Best Mathew Ramsey & Eddie Kim Podcasts (2024)

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Opie Crooks & Jill Tyler: #ShutUsDown, But Not Out 49:46

4+ y ago49:46

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This week, notorious locavore Opie Crooks - executive chef of A Rake’s Progress, and hospitality hero - Jill Tyler, co-owner of Tail Up Goat and Reveler’s Hour, join us from the frontlines of what’s been an emotional week, to discuss their closings of their restaurants in response to the COVID-19 emergency. We call for action and legislation that w…

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Rising Star Paola Velez’s Passion of the Fruit 58:08

4+ y ago58:08

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Ruben Garcia: Can’t Fight Nature 56:34

4+ y ago56:34

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Francesca Arienzo: Baking the Law 46:28

4+ y ago46:28

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Ann Limpert: The 101 on D.C.’s 100 Best 54:59

4+ y ago54:59

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Robin Ha: Korean Hand, American Girl 52:45

5y ago52:45

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Lane Harlan + Carlos Raba: Homies where the heart is 37:53

5y ago37:53

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David Batista and Soung Wiser: Around the Corner and Back Again 55:41

5y ago55:41

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Mr. Rovine Goes to Washington: The Fight Against Tariffs 55:37

5y ago55:37

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Felicia Colbert’s New Wine World Order 1:01:34

5y ago1:01:34

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This week, we round out the season (and year!) with a clarion of D.C.’s wine community — Felicia Colbert — Wine Director at A Rake’s Progress. We discuss navigating to the peak of the wine world while “mastering” one’s destiny, the added baggage of intersectionality in hospitality, and wine as a field guide to sociology. Alexya dons her graduation …

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Clementine Thomas Gives a Fork About Cookbooks 44:12

5y ago44:12

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This week, Clementine Thomas joins the studio to boldly fork where no book has gone before. We’re talking Bold Fork Books, a culinary bookstore pop-up in D.C.’s Pear Plum Cafe. Clem covers some cookbook chronology from personal favorites to neo-classic standards, purrrloins her cat’s name, and sets a local literary table for chefs and home-cooks to…

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Dave Coleman’s “Three Star Method to Motivation” 48:50

5y ago48:50

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This week, Dave Coleman of Three Stars Brewing joins our post-Thanksgiving breakdown because that’s how he green-bean-casser-ROLLS. From Colt 45 to Peppercorn Saison, Dave opens up on the cost of integrity, swinging for those “two extra stars,” and staying motivated in a “Big Apples vs. D.C. Oranges” kind of world. Mathew mucks horse stables on the…

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Adam Bernbach: Part Duh 52:23

5y ago52:23

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This week, tune out the family drama and turn up the awkward with three friends, live mics, and a healthy dose of sherry for some stimulating, turkey-stuffing background noise. We welcome back Adam Bernbach of the upcoming Oyster Oyster, who’s keeping it lazy with an upcoming Mega-Mandy-Death-Moore Omakase, betrays his cranberry roots, and opens up…

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Konbi’s Laminated Layers with Nick Montgomery and Jen Yee, and Akira Akuto 46:45

5y ago46:45

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This week, it’s ‘three’s company’ in the studio with the crew from LA’s pastry and sandwich darling, Konbi. Akira surfs the couch while co-owner Nick Montgomery and pastry chef Jen Yee take to the mics to discuss caffeinated indulgences, seasonal sensibility, and exercising a healthy restaurant balance. Akira makes coffee a black or white issue, wh…

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Johnny Spero: Cooking Reveries and Life’s Realities 1:01:03

5y ago1:01:03

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This week, cuisenaire cosmonaut Johnny Spero of Reverie daydreams of San Sebastian and butter burgers, connects his life’s valleys and peaks, and checks our table for gum over some Dragon Whispers. Eddie chews fondly on Txuleta and Mathew takes a “New American” approach to villainy. Powered and distributed by Simplecast…

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Genevieve Villamora: Freaks and Geeks Class President 55:22

5y ago55:22

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Coast to Coast, Host to Host: Eddie and Mathew 54:14

5y ago54:14

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Owen Thomson and Ben Wiley Navigate the District’s Tradewinds at Archipelago 1:00:54

5y ago1:00:54

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Pushing Tien: Chef Kevin Tien finds his voice while recognizing his past 49:33

5y ago49:33

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Shochu Shorty Monica Lee Unleashes Her Claws 56:58

5y ago56:58

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This week, we’re all aboard the Shochu choo choo with Monica Lee, beverage director of the Daikaya Group, and “Hennything is possible.” Monica rhapsodizes on the artisanal hard seltzer movement, mouth garnishes, and fruit sandos from beyond the Keto Zone™. Eddie stokes the flames at Room 11, and Mathew bemoans his Fail-eys Irish Cream incident.…

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LA’s Akira Akuto: Thinking Outside the Sando Box 44:59

5y ago44:59

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This week Akira Akuto, master laminator and co-owner of LA’s Japanese sandwich darling, Konbi, drops by the studio for a chat and shat. Akira divulges on big dreams in tiny spaces, the cult of canelé, and his personal Italian “heros.” Eddie sounds the alarm for “Code Brown,” and Mathew tea’s up his corn popup.…

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Cocktailwalla Dante Datta does D.C. 48:59

5y ago48:59

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This week, homegrown barman Dante Datta of the upcoming Indian-inspired cocktail bar, Daru, joins us in the studio to slug down some emerald-colored Midori elixirs and talk Indian rum, pet mustaches, and the craft of opening a neighborhood watering hole. Eddie tries to recruit for a string quartet and Mathew unleashes his “Vanilla Green” on the wor…

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Trevor Frye’s Inner-Washline 1:01:32

5+ y ago1:01:32

1:01:32

This week, we ball high with water whisperer, Trevor Frye and resident artist, Nate Mann. We dive into the district’s viral geometry, lessons in failing, and making room for mental wellness. Trevor finds his inner-“washline,” Eddie segways like a motherfucker, and Mathew picks up a casual Kodō drumming habit.…

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Malaka Gharib Finds the American Dream 47:43

5+ y ago47:43

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Navigating between three worlds as a Filipino-Egyptian in America, Malaka Gharib grew up struggling to grasp what it meant to live the American Dream. That is, until she wrote and drew her first graphic memoir, “I Was Their American Dream.” We break bread over the role of food in defining -- and confounding -- our cultural identities, drink a pique…

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Josh Phillips, The Master and the Margarita 52:04

5+ y ago52:04

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This week, Josh Phillips, master mezcalier and co-owner of Espita Mezcaleria, unscrews the top on an array of agave spirits and dives down the nerdy corn hole that is nixtamalization. Josh talks Craigslist connections, tortilla grinds, and offers just the tip on buying mezcal… And, when Eddie goes high, Mathew ends up shorter.…

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Top Jefes: Brooke Williamson & Antonia Lofaso 45:48

5+ y ago45:48

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In this episode, we’re graced by not one, but two badass Arch-Angelenos and restaurateurs of Top Chef fame - Brooke Williamson & Antonia Lofaso. We discuss the dichotomy of awards and the awarded, general rules of thumb, and Tequila earns two exclamations!! Eddie plays el Diablo’s advocate and rallies with Brooke over tennis terminology, while Math…

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Sweet / Dry with DC Public Library and Domestique 1:21:43

5+ y ago1:21:43

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An exploration of the intersection between taste and identity, presented by Domestique Wine and the DC Public Library. Including special guest panelists Jon Bonné, Lee Campbell, W. Ralph Eubanks, Millicent Souris, Genevieve Villamora.By Full Service Radio

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Jon Bonné Jovi’s Greatest Hits 38:46

5+ y ago38:46

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For this episode we open up our Mezcal cabinet to professional wino and tastemaker, Jon Bonné, senior contributing editor for PUNCH, former wine editor for The San Francisco Chronicle, and author of “The New California Wine.” Jon pontificates on going au natural, Gewurzt case scenarios, and mousey wine traps. Eddie comes out as a Riesling apologist…

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Millicent Souris on Serving the Underserved 30:54

5+ y ago30:54

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This week we scour off the rust and dust off the cobwebs to start off a new season of Shift Drink with Millicent Souris, former chef turned educator and advocate for the underserved at St. John’s Bread and Life. The activist helps us parse the difference between old/new schools of cooks, nourishing the privileged few/needy hundreds, and chef volunt…

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Kristen Kish Keeps Pop Star Dreams in the Lone Star State 28:30

5+ y ago28:30

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This week we keep it weird in the kitchen with Austin’s Kristen Kish, Top Chef alumna and chef of the newly minted Arlo Grey at the LINE Hotel. We unearth a few lines to add to her Wikipedia page, such as her notable singing skills, the do’s and don’ts of keeping it vulnerable in her kitchen, and her penchant for chicken fingers. Kristen opts out o…

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Reunion and Rivalry in Koreatown with Chefs Deuki Hong and Esther Choi 51:28

5+ y ago51:28

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This week we put on a Korean double-feature with chef siblings-in-arms Esther Choi (mokbar and Miss Yu, NYC) and Deuki Hong (Sunday Bird, SF). The cross-country reunion sparks discussion on staying connected to one’s passion, satiating a bong appetite, and owning the “a” word -- "authenticity." Esther stokes a sibling rivalry, Deuki lives his best …

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Can Chefs Mei Lin and Jon Yao Bring Old Memories to New LA? 59:07

5+ y ago59:07

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This week we do a City of Angels "bang bang," with LA chefs Mei Lin of the newly minted Nightshade and James Beard-nominated Jon Yao of Kato. We reminisce on childhood foods, navigate the celebrity chef limelight, compare camaraderie in LA vs. DC, and cut deep into kitchen accidents. Jon contemplates a life as a La Croix-somm, Mei prefers to cook h…

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Ice Cream and the Art of Rooftop Maintenance with D.C.’s Milk Cult 1:08:53

5+ y ago1:08:53

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This week we join forces with D.C.’s double dragons of ice cream, Ed Cornell and Patrick Griffith of Milk Cult, to take down the innovation/boredom balance, tapping into cult classics, and the art of rooftop maintenance. Ed and Patrick take us through a Hole in the Sky, Eddie belabors ear holes, and Mathew reminisces on corndog glory holes.…

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No Creative Still Waters for Cult Brewers Brian Strumke and Mike Van Hall 56:13

5+ y ago56:13

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This week nomadic beer cultist Brian Strumke and visual disrupter Mike Van Hall of Stillwater Artisanal search for creative rules to break, from flipping the sacred to Action Bronson collabs. Mike and Brian hate on coriander and triangles, Mathew mourns the death of Jon Snow, and Eddie feels the wet-nat…

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Daniel Boulud -- Michelin Chef, Crab Smuggler, Viper Bootlegger 52:52

5+ y ago52:52

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This week legendary French Chef Daniel Boulud confesses some of his more illicit activities down on the hometown farm, cooking for his icon Jacques Pepin, and true egg-celence. Daniel gets Tina Turnt-up, Mathew and Chef Boulud develop a lasting “frenchip” over cooking for mom, and Eddie contracts the itch to bring crab shacks to the city of lights.…

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Intelligent Design In D.C.’s Ecosystem with Edit Lab 49:56

5+ y ago49:56

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In our 50th AND sadly, FINAL episode... designers Lauren Winter and Brian Miller of Edit Lab manifest their own destinations, one neighborhood at a time. Lauren and Brian embrace the imperfect, Eddie and Mathew throw design trends at the wall to see what sticks, and Alexya presses the big red button to initiate our conscious uncoupling…

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Little Little Chef Cagla in the Middle 48:51

5+ y ago48:51

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This week we crack open one of D.C’s most central, but looked over, badasses in the kitchen, Green Almond Pantry’s Cagla Onal. Cagla stocks our cupboard with goodies fit for the soul, but made for her daughter, and recounts choosing onions over economics. Mathew looks for the green hook-up, and Eddie goes full-Korean over Turkish-BBQ.…

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Chicago’s Bad Hunter Fashions #LifeGarnishes From Lemons 47:46

5+ y ago47:46

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This week, the Bad Hunter bar crew/dance troupe brings nothing but good vibes all the way from Chicago and talks about their path to phoenix-ing from a grease fire, house rules with Bruno Mars, and #LifeGarnishes. Bad Hunter swipes right on D.C., Mathew swipes left on deep dish, and Eddie is OK with being not OK.…

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Tail Up Goat’s Bill Jensen and Bon Jovi, On a Bed of Rosés 1:10:08

5+ y ago1:10:08

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This week we visit the glitz, glamour, and denim of wine with Bill Jensen of James Beard Award-nominated Tail Up Goat. Bill doubles-down on a storied D.C. neighborhood, Mathew gets a little brown on his nose, and Eddie pines for big beers -- and he cannot lie.By Full Service Radio

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How Max Kuller Stays Forever Young and Hungry in the Industry 58:58

5+ y ago58:58

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This week we take the leap -- or just fall head first -- with Max Kuller, owner of Estadio, on his technicolor interests, somm-ing as a vegetarian, and breathing new life into old concepts. Max breaks down the short and long of his “rice program,” Eddie cleans up “Doggy-style,” and Mathew “screws the Pooch.”…

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The Washington Post’s Maura Judkis Shines a Spotlight on the Food World 49:54

5+ y ago49:54

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This week award-winning reporter and esteemed eater of all things guilty Maura Judkis dishes the good, the glittery, and the ugly of the food industry. Maura takes us around the neighborhood, Eddie abstains from the ol’ In-N-Out, and Mathew goes owl-naturale.By Full Service Radio

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Walking the Creative Line with Carlos Raba of Clavel 53:35

5+ y ago53:35

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This week we guard and grapple with Chef Carlos Raba of Clavel over the transformation from corporate to creative, the taco revolution in Baltimore, and finding art in the martial and culinary. Carlos fires his wife, Mathew taps out, and Eddie reveals his porcine side.By Full Service Radio

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No Borders for Hospitality with Carlie Steiner of Himitsu 52:17

5+ y ago52:17

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This week boss in the streets and freak in the spreadsheets Carlie Steiner of Himitsu and Chufly Imports decants her break-neck restaurant opening, a concept’s longevity, and love of the Chicago dog. Carlie croons for Alanis, Mathew points a finger at Ariana, and Eddie embraces a nip-slip from Adam.By Full Service Radio

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Drinks-Slinging Madame Lauren Paylor on Breaking Barriers, Diving Head First, and Creating Safe Spaces in the Bar World 48:48

6y ago48:48

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This week Bronx-turned-D.C. bar madame Lauren Paylor discusses her spark of joy in the cocktail world, spreading diversity on the shoulders of giants, and coming out of her shell. Lauren rolls with an Obama, Eddie mixing drinks with an eye-roll, and Mathew judo rolls into your DM’s like ...By Full Service Radio

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Pitmaster Rob Sonderman on BBQ’s Gold Standard, D.C.’s Q-Identity, and Smoking at Home 55:55

6y ago55:55

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This week Pitmaster Rob Sonderman of Federalist Pig gives us the low-and-slow of the Holy Trinity, finding your ribs on the big screen, and the changing faces behind the smoker. Rob breaks down his favorite woods, Eddie smolders for Fiji Water girl, and Mathew digs deep for his own bbq language.By Full Service Radio

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Holiday Extravaganza and Industry Roast of D.C.’s Bon Vivant Jason Mader 55:59

6y ago55:59

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This week bar maven and food dandy, Jason Mader brings the holiday spirit, and we all get the drunker for it. Seasonal ghost guests of ShiftDrink past and future - Kat Hamidi Adam Bernbach Chantal Tseng and Melissa Konishi come to roast Mader's chestnuts( but mostly love) ... AND a new star is born; the Chilito Royale (just add caviar).…

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Jeff Segal of Domestique on Going Au Naturale with Natural Wine and Maturing as a Brash Wine Pro 51:39

6y ago51:39

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This week we decipher the lingo of natural wines, find a pairing with the OG halfsmoke, and get a bit too “mousey” with Jeff Segal of the newly minted Domestique Wine. Jeff recounts a wedding day run-in with Uncle Jesse, Mathew creates the ultimate catering company, and Eddie twerks his way to understanding pet nats.…

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Chris Hannah and Nick Detrich of Jewel of the South on Repping the Crescent City, Vegan Taxidermy, and Bartender Superbands 48:08

6y ago48:08

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This week we strut the second line and geek out on the French 75, throwing technique, and bartender collaborations with Chris Hannah and Nick Detrich of the soon-to-open Jewel of the South in New Orleans. Chris aims for a million, Nick embraces the -tini, Mathew defends the neckerchief, and Eddie backseat bartends.…

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Pony and a Pop: Bonus Episode with David Zilber of Noma’s Fermentation Lab 29:56

6y ago29:56

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Need an extra shifty for the road now that the holiday season is upon us? We’ve got you covered with a bonus Shift Drink featuring David Zilber, head of Noma’s Fermentation Lab. We caught up with David after his booktalk with Rene Redzepi, hashing out his role as Noma’s ferment-ologist, a garbage photographer, and a collaborative food innovator.…

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The Many Hats and Flames of Hearth-tender Ben Eisendrath of Grillworks 52:03

6y ago52:03

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This week we stoke the embers of innovation, visit the red planet, and unearth the Promethean origins of Ben Eisendrath of Grillworks. Ben flexes his photog muscles, Mathew rehabilitates from his hamburglar past, and Eddie defends mumbo, the midwest, and everything in between.By Full Service Radio

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