Kenji and Ed Tackle Listener Questions of Authenticity and More

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Kenji and Ed Tackle Listener Questions of Authenticity and More

FromSpecial Sauce with Ed Levine

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47 minutes

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Sep 9, 2016

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In this third episode of Call Special Sauce, Kenji and Ed wrestle with tricky questions from Serious Eaters on food allergies, electric stovetops, and authenticity.

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Sep 9, 2016

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Serious Eats' podcast Special Sauce enables food lovers everywhere to eavesdrop on an intimate conversation about food and life between host and Serious Eats founder Ed Levine and his well-known/famous friends and acquaintances both in and out of the food culture.

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44 min listen
Susie Essman Talks Bacon, Profanity, and Vegetarianism: I've known the great comedian and actress Susie Essman for nearly 20 years, and I've always been disappointed that she'd never cursed me out the way she did her TV husband, Jeff Garlin, on Curb Your Enthusiasm. So I asked her to let me have it right... by Special Sauce with Ed Levine
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Russ & Daughters on How to Keep a 100-Year-Old Family Food Business Fresh: Family businesses are hard. Family food businesses that have lasted four generations, like the New York appetizing emporium Russ & Daughters, are practically unicorns. So, when I had a chance to have Niki Russ Federman and Joshua Russ Tupper on... by Special Sauce with Ed Levine
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Laura Lippman on the Baltimore Food Scene, Crime Writing, and Journalism: "I'm a very average cook, but I'm a very happy cook," crime novelist Laura Lippman explained to me on this week's podcast. Lippman is far from your average writer, though. The Washington Post has called her "one of the best novelists around, period."... by Special Sauce with Ed Levine
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Special Sauce: Dan Pashman on Arguing for Fun and His Mother's Fajita Obsession: In this episode, we get into some Sporkful-inspired debates about the purpose of hot dog buns and the ideal shape of pie. We discuss the divide in the podcasting world, as well as what makes his often contrarian—and always funny—show great. by Special Sauce with Ed Levine
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Pete Wells on Writing, Ketchup, and 2-Star Restaurants: Pete Wells of the New York Times is perhaps the nation's most influential and powerful restaurant critic, but, as you'll hear on this week's Special Sauce podcast, he's soft-spoken, funny, and thoughtful-and eminently fair-minded. by Special Sauce with Ed Levine
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Roy Blount Jr. on Saving Room for Pie: Roy Blount Jr. is one of the funniest writers on the planet. And he loves to eat, and talk about what he's eaten, so he's a made-to-order guest on Special Sauce. On this week's episode, you'll hear Roy wax poetic about the dangers of eating foam (he's... by Special Sauce with Ed Levine
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Special Sauce: Tom Colicchio Part 2 on Hunger, Guitar, and His Favorite Food Lab Recipe: Colicchio is a passionate guitar player and music aficionado, as you'll hear when he sings one of the riffs in the Stevie Ray Vaughan song that we want to use as the Special Sauce theme song in the near future. We also chatted about his seminal book,... by Special Sauce with Ed Levine
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Jim Lahey on the Accident of No-Knead Bread: This week's Special Sauce guest, bread baker extraordinaire Jim Lahey, is a man of strong opinions, provocative ideas, and many talents. He's not on the fence about anything. So I figured that if we just gave Jim a mike and let him rip, serious eaters... by Special Sauce with Ed Levine
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Pastry Wizard Stella Parks (BraveTart) on Iconic American Desserts: Serious Eats' pastry expert, Stella Parks, a.k.a. BraveTart, is so disarmingly charming as our guest on Special Sauce, you'll undoubtedly fall in love with her the way all of us have. After attending the Culinary Institute of America, working in... by Special Sauce with Ed Levine
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Danny Meyer Talks Hospitality and Comfort Food: In this week's episode of Special Sauce-the first of two parts-we talk about how Meyer came to see the pursuit of restaurant-experience perfection as anathema to his own business, and take a look at his five founding principles of hospitality. I could... by Special Sauce with Ed Levine
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Kenji and Ed Tackle Listener Questions of Authenticity and More

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