TASTE Podcast
1) 62: JJ Johnson
“Rice is culture”—the spiritual spine of a new restaurant in Harlem—is one of the many big ideas chef and award-winning cookbook author JJ Johnson tackles in this spirited episode. We also go over how...Show More
2) 723: “Restaurant Lists Piss Me Off,” and the Future of Food Television with Ben Liebmann
It was really great having Ben Liebmann in the studio. Ben is a television executive (we love his show Omnivore) and writer who spent seven years as chief operating officer at Noma, growing the busine...Show More
3) 722: What Eric Kim Really Thinks About Food52
Eric Kim is a writer and columnist at the New York Times, and he’s working on some exciting new projects. Eric is one of our favorite, and we cover many topics of the day in our conversation, includin...Show More
4) 721: 100 Los Angeles Burgers, Pizza, and Tacos with Luca Servodio
Luca Servodio is a guy who knows his way around Los Angeles restaurants. In 2021, he reviewed 100 Los Angeles pizzas in 365 days through his LA Countdown Instagram account, and he followed up by takin...Show More
5) 720: A New Era For Fancy with Jerrelle Guy
Jerrelle Guy is an award-winning author and celebrated food photographer. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she received her master’s in gastronomy from Boston University and was nomina...Show More
6) 719: Scott Conant Doesn't Just Play a Chef on TV
Scott Conant is a James Beard Award–winning chef, TV personality, and pasta sauce savant. Matt still dreams about the Scarpetta spaghetti. It was a lot of fun having Scott in the studio to talk about ...Show More
7) 718: How Brooks Reitz Got His Hands on the Holy Grail of Restaurant Training Manuals
Brooks Reitz writes the wonderful newsletter A Small & Simple Thing, which has become one of our favorite reads. He also runs restaurants in Charleston and New Orleans, including Leon’s Oyster Shop, L...Show More
8) 717: From Finance to the “Fantastical Promise Land of Food Media” to Hollywood Writers' Room with Ella Quittner
Ella Quittner is a journalist, screenwriter, and humorist who writes about obsession, culture, and food. She’s the author of a terrific new cookbook, Obsessed with the Best: 100+ Methodically Perfecte...Show More
9) 716: Busy and Buzzy with Lure Fishbar’s Preston Clark
Preston Clark is the executive chef at Lure Fishbar and Bar Mercer in New York City, and he joins us in the studio to talk about his unique career. Clark’s father, Patrick Clark, was the original chef...Show More
10) 715: Do You Really Know Rick Bayless?
Rick Bayless joins us in the studio for a truly memorable conversation. Rick is a chef, TV personality, cookbook author, and great advocate for Mexican cooking and culture. He joins us in the studio f...Show More