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Communal Table Presents: Tinfoil Swans from Food & Wine

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Nigella Lawson Talks Solitude, Imperfect Housekeeping, Squishy White Bread, and Listening to Your Food

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Preeti Mistry Is Hanging Out with Puppets, Planning a More Inclusive Food Future

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Sam Fore Talks Feeding Restaurant Workers in Need, Therapy, and Tomato Pie

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Sam Fore Will Not Stay Silent, and That's a Very Good Thing

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Pinky Cole Talks About Entrepreneurship, Intentions, and Setting People Up for Success

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Adrian Lipscombe Talks Black Land Ownership, Texas Tribulations, and Studying Sake

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Matt Jennings Talks Sobriety, Pivots, Flextaurants, and How Chefs Can Evolve

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Vinny Eng Talks Mutual Aid, Empathy, and the Art of Hugging Trees

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Anita Lo Talks Solo Cooking, Throwing Butter, and Constant Reinvention

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Claudette Zepeda Talks Cutting Through White Noise and Becoming the Leader She Needed to See

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Norma Listman and Saqib Keval Talk Mole, Valuing Mexican Food, and What Restaurant Family Means

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The Food & Wine Team Talks Dal and Roti, Sopping, Broiling, and Citrus

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Carl Sobocinski Talks About Investing in People and Closing His Restaurants to Stop the Spread

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Kiki Aranita Talks About Closing Her Restaurant, Collective Trauma, and Selling Sauce

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How to Holiday in Limbo

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Rocco DiSpirito Talks About Why Therapy Is a Lifesaver and How to Snap Back to Feeling Like a Chef

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Bryan Washington Talks About Showing Up, Growing Up, and Morning-After Omelets

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The Food & Wine Kitchen Team Talks About What's on the Thanksgiving Table in 2020

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Vivian Howard Talks About Southernness, Pride, Pivots, and Politics

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Timothy Hollingsworth Talks About Kitchen Intensity, Belonging, and Cooking for Your Mom

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Joe Yonan Talks About Beans and Being Seen

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Dale DeGroff and Julie Reiner Talk About the Cocktail Renaissance and What Comes Next

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Kelly Fields Talks About Writing a Cookbook, Weathering Storms, and Accepting Help

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Eric Rivera Talks About Pivoting, Selling Plants, and Planning Ahead

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The Communal Table Podcast: Erick Williams

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The Communal Table Podcast: Jenny Dorsey

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Restaurant Lawyer Jasmine Moy Talks About Reopening, Racism, and Rent

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Justin Burke Talks About Inclusive Spaces, Being a Queer Single Dad, and Baking As Activism

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The Communal Table Podcast: Devita Davison

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The Communal Table Podcast: Romy Gill

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Paola Velez Talks About the Art and Pleasure of Being an Empathetic Leader

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How Restaurant Editor Khushbu Shah Picked Food & Wine's Best New Chefs 2020

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The Joy of Cooking Is Here for You

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Trigg Brown Talks About Taking Care of Vulnerable Workers

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Ellen Yin and Gia Vecchio Talk About a New Mental Health Resource for the Industry

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Rachael Ray Won't Rest Until Everyone—and Their Pets—Is Fed

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Kwame Onwuachi Talks About Restaurant Recovery and Representing Inaudible People

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Hospitality Veteran John Winterman Talks About Opening a Restaurant During a Pandemic

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Edward Lee Talks About Making a Pivot and Feeding His Community

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Everything Restaurants Need to Know About Dealing with Their Landlord

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Angie Mar Talks About Grief, Getting Creative, and Pushing Through

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Steve Palmer Talks About Resources for Maintaining Sobriety in a Crisis

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Ming Tsai Talks About the Fears Restaurant Workers Face and Actions to Take

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How to Use Your Voice and Ask for Help

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Restaurant Workers and Owners Scramble to Figure Out Next Steps As Coronavirus Spreads

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Anxiety, Coronavirus, and Making Sure Your Local Restaurants Stay in Business

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Jay Rayner Talks About Restaurant Criticism, Coronavirus, and Confronting His Own Mortality

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Sarah Robbins Talks Vulnerability, Celebrities and What the Military Taught Her About Hospitality

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Emma Bengtsson Talks About Open Kitchens and (Reluctantly) Learning to Sit Still

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Steve Palmer Talks About Getting and Staying Sober, and the Mission That Fuels Him

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Famous Food Pros Talk About Failure

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Katie Button Talks About Keeping Employees for the Long Haul and Making Room for Mistakes

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Sean Brock Talks About Addiction, Recovery, and Working to Fix His Brain

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Jamie Oliver Talks About How Doing Right Doesn't Always Pay the Bills, Vegetables, and Resilience

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Cassidee Dabney Talks About Appalachia, Grief, and the Power of Positive Screaming

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Trish Nelson on The Spotted Pig Settlement, Mario Batali and What Comes Next

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Paul Finn Talks About His Brilliant System to Help Hospitality Pros Deal with Stress

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Jessica Craig Talks About Nurturing Talent, Jamaican Excellence, and Kitchen Dance Parties

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Paul Kahan Talks About Healthy Boundaries, Humble Leadership, and Corgis

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Josh Niland Talks About Fish Butchery, Life After Cancer, and His Brilliant Wife

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Big Gay Ice Cream's Doug Quint Talks About Subway Rats, Mental Health, and Business

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Kim Severson Talks About Rabbits, Bad Men, and Stories That Stick in Your Soul

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Sean Brock Talks About His Grandma's Cellar, Leather Britches, and His New Book

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The Avett Brothers' Joe Kwon Talks About Food on Tour and the Pleasure of Silence

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Nancy Silverton Talks About Restaurant History and the Indomitable Will of Sourdough

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Callie Speer Talks About Financing a Restaurant, Sobriety, and Why Tuesday Sucks

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Philip Speer Talks About Recovery, Notoriety, and Accountability

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Akhtar Nawab Talks About Unhealthy Stress, Smart Partnerships, and Present Parenting

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Steven Satterfield Talks About Cancer Recovery, Hiring Smartly, and the Power of Peaches

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Melissa Rodriguez Talks About Taking Charge, Speaking Up, and Working Out

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Chintan Pandya Talks About Nostalgia, Art, and Super-Cool Tech Toy

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Antoni Porowski Talks About ADHD, Surviving the Spotlight, and Proper Mac 'N' Cheese

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Nina Compton Talks About Finding Home, Standing Up for What's Right, and Winding Down

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Ming Tsai Talks About Food Allergies, CBD, and Why Having Fun Matters

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Mashama Bailey and Johno Morisano Talk About Developing Trust and Reckoning with History

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Dave Beran Talks About Athleticism, Discipline, and his Tenure as Toast Boy

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Kwame Onwuachi and Karen Akunowicz Talk About the Journey to the Top: F&W Classic in Aspen Edition

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Priya Krishna Talks About Cookbook Writing, Working with Mom, and Defying Categorization

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Pitmaster Carey Bringle Talks Pursuing Passion, Using Humor, and Kicking Ass with One Leg

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Marco Canora Talks About Taking Risks and Sticking Around for the Long Haul

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Restaurant Lawyer Jasmine Moy Talks About Opening a Restaurant and Expensive Mistakes

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JJ Johnson Talks About Entrepreneurship, Hustle, and Becoming a Brand

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Jamila Robinson Talks About Feeling Welcome in Restaurants and Media Inclusion.

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Isaac Toups Talks About Bullying. Mentoring, Emeril, and His End Game

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Chefs, Restaurateurs, and Writers Talk About the Impact of Anthony Bourdain

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Marcus Samuelsson Talks About '90s Fine Dining, Rulebreakers, and the Blessings of Blackness

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Billy Durney Talks About PTSD, Going Into the BBQ Biz, and Feeding a Community in Crisis

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Laurie Woolever Talks About Life After Anthony Bourdain, Embracing Sobriety, and the Value of Naps

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Vallery Lomas Talks About Career Pivots, Competition TV, and the Responsibility of Role Models

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Jason Vincent Talks About Anxiety, the Pressures of the Spotlight, and Making Time for Family

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Sam Hellman-Mass Talks About Extreme Opening Stress, Graceful Leadership, and His Masa Obsession

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Yasmin Khan Talks about Palestinian Food, Bearing Witness, and Self Care While Reporting

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Bryan and Michael Voltaggio Talk About Working With Family, Top Chef, and Being Young, Broke Cooks

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Julia Sullivan Talks About Kitchen Intensity, Physical Stresses, and Seeking Balance

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Pete Wells Talks About Criticism, Sassy Magazine, and Not Taking Things Personally

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Kwame Onwuachi Talks About Public Pressure, Representation, and Finding Peace

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George Mendes Talks About Yelling in the Kitchen, Exercise, and Portuguese Egg Tarts

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David Chang Talks Mental Health, Insomnia, and Star Wars

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Seamus Mullen Talks About Near-Death, Listening to Your Body, and the Road to Healing