286 – Cooking Drummers: Marcus Finnie and Zack Albetta Talk Food

Working Drummer

Marcus Finnie and Zack Albetta both have a deep and abiding passion for food and cooking. So since a lot of us are probably doing more cooking these days, we wanted to talk what we’ve been up to in the kitchen, share some resources, recipes, tips, tricks, and hacks, in hopes that it will inspire some others to push their kitchen game a little higher.

In this episode, Marcus and Zack talk about

* What got them into cooking* The importance of quality, sharp knives, and the difference between sharpening and honing* Pans: the versatility of non-stick, and moving on to stainless steel, carbon steel, and cast iron* Cooking for kids and how to make delicious veggies* A few basic tips to make simple things like pasta or roast chicken AWESOME* Venturing into baking* Parallels between cooking and music

Links to stuff we talked about:

Smitten Kitchen

The Paprika III recipe organization app

“Ruhlman’s Twenty” Cookbook

Instant Pot

Knives: Shun, Wustoff, Global, Cutco

This episode is sponsored by Beier Drums