIAL REPORT #23: Jeff Gordinier on That Esquire Piece & Hugh Acheson on (not) Re-Opening in Georgia Next Week

SPECIAL REPORT #22: Caroline Glover on Climbing Up the Hill

SPECIAL REPORT #21: Celia Sack (Omnivore Books) on Why We Cook at Times Like This

SPECIAL REPORT #20: Shelter en Place Theater presents a review of Jon Favreau's "Chef" with guest critics Allison & Matt Robicelli

Special Report #19: Robert Simonson on the Cocktail Hour Renaissance in the Time of the Coronavirus

Special Report #18: John Winterman on Using the Right Glassware During a Pandemic

Special Report #17: Ned Baldwin on How to Dress an Egg

Special Report #16: Amanda Cohen on What Kind of Restaurants We're Going to Have

SPECIAL REPORT #15: Shelter en Place Theater presents a Review of Burnt, starring Bradley Cooper, with guest critics Allison & Matt Robicelli

SPECIAL REPORT #14: Ashtin Berry on Evolving Toward a More Equal & Inclusive Industry

SPECIAL REPORT #13: Katherine Miller (James Beard Foundation) on Helping the Industry, and Yourselves

SPECIAL REPORT #12: Matt Sartwell (Kitchen Arts & Letters) and Ken Concepcion (Now Serving) on Independent Bookselling during a Pandemic

Episode 114: Iliana Regan (chef & Burn the Place author)

SPECIAL REPORT #11: John Currence on Optimism in a Time of Pandemic

SPECIAL REPORT #10: Erick Williams on Slowing Things Down & Short-Term Wins

SPECIAL REPORT #9: Jacques Pépin & Rollie Wesen on Culinary Frugality & the Power of Knowing How to Cook

SPECIAL REPORT #8: Dan Jacobs on the Zen of Clean Kitchens & Being a Chef with Kennedy's Disease

SPECIAL REPORT #7: Brandon Jew on Imagining & Adjusting to the Ever-Changing Future of Restaurants

SPECIAL REPORT #6: Farmer Lee Jones on Shifting Gears & Servicing Home Cooks

SPECIAL REPORT #5: Kat Kinsman on Putting on Your Kitchen Pants, and Remembering Floyd Cardoz with Chandra Ram

SPECIAL REPORT #4: Los Angeles Check-In (Part 2) with Nyesha Arrington, Dave Beran, and Mary Sue Milliken & Susan Feniger

SPECIAL REPORT #3: Phil Rosenthal Just Wants Chefs to Know He Loves Them

SPECIAL REPORT #2: Naomi Pomeroy on Balancing Grief & Silver Linings

SPECIAL REPORT: Gavin Kaysen on the Restaurant Industry's Unique Challenges

Episode 113: Philly Chef Conference with Antonio Bachour, Chelsea Gregoire, Jason White, Greg Vernick, and Bo Bech

Episode 112: Will Guidara & Kevin Boehm: A Conversation about Hospitality

Episode 111: Rocco DiSpirito, part 2; filmmaker Joanna James (A Fine Line documentary)

Episode 110: Rocco DiSpirito (Chef and Author), Part 1; Scott Varricchio (Citrus Grillhouse; Vero Beach, Florida)

Episode 109: Emily Luchetti (Bay Area pastry chef, author)

Episode 108: Francisco Migoya (Modernist Cuisine)

Episode 107: Erick Williams (Virtue Restaurant, Chicago, IL)

Episode 106: Jean-Louis Palladin and the Young Americans, with special guest Jacques Pépin

Episode 105: Talking Cookbooks with Paul Kahan, Jamie Feldmar, Raquel Pelzel & Rob Newton

Episode 104: Our Best (sound) Bites of 2019

Episode 103: Nick Muncy (Toothache magazine founder & pastry chef, Michael Mina)

Episode 102: Suzanne Cupps (232 Bleecker, New York City)