Our top chefs, as you’ve never heard them before. Author Andrew Friedman, one of the nation's chief chroniclers of professional kitchen life, interviews a diverse cross-section of the best and biggest names in the business, bringing his personal relationships and industry knowledge to bear in coaxing personal and professional revelations from his guests.
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Andrew Zimmern returns to the pod to talk about his new Food Network show Pitmasters -- a fresh reality-competition program that debuts this Monday, July 13, at 9pm ET. He and host Andrew also get into the 1980s NYC chef and restaurant scene (the subject of host Andrew's book Chefs, Drugs, and Rock & Roll ), what qualifies as a successful run for a restaurant, the importance of inviting others…
Caroline Glover took a fascinating path to the pro kitchen. Leaving college after two years, she found herself working in the kitchen at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park, which led her to the Culinary Institute of America, then to New York City, and finally to Colorado where she opened Annette restaurant a decade ago, followed two and a half years ago by Traveling Mercies Cocktails &…
Claudette Zepeda returns to the pod after seven years to discuss her wonderful new book Cooking the Borderlands: Spice and Smoke Between Mexico and the United States . This is a compelling conversation that comprises Mexican cuisine, culinary vocabulary, the craft and business of cookbooks, and much more. Go pick up a copy of Claudette's book--it's terrific! ( Listen to Claudette's previous…
Before opening her new restaurant Cynthia —an intimate tasting-menu spot in NYC’s West Village—Sherry Cardoso was the secret weapon of chef-restaurateurs like Greg Baxtrom and Marcus Samuelsson. In this episode, Sherry takes us through her time in multiple generations of landmark NYC restaurants—from Le Cirque to Per Se to Metropolis and Olmsted, among many others. She also shares a little about…
Allison Robicelli , our old friend, whom longtime listeners will remember from our Shelter en Place movie conversations, returns to the pod for a long overdue biographical conversation. In addition to weaving tales of growing up in 1980s outer-borough New York City, we get into Allison’s singular travel tips, the joys of Baltimore, and just about anything else she and Andrew could think of. If you…
[** New episodes of ATTC are now available in video! You can watch on Spotify , or YouTube . Or you can just keep on listening in all the same places you usually do. **] Two weeks ago, we took Andrew Talks to Chefs on the road, and recorded a LIVE! show as part of the inaugural Cookbook Week in San Francisco. The subject was Forgotten Cookbook Classics. The guests were two of San Francisco's…
[** New episodes of ATTC are now available in video! You can watch on Spotify , or YouTube . Or you can just keep on listening in all the same places you usually do. **] As he prepares to introduce his Tatale dining series to NYC , Ghanaian-British chef, restaurateur, and interdisciplinary creative Akwasi Brenya-Mensa discusses his life and career to date. He and Andrew get into his…
[** New episodes of ATTC are now available in video! You can watch on Spotify , or YouTube . Or you can just keep on listening in all the same places you usually do. **] This is a good one! Scott Conant and Andrew go back a long way, and boy, does it show in this friendly and expansive conversation that covers everything from Scott's newish line of pasta sauces Martone Street , to his restaurants…
[** New episodes of ATTC are now available in video! You can watch on Spotify , or YouTube . Or you can just keep on listening in all the same places you usually do. **] The NYC and American chef community lost a beloved and influential figure last week with the sudden death of Chef Tom Valenti after a short illness. Tom presided over the kitchens of such fabled restaurants as Alison on Dominick…
[** New episodes of ATTC are now available in video! You can watch on Spotify , or YouTube . Or you can just keep on listening in all the same places you usually do. **] Writer, author , and Fine Dining Lovers managing editor Paul Feinstein joins the pod for the first of many planned monthly appearances in which he and Andrew will kick around various industry topics. In this episode, they discuss…
