Does wanting to make pizza at home mean the universe is telling you to never, ever make pizza at home? Dave straps on his Socratic sandals to guide us through a head-spinning dilemma, alongside metaphysical considerations of food-photo truthers, perfect-email hell, making your own wedding cake, the calzone-shaped cup of the carpenter, and the worst pizza Dav ... Show More
Jan 26
Dry-Aged vs. Wet-Aged Steak, "The Secret," and the American Chef Pantheon With Bill Simmons
Dave is joined by the Podfather himself, the founder and CEO of The Ringer, Bill Simmons. Dave makes steaks that challenge Bill's wet-aged vs. dry-aged opinions, and then they discuss his "secret to basketball," which applies to much more than just sports—and explains Bill's uniq ... Show More
1h 27m
Jan 22
The Los Angeles Fires, Lettuce Cup Memories, and New York vs. L.A. With Jacob Soboroff
Dave is joined by Jacob Soboroff, MS Now senior correspondent and author of the book 'Firestorm.' Dave makes a lettuce cup dish that takes Jacob back to his past, and then they discuss the Los Angeles fires, which are the subject of Jacob's new book, as well as his personal exper ... Show More
1h 2m
Jan 15
Tteokbokki Three Ways and Soft-Chewy Texture
Dave makes tteokbokki, a classic and delicious Korean street food, three different ways. He talks about the genius of how the dish is served, how gnocchi may have opened a pathway to tteok acceptance in America, and his love for soft-chewy texture, with hopes it might someday be ... Show More
48m 17s
Mar 2022
The Secrets to Making the Perfect Pizza
<p>Pizza. It's ubiquitous. It's a fixture at parties and office break rooms, and there's a good chance you order it from your favorite place for dinner every single week.</p><p>But there's one setting where pizza doesn't show up very often, and that's in your own oven, having bee ... Show More
39m 16s
Oct 2021
Is Pizza An Open-Faced Sandwich? ft. Dennis Lee
Today, we're joined by Dennis Lee, former pizza maker based in Chicago, staff writer at The Takeout, and writer of the hilarious Substack, 'Food Is Stupid' to discuss: Is Pizza An Open-Faced Sandwich? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www. ... Show More
49m 24s
May 2024
How much glue should you put in your pizza?
An internet breaking news story. As we told you last week, Google has begun offering AI-generated answers to search questions. But some answers, it turns out, are strange. Users were told, for instance, that glue was an appropriate ingredient for homemade pizza. We talk to report ... Show More
45m 44s