Best Amateur Gourmet Podcasts (2024)

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SLEIGHT OF MURDER - Season 2, Episode 2, Chapters 7-10 27:29

2d ago27:29

27:29

Send us a Text Message. The Paint by Murders - Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries podcast is an original podcast based on a series of unpublished mystery novels. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This is the second episode of the second season. Season two is based on my second mystery novel, SLEIGHT OF MURDER, and each episode f…

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SLEIGHT OF MURDER - Season 2, Episode 1, Chapters 1-6 40:28

8d ago40:28

40:28

Send us a Text Message. The Paint by Murders - Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries podcast is an original podcast based on a series of unpublished mystery novels. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This is the first episode of the second season. The first season of Paint by Murders was based on the book of the same title and intro…

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E17: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 57-60, Epilogue, and Bonus Content! 41:18

7M ago41:18

41:18

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This seventeenth podcast episode is the final episode for the first season and includes chapters fifty-seven through sixty, the epilogue, and b…

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E16: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 53-56 24:22

7M ago24:22

24:22

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This sixteenth podcast episode includes chapters fifty-three through fifty-six. After a brick is thrown through the window of their home, Ginge…

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E15: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 49-52 24:27

7M ago24:27

24:27

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This fifteenth podcast episode includes chapters forty-nine through fifty-two. When talking to Patience, Keith makes a discovery of a long held…

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E14: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 44-48 26:16

7M ago26:16

26:16

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This fourteenth podcast episode includes chapters forty-four through forty-eight. Heidi Fliederbaum, the bird lady, accosts Keith in a coffee s…

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E13: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 39-43 29:15

7M ago29:15

29:15

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This thirteenth podcast episode includes chapters thirty-nine through forty-three. Charles and Keith talk more about who they think murdered Ja…

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E12: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 35-38 30:00

7M ago30:00

30:00

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This twelfth podcast episode includes chapters thirty-five through thirty-eight. At a hearing for Trevor, Keith and Charles, who both believe T…

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E11: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 31-34 27:24

7M ago27:24

27:24

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This eleventh podcast episode includes chapters thirty-one through thirty-four. While participating in a “plein-air” painting event sponsored b…

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E10: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 28-30 28:09

8M ago28:09

28:09

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This tenth podcast episode includes chapters twenty-eight through thirty. On their way to the gallery, for the Moonshine exhibit, Keith and Gin…

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E9: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 25-27 28:55

8M ago28:55

28:55

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This ninth podcast episode includes chapters twenty-five through twenty-seven. At the Celebration, Charles Beckett, an old friend of Jane’s, ac…

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E8: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 22-24 24:02

8M ago24:02

24:02

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This eighth podcast episode includes chapters twenty-two through twenty-four. Keith again meets with Detective Henry to go over what he knows a…

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E7: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 19-21 24:50

8M ago24:50

24:50

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This seventh podcast episode includes chapters nineteen through twenty-one. Keith is taken to the police station where he is interviewed by Det…

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Amanda Hesser's Persian Rice Bowl with Barberries 1:06:06

8M ago1:06:06

1:06:06

One of my all-time favorite food writers is Amanda Hesser, the co-founder of Food52 and author of The New York Times Cookbook, and it's a huge thrill to have her on Lunch Therapy this week. In today's session, I ask her all about Cooking for Mr. Latte (one of my all-time favorite food books), how she went from being a writer to starting a business,…

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E6: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 16-18 29:54

8M ago29:54

29:54

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This sixth podcast episode includes chapters sixteen through eighteen - Keith and Ginger watch the second half of Alan Moonshine’s Alpha Omega.…

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E5: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 12-15 30:09

8M ago30:09

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Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This fifth podcast episode includes chapters twelve through fifteen - Keith meets Patience Gray, who runs the Gray Gallery. She invites Keith t…

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John Birdsall's "Pretty Boring" Cheese Sandwich 57:17

8M ago57:17

57:17

The James Beard award-winning biographer of James Beard, John Birdsall, swings by the office today for a lunch therapy session. We talk all about who'd be the best actor to play James Beard, how the pandemic interrupted his book tour plans, raw onions, working at Deborah Madison's Greens in a Zen Center in SF, and how his gentle temperament worked …

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E4: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 9-11 21:43

9M ago21:43

21:43

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This fourth podcast episode includes chapters nine through eleven - Keith and Ginger have dinner with her boss, Stephen, and his husband, Adam,…

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E3: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 6-8 23:42

9M ago23:42

23:42

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This third podcast episode includes chapters six through eight - Out for a walk on a crisp fall day, Keith and Ginger run into Jane, who invite…

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Dwight Garner's Peanut Butter and Pickle Sandwich 54:47

9M ago54:47

54:47

Dwight Garner is one of the most feared and yet funny voices in the pages of The New York Times Book Review, where he's one of their most beloved critics, as well as the former editor. He's now the author of a brand new book called The Upstairs Delicatessen and in today's session we talk all about being a book critic with a book, facing the authors…

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E2: PAINT BY MURDERS - Chapters 3-5 26:24

9M ago26:24

26:24

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This second podcast episode includes chapters three through five - Keith and Ginger settle in to their new home quickly, with Ginger getting a …

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Abi Balingit's Ground Beef and Corn Tortillas 58:37

9M ago58:37

58:37

Welcome back to Lunch Therapy! Today's patient, Abi Balingit, is the creator of the blog ⁠The Dusky Kitchen⁠ and the author of the brand new, Filipino-American dessert cookbook, ⁠Mayumu⁠. In today's session, we talk all about growing up in California, her parents' Filipino background, the food that they cooked and how she took a lot of it for grant…

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E1: PAINT BY MURDERS - Prologue and Chapters 1 & 2 23:50

9M ago23:50

23:50

Send us a Text Message. Paint by Murders is an original, as of yet unpublished, mystery novel. It is the first in a series of Harrisburg Homicides. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola. This first podcast episode includes the prologue and the first two chapters - it opens with a prologue featuring the transcript of a performanc…

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Leah Koenig’s Fajitas with Leftover Chicken and Peppers 56:23

11M ago56:23

56:23

Today's Lunch Therapy patient, Leah Koenig, is the author of seven cookbooks, including The Jewish Cookbook and Modern Jewish Cooking. Her latest, Portico, is all about Roman Jewish cuisine and our conversation today covers everything Roman and Jewish, from frying artichokes to weighing fish. We also delve into Leah's relationship to food and cooki…

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Amy Thielen's Leftover Baked Potatoes and Onions from the Garden 59:55

11M ago59:55

59:55

This week's Lunch Therapy patient is Amy Thielen, the multitalented cookbook author and chef whose latest cookbook, Company, is hot off the presses and features 125 amazing new recipes. In today's session, we talk all about Amy's childhood in Park Rapids, Minnesota, her journey to New York's four-star restaurant kitchens, and her journey back to wh…

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Alex Jung's Miyeokguk 57:43

12M ago57:43

57:43

Today's patient, Alex Jung, is an accomplished journalist for New York Magazine and Vulture, who's profiled countless celebrities and been nominated for a National Magazine Award. He's currently got the best gig in the city, writing the column "The Year I Ate New York" for which he dines across all five boroughs, cataloguing his experiences every t…

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Rosie Schaap's Northern Irish Latkes 1:01:49

12M ago1:01:49

1:01:49

Raise your glass to this week's Lunch Therapy patient: Rosie Schaap, the author of two books (Drinking with Men, Becoming a Sommelier) and the former Drink columnist for The New York Times. In today's episode, we talk all about drinking, how to manage it, how to know when it's gone too far, and how everything changes as you get older. We also talk …

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Susan Spungen's French Vegetable Salad 59:17

1y ago59:17

59:17

My patient today is the illustrious food stylist and recipe developer Susan Spungen, the author of the brand new book Veg Forward, and the founding editor at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. You very likely have seen her work food styling for such films as Julie & Julia, It's Complicated, and Eat, Pray, Love. In today's session, we talk all about t…

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Anya von Bremzen's American Slice 56:06

1y ago56:06

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This week's Lunch Therapy patient, Anya von Bremzen, is the author of a brand new book, National Dish, that's been called "a fast-paced, entertaining travelogue" by The New York Times. In today's episode, we learn all about the ways Russia uses borsch for propaganda, the meat pie with ketchup she ate growing up (her family's version of "pizza"), li…

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Jeff Gordinier's Asparagus and Mushroom Sandwich 1:01:28

1y ago1:01:28

1:01:28

Jeff Gordinier is one of the most prolific, influential food writers in the biz: not only does he work on Esquire's Best Restaurants list every year, he contributes regularly to The New York Times as both a food writer and a poetry critic (!) AND he's the author of the book Hungry, for which he traveled around the world with René Redzepi, frequentl…

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Lee Sung Jin's Classic Shakshuka 1:01:30

1y ago1:01:30

1:01:30

Welcome back to Lunch Therapy! We start this brand new season with Lee Sung Jin, the creator of Netflix's hit show BEEF. I worked with Lee several years ago on the ABC sitcom The Real O'Neals and since then he's gone on to write for Dave, Tuca and Bertie, and now his breakout, runaway hit starring Steve Yeun and Ali Wong. In today's session, we tal…

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The California Veggie Sandwich with Starlee Kine 59:47

1+ y ago59:47

59:47

My guest today is the creator of one of my favorite podcasts of all time, The Mystery Show with Starlee Kine. If you haven't listened to that, turn this off and go do that first. It's amazing. I asked Starlee if she had a favorite recipe and she didn't. I asked her if she had a favorite thing to eat in L.A. and she sent me to Griffith Park to eat t…

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Ramen Noodles with Mushrooms, Chiles, and Lime with Chris Tucker 56:04

1+ y ago56:04

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Vegan chef Chris Tucker (@veganchefchristucker) is a private vegan chef -- he's making vegan desserts for Elton John's Oscar party in two weeks! -- who appeared on Season Four of The Great American Baking Show. In today's episode, Chris sends me Heidi Swanson's recipe for caramelized mushrooms with chilies and peanuts and lime and cilantro which I …

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Whey Pancakes with Homa Dashtaki 50:09

1+ y ago50:09

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Today's guest, Homa Dashtaki, is the co-founder (along with her father) of The White Mustache yogurt, some of the most celebrated yogurt in the country. She's also the author of a brand new cookbook called Yogurt & Whey (coming out March 5th) that gives away her signature yogurt recipe as well as all of the things you can make with the yogurt itsel…

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Baked Chicken Thighs with Butter and Onions with Aaron Hutcherson 1:00:20

1+ y ago1:00:20

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Our guest this week, Aaron Hutcherson, is a writer and recipe developer for The Washington Post's Voraciously and recently moved to Washington, D.C. for the gig. In today's episode, we learn all about Aaron's previous career as a wealth manager on Wall Street, how he grew up loving being in the kitchen with his mother, and how her unpretentious app…

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Keema Pau with Karan Soni 1:00:20

1+ y ago1:00:20

1:00:20

This week Karan Soni, who you may recognize from Deadpool or Miracle Workers, shares a recipe from the Dishoom cookbook for Keema Pao: a punchy combination of yogurt, ground lamb, and an herb paste made with mint and cilantro. Learn all about Karan's childhood in India, how his parents sent him to a boarding school to lose weight, how he learned to…

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Sheng Jian Bao with Jenn Harris 54:14

1+ y ago54:14

54:14

This week we're shaking things up, shifting from a "you've got to taste this" recipe to a "you've got to taste this" field trip! LA Times food writer and host of The Bucket List Jenn Harris knows more about L.A. food than most people twice her age; that's because she grew up here with a Jewish grandmother and Chinese grandmother who love to eat. To…

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Silesian Heaven Crispy Pierogis with Nicole Rucker 59:56

1+ y ago59:56

59:56

One of my favorite bakers (and favorite people) is Nicole Rucker, owner of Fat & Flour in the Grand Central Market here in L.A., and the very first guest on my very first podcast, Lunch Therapy. In today's episode of "You've Got to Taste This," Nicole sends me a recipe for Silesian Heaven crispy pierogis from "Pierogi" by Zuza Zak. These pierogis a…

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Makoviy Rulet with Felicity Spector 1:00:24

1+ y ago1:00:24

1:00:24

This week's "You've Got to Taste This" recipe comes to us from Felicity Spector, a Harvard Fulbright scholar and London-based journalist, whose interest in Ukraine and Russia far precedes the current conflict there. That interest certainly informs her recipe choice: Makoviy Rulet, a braided babka-ish bread studded with apples and infused with a swe…

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Porcini Rosemary Tomato Sauce with Noah Galuten 54:01

1+ y ago54:01

54:01

Welcome to "You've Got to Taste This," my brand new podcast centered around dishes that are so good, you've simply got to taste them. My first guest is Noah Galuten, author of the upcoming Don't Panic Pantry Cookbook, inspired by the YouTube show he does with his wife, comedian Iliza Shlesinger. For today's episode, Noah offers up his pasta with dr…

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Thanksgiving Pies with Charlotte Druckman 57:11

1+ y ago57:11

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Now I know most of you already have your Thanksgiving desserts planned out, but just in case you need a little inspiration, I invited Charlotte Druckman (Women on Food, Kitchen Remix) on the podcast to discuss all the pies she tasted recently for a New York Magazine article. We're talking Thanksgiving pies from New York's best bakeries with excitin…

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Cooking Puerto Rican with Illyanna Maisonet 54:28

1+ y ago54:28

54:28

The author of the brand-new, hotly-anticipated Puerto Rican cookbook DIASPORICAN, Ilyanna Maisonet, swings by the podcast today to talk all about cooking Puerto Rican. We cover achiote oil, her mother's mushroom chicken, which ingredients are different in Puerto Rico vs. the U.S., persimmon cookies, and lots more. Plus: learn how Illyanna pivoted f…

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Weeknight Dinners with Melissa Clark 46:38

2y ago46:38

46:38

Everyone's favorite cookbook author and NYT columnist, Melissa Clark, is back on the pod to talk all about that tricky old subject: weeknight dinners. With her brand new cookbook, Dinner in One, Melissa proves that it takes just a few flourishes to turn a humdrum meal into something special. Today we talk about Thanksgiving on a sheet pan (!), how …

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Food and Fatherhood with Jonathan Melendez 54:05

2y ago54:05

54:05

Jonathan Melendez is a chef, food photographer, and the creator of the blog The Candid Appetite. Recently he's started the biggest job of all: he and his partner Julian (I met them both last year at a Christmas party) are the proud parents of a newborn baby boy named Theodore. How has fatherhood changed his cooking habits? What kind of relationship…

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A Broadway Cookbook with Gideon Glick 49:07

2y ago49:07

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I've been cooking along to show tunes since I first started cooking twenty years ago... so imagine how excited I am that the Broadway cookbook that I cowrote with Gideon Glick (star of Spring Awakening, Little Shop of Horrors, and a Tony nominee for To Kill a Mockingbird), Give My Swiss Chards to Broadway, is coming out this October 4th! Gideon act…

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The Cookbook Biz with Andrea Nguyen 1:04:35

2y ago1:04:35

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Andrea Nguyen ís the prolific author of eight cookbooks, including Vietnamese Food Any Day, The Pho Cookbook, Asian Tofu, and The Banh Mi Handbook. She's also the co-host of a brand new podcast called Everything Cookbooks where she, along with her co-hosts Molly Stevens, Kate Leahy, and Kristin Donnelly discuss the ins and outs of the cookbook publ…

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Cooking Who You Are with Chef Vishwesh Bhatt 55:36

2y ago55:36

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When Chef Vishwesh Bhatt started serving his Indian-inflected Southern food at SnackBar in Oxford, Mississippi, the food world was so dazzled, the James Beard committee nominated him for Best Southern Chef five times before he finally won in 2019. His new book, I Am From Here, captures what makes his cooking so original and specific to him and his …

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Gays Who Love Food with Grossy Pelosi 51:40

2y ago51:40

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What's it like to be gay and to love food? Today's guest Dan Pelosi (aka: Grossy Pelosi) knows a little something about it. Having grown up 3/4ths Italian (the other 1/4 is Portuguese), Dan had food foisted on him at a young age. But how did he reconcile that with the body-obsessed gay-culture that he became a part of once he got older? It's a simi…

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TikTok Food Fame with Chef Jon Kung 55:42

2y ago55:42

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What's it like to be famous on TikTok? Ask Chef Jon Kung who has 1.5 million followers on there and is frequently on lists of TikTok's best food accounts. Learn how he went from being a chef in Detroit to being a full-time TikToker, what his process is, whether he writes his narrations or improvises them, what kind of camera he uses, how he thinks …

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How to Pitch the NYT Food Section with Emily Weinstein 51:43

2y ago51:43

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For years, I've been trying to pitch articles to the New York Times food section and for years I've been failing. On a total lark, I invited Emily Weinstein, the food and cooking editor for the Times, on to my podcast and in a mind-blowing turn of events, she said yes! Today's episode, then, gets down to the nitty-gritty: what does Emily look for i…

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