Talking to people about the history of their favorite foods is a great way to trick them into telling stories they haven’t told before. Host Katherine Spiers brings the history, the guests bring the anecdotes - like Gail Simmons discovering American Thanksgiving, Jenny Yang’s childhood love of salad bars, and Scott Conant and Lorena Garcia’s fundamental disagreement about dumplings.
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Top Chef winner Kelsey Barnard Clark dishes about why she chose the sous chefs she chose in the Top Chef finale. And everyone's favorite lima bean cla...
The creator of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives gives us some hot Food Network goss, and the Internation Bagel Bakers Union is discussed. Listen to Smart M...
A star of Crazy Rich Asians, who is from Singapore, talks about the truly international food scene she grew up with - why is it like that? Listen to S...