If you're a fan of smart and lively conversations about food, home cooking, and culture, this is the place. We interview the most interesting characters in the world of food, media, and cookbooks and release episodes several times a month. The program is hosted by TASTE editors Aliza Abarbanel and Matt Rodbard, and is sometimes recorded live at Rizzoli Bookstore in New York City. Visit TASTE online: tastecooking.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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855: Ayesha Nurdjaja on the Line: Burns, Swollen Knuckles, and Stolen Kunz Spoons
#12 trending · Food
Ayesha Nurdjaja grew up in Gravesend, Brooklyn, with an Indonesian father, an Italian mother, and a grandmother who walked her to Sahadi’s on Atlantic Avenue. After years
Oct 19 1 h 05 min
854: Adam Weisblatt Wrote the Restaurant Industry’s Realest Owner’s Manual
#30 trending · Food
Adam Weisblatt has opened seven restaurants with Last Word Hospitality, the LA group behind Hermon’s, Barra Santos, and Rasarumah. His terrific new book, For the Love of
Oct 17 1 h 13 min
853: Rachel Gurjar Thinks Mumbai and NYC Should Be Sister Cities
Rachel Gurjar is a Mumbai-born, Brooklyn-based chef and recipe developer whose recipes have appeared in Bon Appétit and the New York Times. Her new debut cookbook, East
Oct 16 1 h 06 min
853: Rachel Gurjar Thinks Mumbai and NYC Should Be Sister Cities
Rachel Gurjar is a Mumbai-born, Brooklyn-based chef and recipe developer whose recipes have appeared in Bon Appétit and the New York Times. Her new debut cookbook, East t
Oct 16 1 h 10 min
852: Washington Post Food Critic Elazar Sontag on His First Big Best Restaurants List
Elazar Sontag published a cookbook at 18, ran Bon Appétit’s Best New Restaurants list in his mid-twenties, and (last fall) succeeded Tom Sietsema as the Washington Post’s
Oct 14 59 min
852: Washington Post Food Critic Elazar Sontag on His First Big Best Restaurants List
Elazar Sontag published a cookbook at 18, ran Bon Appétit’s Best New Restaurants list in his mid-twenties, and (last fall) succeeded Tom Sietsema as the Washington Post’s
Oct 14 1 h 03 min
851: Eric Sze’s Cookbook Puts a Question Mark on Taiwanese Food on Purpose
Eric Sze first joined the show amid research for his debut cookbook, Taiwanese?. The book will be released later this month, and I speak with the Wenwen chef about his de
Oct 12 1 h 08 min
851: Eric Sze’s Cookbook Puts a Question Mark on Taiwanese Food on Purpose
Eric Sze first joined the show amid research for his debut cookbook, Taiwanese?. The book will be released later this month, and I speak with the Wenwen chef about his de
Oct 12 1 h 12 min
850: Clarissa Wei Sells Excellent Soy Sauce and Demystifies Ancient Postpartum Cooking Practices
Clarissa Wei is a writer and cofounder of HEYDOH, a single-origin Taiwanese soy sauce brand. Her debut cookbook, Made in Taiwan, was a cultural exploration of the island
Oct 9 42 min
850: Clarissa Wei Sells Excellent Soy Sauce and Demystifies Ancient Postpartum Cooking Practices
Clarissa Wei is a writer and cofounder of HEYDOH, a single-origin Taiwanese soy sauce brand. Her debut cookbook, Made in Taiwan, was a cultural exploration of the island
Oct 9 46 min
849: Where New York Is Actually Eating This Fall with Resy’s Deanna Ting
Resy’s managing editor, Deanna Ting, is back to talk all about New York City restaurants. She and Matt work through the Resy Hit List, with stops at a British Indian chop
Oct 7 37 min
848: Kendal Mitchell Turns Eggshells Into Servingware: A Design Intervention for Food Waste
Kendal Mitchell is a chef and biomaterials designer based in Brooklyn. Her Instagram series Bringing Food Waste Back to the Table turns often-wasted ingredients like eggs
Oct 5 43 min
848: Kendal Mitchell Turns Eggshells Into Servingware: A Design Intervention for Food Waste
Kendal Mitchell is a chef and biomaterials designer based in Brooklyn. Her Instagram series Bringing Food Waste Back to the Table turns often-wasted ingredients like eggs
Oct 5 47 min
847: Korean Soup University with Clara Lee and Eddo Kim of Queens
Clara Lee and Eddo Kim are the co-founders of Queens, the San Francisco Korean American food company that started as a delivery-only deli in 2018, became a beloved Inner
Oct 3 40 min
847: Korean Soup University with Clara Lee and Eddo Kim of Queens
Clara Lee and Eddo Kim are the co-founders of Queens, the San Francisco Korean American food company that started as a delivery-only deli in 2018, became a beloved Inner
Oct 3 44 min
846: The Birth of 'Hot Ones' and a Garage Full of Dead Restaurant Shirts with Justin Bolois
Justin Bolois has spent over a decade helping build the iconic First We Feast media company—from features editor to VP of programming and development, shepherding popular
Oct 2 50 min
846: The Birth of 'Hot Ones' and a Garage Full of Dead Restaurant Shirts with Justin Bolois
Justin Bolois has spent over a decade helping build the iconic First We Feast media company—from features editor to VP of programming and development, shepherding popular
Oct 2 54 min
845: Kenta Goto’s Bartender’s Guide Is a Must-Read for Professionals and Amateurs Alike
Kenta Goto is a bartender and the owner and operator of two acclaimed cocktail bars: Bar Goto on the Lower East Side and Bar Goto Niban in Brooklyn. Born and raised in To
Sep 30 43 min
845: Kenta Goto’s Bartender’s Guide Is a Must-Read for Professionals and Amateurs Alike
Kenta Goto is a bartender and the owner and operator of two acclaimed cocktail bars: Bar Goto on the Lower East Side and Bar Goto Niban in Brooklyn. Born and raised in To
Sep 30 47 min
844: Adrianna Adarme Was Supposed to Make Movie Trailers. Instead, She Made the Meatballs.
Adrianna Adarme has been cooking out loud since 2011, when A Cozy Kitchen was just a bored-at-work blog. This fall, she’s releasing A Cozy Kitchen Cookbook—a terrific boo
Sep 28 46 min
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Love your content and guests, especially Adeena my goddess of Jewish and Israeli cooking! Her golden challah recipe has become my default for challah and babka, I loved learning about what she’s up to.
Natatatatatatatashaa · May 2026
I’ve been listening to this pod since its early days. Matt is such an incredible host, bringing humor, years of experience in food media, and respect for his guests and the industry in long-form interviews. The diversity of guests and issues covered show the breadth of Matt’s knowledge and love for this ever evolving and growing industry.
Agatha.K · May 2026
I enjoy listening to this podcast, it really makes me feel like I’m there with the guests and having a conversation! Great food recommendations too!
2dogsmom · May 2026
Love this pod as an intimate peek into what’s happening right now in food and culture. A fantastic breadth and variety of guests plus a good amount of conversational depth keeps it interesting. I love learning something new in each episode!
2dbeat · May 2026
So many of these episodes celebrate some of the worst things about restaurants today. In the Edith’s episode, your guest gushes about Dylan’s Candy Store’s nepo baby owner charging massive markups on candy because of the vibes in the store, and the host cheers her on. Is this not totally antithetical to the idea of community that your guest espoused for her own restaurant? If the media cannot push back against the direction things are going (which is clearly bad and focused on image instead of eating) in the world of food, then who will?
Shek42069666 · Feb 2026
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