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483: Justine Snacks, Cooks, Writes, and Inspires with Justine Doiron

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Justine Doiron is on the show today, and we have a great conversation about all areas of her very cool career. Justine is the founder, recipe develope...

482: Sue S. Chan & PJ Vogt

19 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sue S. Chan is an expert marketer, brand builder, and all-around busy bee on the global food scene. She was Momofuku’s first brand director, and in ...

481: Fall Cookbooks with Nok Suntaranon of Kalaya's Southern Thai Kitchen & Caroline Choe of Banchan

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show, we speak with two authors of terrific new cookbooks. First up is Nok Suntaranon, the chef and owner of Kalaya, a celebrated Thai re...

480: Bands on the Yum with Alex Bleeker (Real Estate) & Luke Pyenson (Formerly of Frankie Cosmos)

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a terrific new book, Taste in Music, musician Alex Bleeker (of Real Estate) and food and travel journalist Luke Pyenson (former drummer of Frankie ...

479: The Future of Restaurant Criticism Is in Your Inbox with Ryan Sutton

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For years, Ryan Sutton was the chief restaurant critic at Eater New York, before his position was recently eliminated. Ryan is one of the most respect...

478: Inside New York Times Cooking with Ali Slagle & Emily Weinstein

12 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us subscribe to NYT Cooking, the decade-old recipe emporium and offshoot of the venerable New York Times Food desk. This week marks the releas...

477: Chasing the World’s Best Produce with Natoora’s Franco Fubini

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Franco Fubini is the founder and CEO of Natoora, a high-end greengrocer connecting chefs and home cooks with some of the world’s best heritage produ...

476: Big Internet Baking Energy with Broma Bakery's Sarah Fennel

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Fennel is the self-taught baker and photographer behind the widely popular Broma Bakery, a “mostly” baking blog that she launched in 2010. I...

475: A Top Chef Doesn't Need Tweezers with Dan Barber

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s interview is so great. Dan Barber is the chef and co-owner of Family Meal at Blue Hill in Manhattan and of the legendary Blue Hill at Stone ...

474: Samantha Irby & Clare de Boer

05 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Samantha Irby is a humorist, a TV writer, and the author of an incredible new essay collection, Quietly Hostile. In this episode, we talk about so man...

473: Ina Garten Stops By!

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ina Garten joins us in the studio for a really fun conversation that dips into her excellent new memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens, which is out ...

472: How Gen Z Really Thinks About Food with Casey Lewis

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Casey Lewis is an expert on Gen Z and writes the colorful Substack After School, which covers youth culture and trends. We wanted to have Casey on the...

471: Washington Post Food Editor Life with Joe Yonan

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Yonan is the food and dining editor of the Washington Post. It’s a big job, covering an outstanding food city, so it’s pretty remarkable that ...

470: Salty, Cheesy, Herby, Crispy Baking with Jessie Sheehan

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jessie Sheehan is all about baking. She’s host of the baking podcast She’s My Cherry Pie on Radio Cherry Bombe and the author of four baking cookb...

469: Bodega Bakes with Paola Velez

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paola Velez is an award-winning chef, activist, and author based in Washington, DC. She’s the cofounder of the viral grassroots bake sale Bakers Aga...

468: New York Pastrami, Romanian Pastramă with Carolina Gelen

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cookbook author and online personality Carolina Gelen is on a mission to share her love of food, which comes into focus in a great new cookbook, Pass ...

467: Zoë François Bakes It All

21 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Zoë François is a professional pastry chef, recipe consultant, cookbook author, food photographer, and baking instructor and the host of Zoë Bakes ...

466: Fall Cookbooks with Suzy Karadsheh of The Mediterranean Dish & Jeremy Salamon of Second Generation

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have two great conversations with two of our favorite recent cookbook authors. Have you found your way into the world of Suzy Karadsheh and t...

465: America's Best New Chefs & Restaurants with Kate Kassin (Bon Appétit) & Raphael Brion (Food & Wine)

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we are talking all about restaurants in America with two talented editors. First up is Kate Kassin who along with the staff at Bon A...

464: How Cute Food Took Over the Internet with Elyse Inamine

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Elyse Inamine is a writer and editor based in New York. A former restaurant editor at Bon Appétit and Food & Wine, she’s now writing some of our fa...

463: Restaurant Hype Man with Eater, Resy, Blackbird Founder Ben Leventhal

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the cofounder of online restaurant watchdog and chronicler Eater, as well as reservations booker Resy, Ben Leventhal has been at the center of all ...

462: Building an Apron Empire with Ellen Marie Bennett

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ellen Marie Bennett is the founder and chief brand officer of Hedley & Bennett, a beloved apron and kitchen gear company that’s found in top restaur...

461: It's a Big Fall Cookbook Preview with Eater's Rebecca Flint Marx

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Fall cookbook season has arrived, and there’s nobody better to talk about the busy time than Rebecca Flint Marx, editor of Eater at Home. Rebecca ju...

460: Giada De Laurentiis & Julius Roberts

07 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Giada De Laurentiis is in the studio for an all-time classic conversation. She is the Emmy-Award-winning television personality of Food Network’s Ev...

459: The Weekday Vegetarian Game Is On with Jenny Rosenstrach

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are always so happy to hang out with Jenny Rosenstrach, the talented writer and editor behind a highly enjoyable newsletter and a series of cookboo...

458: Whole30 Starts Over with Melissa Urban

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa Urban is the cofounder and CEO of Whole30, a megapopular 30-day elimination diet program. She’s a six-time New York Times best-selling autho...

457: Fresh Food TV with Matt Goulding

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Goulding is in the studio, and we have a great chat about his new series on Apple TV+, Omnivore. Matt has known Matt for years and really love hi...

456: Cook Like a Food Stylist with Pearl Jones

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pearl Jones is a food stylist based in New York City. She’s spent over a decade making food look delicious in commercials, magazine editorials, cook...

455: It’s Jell-O But Better with Oddball’s Sophia Cheng

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Oddball is an exciting new product that aims to reinvent jelly snacking, taking away market share from the dominant Jell-O with a vegan superfood snac...

454: Dining in Disguise with Priya Kirshna, Interim New York Times Restaurant Critic

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Priya Krishna is a reporter and video host for New York Times, where she’s currently acting as the co–interim restaurant critic. She’s the autho...

453: Ham El-Waylly & C Pam Zhang

24 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we’re sharing two singular conversations, one with chef and cooking personality Ham El-Waylly and one with novelist C Pam Zhang. H...

452: Is Milly’s Pizza in the Pan Chicago’s Best Pizza?

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Maleski opened Milly’s Pizza in the Pan in 2020 as a way to show Chicago pizza fans that there was more going on in their city than deep-dish...

451: Alison Roman Is Back!

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s so much fun when Alison Roman drops by the studio. We recently had her in to talk about her excellent newsletter writing—you should be subscr...

450: We All Scream For Durian Vanilla Ice Cream with Nicholas Morgenstern

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nicholas Morgenstern is the owner and operator of Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream, a beloved small-batch ice cream parlor in New York City with natio...

449: How the Hell to Judge a Wine with The New Wine Review's Jon Fine

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Fine is here! He’s a longtime journalist, cultural critic, and touring musician, and now he’s the editor in chief of The New Wine Review, an e...

448: How a Hollywood Agent Eats So Very Well with Priyanka Mattoo

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Priyanka Mattoo is the author of Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones, a wonderful memoir about food and place and how moving around the world inspired volumes ...

447: Vietnamese Coffee Is Poppin’ Off with Sahra Nguyen

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sahra Nguyen is the founder of Nguyen Coffee Supply, a progressive coffee company that is bringing Vietnamese coffee into focus in the coolest way. On...

446: Claire Saffitz & Andy Baraghani

10 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we have two conversations from two of our favorites from the cookbook and online world, Claire Saffitz and Andy Baraghani. Claire is...

445: Eating at James Baldwin’s Table with Cree Myles

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cree Myles is the curator of the Black literature community All Ways Black and the host of The Baldwin 100, a new podcast from Vintage Books examining...

444: Restaurants Are Broken with Akira Akuto

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome back our good friend Akira Akuto to the show. Akira is the Los Angeles–based chef who was behind the acclaimed LA sandwich and pastry cou...

443: Olive Odyssey

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Olive Odyssey is a Palestinian olive oil collective working to build demand, supply chains, and economic power for Palestinian farmers since 2022. Tod...

442: The Last Original Food Blogger with Titus Ruscitti

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The title of this episode is “the last original food blogger,” and this is no exaggeration. Titus Ruscitti has been writing his influential blog C...

441: Drink Better, Drink Less, Drink a Combustible Edison with Jim Meehan

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Meehan is here for a wide-ranging and highly entertaining conversation. Jim is the legendary barman and pioneer in the modern cocktail movement. H...

440: New York Times Cooking and Restaurant Reviewing with Sam Sifton

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This one is a long time coming, and we're thrilled to welcome Sam Sifton into our studio. Sam has held various key roles at the New York Times includi...

439: DeVonn Francis & Arielle Johnson

27 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we’re revisiting two of my favorite conversations with food folks who make their own rules. DeVonn Francis is a chef, recipe developer, and ev...

438: Chloe Walsh & Eyal Yassky-Weiss

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we have a great double episode. First up is the Los Angeles–based chef, recipe developer, and writer Chloe Walsh, author of Anchov...

437: Cake Zine’s Candy Land

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cake Zine is an independent print magazine exploring society through sweets, cofounded by Tanya Bush and TASTE contributing editor and the show's co-h...

436: Kareem Rahma

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kareem Rahma is a comedian and media host based in New York City. He’s the mind behind several popular online series, like Subway Takes and Keep the...

435: René Redzepi

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It was fun having chef René Redzepi in the studio to talk about his great new (and first) television show, a sweeping food documentary series called ...

434: Khushbu Shah

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Khushbu Shah is a journalist and the author of a terrific new book, Amrikan: 125 Recipes from the Indian American Diaspora. She was most recently the ...

433: Caroline Chambers

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What a fun conversation we have with Caroline Chambers, the author of the popular Substack What To Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking, as well as a...

432: Molly Baz & Dwight Garner

13 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we have two great conversations. First up is Molly Baz. With a signature voice and absolutely wild recipe development skills, Molly ...

431: Chicago Hospitality Accountability with the CHAAD Project

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Chicago Hospitality Accountability and Advocacy Database, or the CHAAD Project, is an organization created by and for hospitality workers in Chica...

430: Jess Damuck & Sara B. Franklin

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we feature conversations with two extremely cool authors. First up is Jess Damuck, author of the new cookbook Health Nut. We catch u...

429: The Art of the Dinner Party Nap with Big Night’s Katherine Lewin

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Katherine Lewin is the founder of Big Night, an entertaining-focused home goods store with two locations here in New York City. She’s also the autho...

428: Steven Rinella & Darin Bresnitz

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we welcome Steven Rinella. He’s an American outdoorsman, conversationalist, writer, and TV personality responsible for introducing...

427: Chicago’s Biggest Little Bakery with Valeria Socorro Velazquez Lindsten

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Valeria Socorro Velazquez Lindsten is the owner and head baker of Loba Pastry + Coffee, a beloved Chicago café. Originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, ...

426: Good Beef with George Motz

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this very special episode, it’s all about beef, and we have a number of experts talking about the subject. First up is George Motz, the chef-owne...

425: Great Coffee, Yes Plz with Tony “Tonx” Konecny

29 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tony “Tonx” Konecny is on the show today and we talk about the coffee company he founded with Sumi Ali. It’s called Yes Plz Coffee, and if you’...

424: The Makgeolli Moment Is Now with Alice Jun of Hana Makgeolli

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alice Jun is the founder and brewer at Hana Makgeolli, an artisanal Korean rice wine producer based in Brooklyn, New York. She’s dedicated her life ...

423: Fart Sandwich Artist with Dennis Lee

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dennis Lee is the iconoclastic Chicago-based food writer and newsletter daddy behind two great sends: Food Is Stupid and the Party Cut. On this episod...

422: Joan Nathan

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How cool was it to have Joan Nathan into our studio? Joan is a longtime chronicler of Jewish food culture around the world and the author of many cook...

421: Charleston Isn't Ordinary with Mike Lata

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Lata is chef and co-owner of the restaurants FIG and The Ordinary in Charleston, South Carolina, and one of the most respected voices in Southern...

420: We ❤️ Wisconsin Cheese: The Chefs & Cheese Sellers

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our great Wisconsin Cheese road trip continues! We caught up with iconic Wisconsin chefs Tory Miller of L’Etoile and Graze in Madison and Luke Zahm ...

419: We ❤️ Wisconsin Cheese: The Makers

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this very special episode of This Is TASTE, it’s a TASTE road trip! Aliza, Matt, and producer Clayton traveled all across the great state of Wisc...

418: Throwing Fits with James Harris

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome back into the studio James Harris, one half of Throwing Fits, a very funny podcast, Instagram account, and online community dedicated to al...

417: It’s Kismet with Sara Kramer & Sarah Hymanson

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson are the co-owners of Kismet and Kismet Rotisserie, two beloved Los Angeles restaurants that have won plenty of fans wit...

416: Chipotle Founder Steve Ells

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Where has the founder of Chipotle been eating around New York City, and what does he have to say about the future of restaurants? It’s really fun ha...

415: All in on Las Vegas Food with Gina Marinelli Cooking Italian Her Way

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our Las Vegas week continues! Gina Marinelli is the chef and partner of La Strega, a coastal Italian restaurant charming Las Vegas’s Summerlin nei...

414: All in on Las Vegas Food with Marc Vetri 56 Floors Up

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our Las Vegas week continues with a fun conversation with Marc Vetri. We wanted to talk with Marc about opening a restaurant in Las Vegas, Vetri Cuci...

413: All in on Las Vegas Food with Penny Chutima on Lotus of Siam Succession

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our Las Vegas week continues! Penny Chutima is the next generation of Lotus of Siam, an iconic, James Beard Award–winning restaurant serving up re...

412: All in on Las Vegas Food with Michael Mina and Food at Sphere

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our Las Vegas week continues with a very fun interview with Michael Mina, a legendary Bay Area chef who has deep roots in Las Vegas. We talk about ho...

411: All in on Las Vegas Food with Wolfgang Puck

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Influential and esoteric celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck has been operating restaurants in Las Vegas for more than 25 years, earning a following throug...

410: Eric Kim & Deuki Hong

01 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re so happy to feature two great friends: chef Deuki Hong and New York Times columnist and cookbook author Eric Kim. We had a great conversation ...

409: The Phony Negroni Movement Is Here with St. Agrestis

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

St. Agrestis has had a couple very big years in the competitive nonalcoholic drinks arena, and it’s long overdue to have the brand’s cofounder Lou...

408: Great British Baking with Benjamina Ebuehi

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benjamina Ebuehi is a London-based recipe developer and food stylist who rose to fame as a quarter-finalist in the 2016 Great British Bake Off. She’...

407: Los Angeles Pizza King with Quarter Sheet's Aaron Lindell

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Lindell is the chef and co-owner of Quarter Sheets, the wildly popular Los Angeles restaurant he runs with his wife, Hannah Ziskin. Now, listen,...

406: Fictional Food Comes Alive with Celina Baljeet Basra

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Celina Baljeet Basra is the Berlin based author of Happy, a sweet and surreal postmodern novel released last year. It follows a young man named Happy ...

405: Rocco DiSpirito

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rocco DiSpirito is an iconic Italian American New York City chef, television personality, and highly acclaimed author of 14 cookbooks, including three...

404: New York Magazine Food Boss with Alan Sytsma

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alan Sytsma is a longtime observer of the New York City dining scene who is behind New York magazine’s formidable food coverage. On this episode we ...

403: Dusty Booze Hunting with Aaron Goldfarb

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Goldfarb has been a journalist for over a decade, frequently writing on the subjects of cocktails and drinking culture for such publications as ...

402: San Francisco's New Restaurant Critic with MacKenzie Chung Fegan

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

MacKenzie Chung Fegan is the new restaurant critic at the San Francisco Chronicle. She’s a former Bon Appétit editor who returned home to the Bay A...

401: Erin Patinkin

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Erin Patinkin is the cofounder of Ovenly and has advised some of the food world’s most interesting brands (almost exclusively female-founded), inclu...

400: Giada De Laurentiis

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Giada De Laurentiis is in the studio for an all-time classic conversation. She is the Emmy-Award-winning television personality of Food Network’s Ev...

399: European Butter Is the Best Butter with David Lebovitz

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we have some really cool conversations about European butter from France. First up is David Lebovitz, a cookbook author and baker ex...

398: Rachel Dratch

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Dratch is an actor, a Broadway star (and has the Tony nomination to prove it), and a comedian, and she was a cast member on Saturday Night Live...

397: The Life of a Professional Forager with Tama Matsuoka Wong

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tama Matsuoka Wong is a renowned forager who supplies top New York City restaurants like Atoboy and Daniel with the good stuff: wild delicacies like c...

396: Robert Sietsema & Luke Pyenson

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s really fun having two food writers we respect, in different sections of their careers, on the show. First up is Robert Sietsema. Robert is a lo...

395: The Paris Interview with Ruth Reichl

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Does Ruth Reichl really need an introduction? Ruth has been on the show many times, and we just love catching up with her to talk about the day’s fo...

394: Pizza Night with Ali Stafford & Emily Hyland

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pizza is at the center of this lively episode. First up is Ali Stafford, one of our favorite recipe writers on the internet. Ali is behind Alexandra’...

393: Los Angeles Loves and Hates with Jordan Okun & Max Shapiro

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Two Los Angeles food podcasters have entered the studio, and the opinions are flowing. It was so great catching up with the dynamic duo of Jordan Okun...

392: New Spring Cookbooks with Tiffy Cooks & Vegan Mob

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we have conversations with two exciting spring cookbook authors. First up is Tiffy Chen, the creator behind the popular Tiffy Cooks ...