Expense Account

Expense Account Season 2

Food critic J Lee is back, turning food into a doorway to the bigger conversations that define how we live. Each week, J sits down with a guest to talk about food and eve

Tom Colicchio

Expense Account is currently between seasons, but we had an opportunity to speak to culinary legend Tom Colicchio at his home in New York. We have more exciting announcem

Keith McNally

It’s the season one finale of Expense Account! This week, J Lee spoke Keith McNally, the legendary restaurateur behind Balthazar, The Odeon, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, Luck

Cami Téllez and Sasha Mutchnik

This week on Expense Account, J Lee spoke to Cami Téllez and Sasha Mutchnik. Topics discussed include: * Colostrum * The Armani Couture bring worn and Juuls being smoke

Pete Wells

This week on Expense Account, J Lee spoke to Pete Wells, former restaurant critic for The New York Times. Topics discussed include: * The ideal width of sandwiches. * W

Eddie Huang

This week on Expense Account, J Lee spoke to chef, author, director, and writer of Canal Street Dreams on Substack, Eddie Huang. Topics discussed included: * Getting arr

Meadow Lane's Sammy Nussdorf

This week on Expense Account, J Lee and Emily Sundberg spoke to Sammy Nussdorf, the founder and CEO of Meadow Lane. Topics discussed include: * Mouse-gate. * Chicken Nu

Jason and Emily wish you a merry Christmas.

This week on Expense Account, J Lee and Emily Sundberg had a special edition of Feed Me — a holiday extravaganza. Topics discussed include: * A shortage of house partie

Momofuku's Paul Carmichael and Marguerite Zabar Mariscal

This week on Expense Account, J Lee spoke with Paul Carmichael (chef at Momofuku’s Kabawa) and Marguerite Zabar Mariscal (CEO of Momofuku Group). Topics discussed include

Asa Akira

This week on Expense Account, J Lee spoke with Asa Akira, adult film actor, spicy food avoider, and miniature enthusiast. Topics discussed include, but were not limited t

Hannah Crosbie

This week on Expense Account, J Lee spoke with Hannah Crosbie, drinks columnist at The Observer Magazine, and author of Corker: A Deeply Unserious Wine Book. Topics disc

Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal on barbecue and borscht.

This week on Expense Account, J Lee spoke with Joseph Weisenthal, the co-host of Bloomberg’s Odd Lots, who is also one of New York City’s most loyal Chinese restaurant cu

Helen Rosner on the state of restaurant criticism.

This week on Expense Account, J Lee spoke with Helen Rosner, a staff writer at The New Yorker who writes about restaurants. Helen has received multiple James Beard Awards

Alison Roman has a secret menu order at Keens.

Expense Account is a food podcast for everyone. Insiders, outsiders, your mom, your dad, New Yorkers, Angelenos and also people from Florida (we love you). This week, Ja

Expense Account is a food podcast for everyone.

Insiders, outsiders, your mom, your dad, New Yorkers, Angelenos and also people from Florida (we love you). Anyone who enjoys eating food. It’s even for people who hate f