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
Nov 24
Food Innovation With Taco Bell's Brett Pluskalowski
Today, Dave lives más. Dave is joined by Brett Pluskalowski, senior manager of food innovation at Taco Bell. Dave creates a new dish that he hopes will one day make it to the Taco Bell menu, while the duo talks about how Taco Bell innovates, what makes a dish resonate, and how to ... Show More
1h 6m
Nov 20
Japan: Feeling Seen With HIKARI
Dave makes karaage for special guest, HIKARI, director of 'Beef', 'Tokyo Vice', and now her new movie 'Rental Family'. HIKARI and Dave discuss why Osaka is so unique, the idiosyncrasies of Japanese life as seen by both of them while living in Japan, and even a little about the da ... Show More
1h 50m
Nov 17
Partying With Courtney McBroom
Dave makes a great party dish, japchae, for a party person, Courtney McBroom: co-author with Brie Larson of the new cookbook ‘Party People.’ (0:01) Dave and Courtney talk about party etiquette, things that should change about parties, and make a lot of jokes (6:43). Finally, Dave ... Show More
1h 24m
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