The 3 Best Special Sauce with Ed Levine Podcast Episodes
1) Kenji on Avocados & the Magic of Mayo
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 wit...Show More
2) Special Sauce: Osayi Endolyn on Nigerian Food, Writing, and Identity [1/2]
On this week's episode of Special Sauce, Ed speaks to Osayi Endolyn, a Florida-based food writer whose work regularly appears in major food publications across the country, and whose column in Gravy, ...Show More
3) Special (Pizza) Sauce: Adam Kuban and Scott Wiener Talk Pie [1/3]
For the next three weeks on Special Sauce I will be geeking out about pizza with Adam Kuban and Scott Wiener, two of the smartest, most passionate, and most knowledgeable pizza nerds on the planet. Ad...Show More
4) Special Sauce Reheat: Hamissi Mamba and Baobab Fare
We decided to leave 2025 behind by reheating an episode from 2023 that features the remarkable Hamissi Mamba, who came to Detroit from his native Burundi searching for a better life, leaving his wife ...Show More
5) ICE Comes to Charlotte
ICE invaded Charlotte a couple of weeks ago and have wreaked their usual havoc on the vibrant food community there. Charlotte food business owner (Manolo's Bakery) and immigration activist Manolo Beta...Show More
6) Matcha Madness with Pete Wells
The world's gone mad for matcha, and the The New York Times's Pete Wells has the scoop on today's episode of Special Sauce.
7) ICE in DC: WaPo's Tim Carman and Warren Rojas Explain All
On this week's Special Sauce the Washington Post's Tim Carman and Warren Rojas explain how ICE Raids and the National Guard deployment in the nation's capital have terrified immigrant restaurant worke...Show More
8) Leftovers Reheat with Kenji and Deb Perelman
Kenji Lopez-Alt and Smitten Kitchen's Deb Perelman discuss (what else) how they deal with Thanksgiving leftovers in this classic Special Sauce episode from 2023. Leave the meat on the bone or in the f...Show More
9) Turkey Day Reheat: Kenji and Stella Parks Take Calls from Listeners
This year for Turkey Day we reheat a gem of a Thanksgiving call-in show featuring two of the biggest turkey lovers I know; Kenji Lopez-Alt and Stella Parks. Also known as "Brave Tart". They answered s...Show More
10) What's Missing From Your Favorite Chocolate Bar? It May Be Chocolate!
Many beloved candy bars are now being made without cocoa butter and here to tell us why and how the likes of Rolo, Mr. Goodbar and Almond Joy have been reformulated to exclude the plant-based fat is T...Show More