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Kenji on the Holidays
23 december 2022 · 26 min
On this episode of Special Sauce I talk holiday food with Kenji. In Kenji's case we get to hear about holiday traditions in his Colombia-born wife's family. And we also get to hear about his own family's holiday traditions growing up. Lees meer
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Tami Treadwell Part 2: Her Success is Bittersweet
16 december 2022 · 27 min
On part 2 of our extraordinary conversation with Harlem Seafood Soul's Tami Treadwell you will hear that Tami's success is bittersweet. Why? Because she's had to overcome so many heartbreaking obstacles to discover that being on the street, and feeding people, is where she truly belongs. Lees meer
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The Harlem Seafood Soul Story
9 december 2022 · 37 min
Food truck Harlem Seafood Soul's Tami Treadwell tells her truly remarkable story in this week's episode. I first heard part of her story on the N.Y. episode of Netflix's ‘Street Food’ series. It's a story that features so many setbacks that would have stopped many people, but not the indomitable and resilient Ms. Treadwell. What you'll hear is a story that will stay with you for a long time. Lees meer
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Claire Saffitz Part 2 - Holiday baking
2 december 2022 · 31 min
This week on Special Sauce it's Claire Saffitz part two. She gives us her take on holiday baking. Cookies will be discussed, of course. Purple Black and White cookies, anyone? Claire also digs deep into her new book ‘What's For Dessert’. Lees meer
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Claire Saffitz Part 1: What's for Dessert?
24 november 2022 · 30 min
With the holiday season upon us I thought it would be great to talk to the great baker and YouTube star Claire Saffitz, whose new book is called What's For Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People. Lees meer
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Special Sauce: 2022 Kenji on T-Day
18 november 2022 · 26 min
This time on Special Sauce we talk turkey and everything else Thanksgiving-related with Kenji just in time for the holiday this year. He adds a little bit of soy sauce to his gravy! And he gives us his unexpected takes on Stovetop Stuffing and instant mashed potatoes. Lees meer
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Special Sauce Classic: Kenji & Stella's Thanksgiving Advice
11 november 2022 · 35 min
This time on Special Sauce, another helping of Thanksgiving cooking tips from our podcast archive. This was a special call-in episode with Kenji and Stella Parks, who intelligently and empathetically handled every question from serious eaters. We talk turkey of course, but also pies, stuffing and holiday cookies. Hope you enjoy! Lees meer
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Special Sauce Reserve: Kenji & Stella on Thanksgiving
4 november 2022 · 57 min
On this episode of Special Sauce I’ve gone into the podcast vaults to fetch you this classic Thanksgiving themed episode of Special Sauce. Listeners emailed us vexing Turkey Day questions that Kenji and Stella Parks answered in typically wise and funny fashion. Think of it as Special Sauce Reserve. Lees meer
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Christine Ha Part 2: Life After Winning MasterChef
2 november 2022 · 23 min
On this episode of Special Sauce serious eaters will hear all about Christine Ha's post MasterChef life. That life includes owning or co-owning two restaurants in Houston and advocated on behalf of people suffering from NMOSD. Lees meer
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Christine Ha Part 1: A Blind Chef Wins MasterChef?
14 oktober 2022 · 25 min
On this episode of Special Sauce serious eaters will hear the first part of blind chef-restaurateur Christine Ha's incredible story. She wins Gordon Ramsey's MasterChef competition TV show without being able to see. Lees meer
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Kenji on Avocados & the Magic of Mayo
30 september 2022 · 25 min
On this episode of Special Sauce we check in with Kenji, who tells us about the magic of mayo as a marinade. He also talks about all things guacamole and avocados. Plus he explains his love affair with the mortar and pestle. Lees meer
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Glenn Roberts on the Freighted History of Rice in America
17 september 2022 · 35 min
On this episode of Special Sauce Anson Mills founder Glenn Roberts takes us on his wild journey through the preservation of Ancient Grains that started with his family losing everything. Lees meer
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Kristina Cho: Sweet & Savory Recipes Inspired By Chinese Bakeries
2 september 2022 · 32 min
On this episode of Special Sauce food blogger Kristina Cho (Eat Cho Food) details her unlikely career path from architectural designer to two time James Beard Award-winning author. In her book, Mooncakes and Milk Bread, Kristina re-creates re-imagines both sweet and savory staples of Chinese bakeries and cafés. Lees meer
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Vish Bhatt: How A Southern Chef Connects to his Indian Roots
19 augustus 2022 · 29 min
On this episode of Special Sauce Vishwesh Bhatt, James Beard Award-winning chef and author of ‘I Am From Here: Recipes and Stories from a Southern Chef’, details his remarkable journey from India to Oxford, Mississippi. Lees meer
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Entrepreneur Jing Gao: Finding Herself Through Food
5 augustus 2022 · 32 min
On this episode of Special Sauce Fly by Jing founder Jing Gao talks about finding herself through the foods her company makes, things like chili crisp and soup dumplings. Lees meer
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Chef & Track Star Dawn Burrell: The Leap From the Olympics to Top Chef
26 juli 2022 · 25 min
On this episode of Special Sauce chef (Late August in Houston) and former world champion track star Dawn Burrell talks about her greatest leap of all, from Olympic broad jumper to Top Chef finalist. Lees meer
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NYT's Eric Kim on his book Korean American:Food That Tastes Like Home
8 juli 2022 · 31 min
On this episode of Special Sauce the NYT's Eric Kim talks about his new book ‘Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home’. Besides being a terrific cookbook it's also a moving tribute to his Korean-born mom. Lees meer
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Milk Bar's Christina Tosi on the Power of Dessert
24 juni 2022 · 28 min
On this episode of Special Sauce Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi talks about her new book Dessert Can Save the World, which really is her guiding philosophy in both life and business. Lees meer
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Pizza Talk w/UPN's Anthony Mangieri & Billions' co-creator Brian Koppelman
10 juni 2022 · 42 min
On this episode of Special Sauce we continue the pizza conversation with Una Pizza Napoletana founder and pizzaiola Anthony Mangieri and Billions co-creator Brian Koppelman, who loves UPN so much he put Mangieri in the show. Lees meer
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Provocative Takes on Pizza From Former Microsoft CTO and Current Pizzaiolo Nathan Myrvhold
28 mei 2022 · 48 min
Some health problems derailed our Special Sauce production schedule this week, so serious eaters will just have to wait two more weeks before you get to listen to more fresh pizza talk with Una Pizza Napoletana's Anthony Mangieri and Billions co-creator Brian Koppelman. In the meantime, to keep the slices coming, here's the provocative interview we did with Modernist Pizza co-author Nathan Myrvhold a couple of months ago. Nathan turns out to be a fan of both Anthony Mangieri's and Dan Richer. Enjoy, serious pizza eaters. Lees meer
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Razza's Dan Richer on the Joy of Pizza
13 mei 2022 · 42 min
On this week's Special Sauce Dan Richer, chef and owner of Jersey City's Razza, one of the country's best pizzerias, talks to us about his obsessive Joy of Pizza, which just so happens to be the title of his new book. And because NYT restaurant critic Pete Wells gave Razza an unprecedented three stars in his review in 2017, I also had to talk to Pete about Razza and Dan. He was game, but only if he and I visited Razza one more time to see if Dan was still at the top of his game. Lees meer
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Devita Davidson, Food Lab Detroit and Ji Hye Kim
29 april 2022 · 36 min
On this week's Special Sauce Detroit food activist and Food Lab Detroit founder Devita Davidson has a lot to say about how government, entrpreneurs, and the private sector can and should work together to form a better food system. Plus chef-restaurateur Ji Hye Kim of Miss Kim's in Ann Arbor tells us about how she has embraced Food Lab Detroit's methods to mutually benefit her business and the employees that work there. Lees meer
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Kenji Live 2: We Cooked And A Wok Q&A
15 april 2022 · 24 min
On Part II of our live Special Sauce, Kenji and I successfully cooked eggs and tomatoes in a wok onstage and I didn't get fired as his sous-chef for inadequately chopping the scallions. We also revived the Ask Kenji feature as he talks about everything from cooking with his 5 year old daughter to his experiences in science classes in high school. Lees meer
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Kenji Live on the Wok, Family & McCartney
1 april 2022 · 33 min
For our first ever live Special Sauce Kenji and I talked about his new #1 NYT Best-Seller The Wok, how family life has become the center of his existence, and how Sir Paul McCartney gave him an autograph after McCartney's security team tackled him on the street in NYC. Lees meer
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Justice Activist Jessica Ramos On the Dignity of Work & Kenji On His Wife's Favorite Soup
18 maart 2022 · 41 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, NY State Senator and Food and Labor Activist Jessica Ramos returns to talk about the next set of problems she's tackling. And Kenji tells us about the Colombian soup that is his wife's favorite. Lees meer
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Michelle Zauner on Screenwriting and her Grammy Nominations & Kenji Weighs in on the Kinship Between Food & Music
4 maart 2022 · 49 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner returns to talk about her two Grammy nominations and writing the script for a Crying in H Mart feature film. Plus, Kenji weighs in on the natural kinship between food and music. Lees meer
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Laurie Woolever Second Helping: On Bourdain & Her New Life
18 februari 2022 · 54 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, Ed catches up with writer Laurie Woolever, author of Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography. Like many people during the pandemic she's turned to sourdough bread baking because she's writing a bread book with acclaimed British bread baker Richard Hart. She also offers some fresh perspective about grappling with Anthony Bourdain's tragic passing. Lees meer
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Jessica Harris On the Netflix Adaptation of High on the Hog, Plus Marcus Samuelsson on Jessica's OG Status
4 februari 2022 · 40 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, writer and national treasure Jessica Harris talks about what's new in her world, including the wild ride she has been on since the Netflix adaptation of her book High on the Hog became a hit show. Plus, tv personality, chef-restaurateur and author Marcus Samuelsson explains why Jessica has been such a profound influence on him. Lees meer
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Grace Young On Saving Chinatowns from Extinction During the Pandemic
22 januari 2022 · 50 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, cookbook author and now independent Chinese restaurant advocate Grace Young talks about both the pandemic-related dire straits Chinatowns all over America are in, and the terrifying spike in Anti-Asian hate crimes. Grace Young #LoveAAPI Special Sauce with Ed Levine Lees meer
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Simply Julia author Julia Turshen and the Washington Post's Daniela Galarza On the Many Pleasures of Simple Cooking
7 januari 2022 · 37 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, Ed talks about the many pleasures, gustatory and otherwise, derived from cooking simply with Simply Julia author Julia Turshen and the Washington Post's Daniela Galarza, who writes and edits the Post's free Eat Voraciously newsletter. And finally Ed chimes in with an urgent plea for supporting every link of the food chain during the Omicron outbreak, which has pushed many food businesses to the breaking point. Lees meer
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Holiday Memories and More from the Korean Vegan, Rodney Scott, and Others, Plus Some Last Minute Gift Ideas from Ed
18 december 2021 · 42 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, Ed talks about the holidays with Pulitzer Prize winning author Marcia Chatelain; YouTube and Tik Tok Star The Korean Vegan, AKA Joanne Lee Molinaro; James Beard Award-winning chef and pitmaster Rodney Scott; and Washington Post Food Editor Joe Yonan. And if you're stuck searching for the right gift for the serious eaters in your life, don't worry. Ed's got you covered with his own personal holiday gift guide in this episode as well. Lees meer
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Former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myrvhold: The Modernist Cuisine Founder's 1000+ Page-long, Myth-Busting Take on Pizza
5 december 2021 · 49 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, Ed talks with former Microsoft CTO and Modernist Cuisine founder Nathan Myrvhold about why his new collection Modernist Pizza required 3+ volumes and 1000 plus pages. Spoiler Alert: New Haven and New York pizza lovers are in for a shock. Plus, Ed talks about three cool gifts for the pizza lover in your life. Lees meer
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T-Day Stories From The Korean Vegan, Rodney Scott, Marcia Chatelain, and Joe Yonan
22 november 2021 · 49 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, we hear moving Thanksgiving stories from the Korean Vegan (Joanne Lee Molinaro), pitmaster and chef-owner Rodney Scott, Pulitzer Prize winner Marcia Chatelain, and the Washington Post's Joe Yonan. Lees meer
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Joanne Lee Molinaro, AKA the Korean Vegan, Her Journey from Litigator to TikTok Superstar To NYT Best-Selling Author
12 november 2021 · 1 uur 13 min
On this episode of Special Sauce, Ed talks with Joanne Lee Molinaro, AKA The Korean Vegan, about her unlikely journey from corporate litigator, to TikTok and YouTube superstar, and now to NYT best-selling author. Lees meer
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Joshua Weissman: An Unapologetic YouTube Star With 5M Subscribers and A Bestselling Cookbook
29 oktober 2021 · 57 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, Ed talks with best-selling author (An Unapologetic Cookbook) Joshua Weissman, a YouTube star with more than 5M subscribers, about life in the social media fast-lane. And the Washington Post's Daniela Galarza tells us about the free cooking newsletter Eat Voraciously she writes four times a week. Lees meer
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Dorie Greenspan: On Getting Fired From Her First Kitchen Job & Her New Book
15 oktober 2021 · 53 min
On this episode of Special Sauce, Ed talks with Dorie Greenspan about her new book Baking with Dorie and her inauspicious start baking for a living. Plus, the Washington Post's Becky Krystal weighs in on softening butter. Lees meer
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Laurie Woolever: Life alongside Anthony Bourdain
1 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 8 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, Ed talks with writer Laurie Woolever, author of Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography, plus Washington Post Food Reporter Emily Heil taste-tests plant-based “chicken” nuggets. Lees meer
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Diversity in Food Media, The Truth About MSG, and Sick Food with the WaPost's Aaron Hutcherson and Kenji
17 september 2021 · 42 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, we talk to the Washington Post's Aaron Hutcherson about diversity and his deep dive into MSG. It's the first segment in Special Sauce's new collaboration with The Washington Post. Lees meer
Plus, Kenji, Aaron and Ed all weigh in on what they eat when they're not feeling well.
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Best-selling writer Laura Lippman Talks About Her New Books + Kenji Weighs in on Kids' Eating Habits
3 september 2021 · 1 uur 1 min
The terrific crime writer Laura Lippman (My Life as a Villainess, Dream Girl) talks about why she's afraid of not being afraid when she writes. Plus Kenji and Laura both weigh in on how they get their kids to eat their vegetables. Lees meer
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Food, Music & Memoirs with Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner and Kenji
20 augustus 2021 · 45 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, we talk about joyful music and an incredibly moving memoir with Michelle Zauner, the leader of the band Japanese Breakfast. She’s the author of the heart-rending Crying in H Mart. Plus, Kenji weighs in on the relationship between two of his favorite things, food and music. Lees meer
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Celebrating Colombia with Author Mariana Velásquez and Kenji Lopez-Alt
6 augustus 2021 · 47 min
On this week’s Special Sauce, we’re joined by Colombiana author Mariana Velásquez who talks about the incredible cultural and culinary diversity of her beloved native country. Plus, Kenji shares his love of Colombia, gained from his many trips there with his Colombian wife, Adriana. Lees meer
There's much love for Colombia on this week’s episode!
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Katie Quinn and Kenji Lopez-Alt on Fermentation
23 juli 2021 · 1 uur 5 min
On this episode of Special Sauce, we’re joined by the incredible youtuber, podcaster and Cheese, Wine and Bread author Katie Quinn who says that metaphorically speaking, people ferment just like cheese wine and bread. Plus, Kenji adds his two cents about Katie and fermentation. Lees meer
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Author Reem Kassis on Palestinian Cooking, Plus Kenji on Making Falafel at Home
9 juli 2021 · 57 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, we’re joined by Reem Kassis, the thought provoking author of The Palestinian Table and her new book, The Arabesque Table. Plus, Kenji gives us some helpful tips of making falafel at home, courtesy of the chef Einat Admony. Lees meer
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NY State Senator Jessica Ramos, Plus Kenji on his Wife's Favorite Colombian Dish
25 juni 2021 · 53 min
On this week's Special Sauce, we're joined by NY State Senator and Colombian-American Jessica Ramos who talks about her fearless approach to food activism as she fights for both her diverse constituents and the rights of migrant farm workers. Lees meer
Plus, Kenji weighs in on his Colombian-American wife Adri's favorite dish and tells us about Temblores, an NGO that monitors state violence in Colombia.
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Susie Essman on Pandemic Cooking and Comedy
11 juni 2021 · 29 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, we’re joined by the brilliant and hilarious comedian, actor, writer and producer Susie Essman. Essman explains how her pandemic cooking increased her husbands ardor, plus she gives us a special sneak peak of what’s coming up on the upcoming season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Lees meer
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Chef Nina Compton on Women of Color in Restaurant Kitchens & the dire situation in her native St. Lucia, Kenji on Jerk Chicken
28 mei 2021 · 56 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce we’re joined by Chef Nina Compton who talks about her experience working in fine dining as a woman of color, how her restaurants have grappled with the pandemic, and the imperiled hospitality industry in her beloved St. Lucia. Plus, Kenji stops by to share a nifty hack for making jerk chicken, one of Nina’s favorite dishes at home. Lees meer
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Nigella Lawson As You've Never Heard Her, Plus Kenji Gives Her Major Props
14 mei 2021 · 55 min
On this week's episode of Special Sauce legendary food writer and television cook Nigella Lawson gets real about both her new book "Cook, Eat, Repeat," and the remarkable arc of her life and career. Then Kenji stops in to sing Nigella's praises and reveals what happened when Nigella cooked at his restaurant. Lees meer
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Rodney Scott & Lolis Eric Elie on BBQ And Fathers & Sons, Plus Kenji’s Pork Shoulder
30 april 2021 · 1 uur 2 min
On this week’s Special Sauce, we’re joined by the great pit master and James Beard Award-winning chef Rodney Scott and his coauthor Lolis Eric Elie talking about their new book "Rodney Scott's World of BBQ." They talk about whole hog BBQ, fathers and sons, and a whole lot more. Plus, Kenji weighs in with his approach to smoking a pork shoulder. Lees meer
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Lolis Eric Elie on New Orleans food & diversity in Hollywood, Kenji on Red Beans & Rice
16 april 2021 · 57 min
On this week's episode of Special Sauce, we're joined by TV and food writer Lolis Eric Elie who dishes on diversity -- or the lack thereof -- in Hollywood and tells us about the joys of eating in and out in his native New Orleans. Later, Kenji stops by to give us his helpful tips for cooking red beans with rice. Lees meer
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Fast Food: Good and/or Evil with Marcia Chatelain, Adam Chandler & Kenji
2 april 2021 · 40 min
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, we continue our deep dive into the world of fast food. This time Franchise Author Marcia Chatelain, Drive-Thru Dreams Author Adam Chandler, and Kenji discuss the unique good vs. evil duality of fast food. The new-ish made-to-order McDonald's Quarter Pounder and the Popeye's Chicken Sandwich are definitely on the menu. Lees meer
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