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
Mar 12
Oxtails, "Chicken 66," and Science With Krishna Choudhary, PhD, and Lester Nare of the From First Principles Podcast
Dave makes Jamaican oxtails and "Chicken 66," an amalgamation of Chicken 65 and chilli chicken, for two smart guests: Lester Nare and physicist Krishna Choudhary, cohosts of one of his favorite podcasts, From First Principles. They talk about how they began their journeys in scie ... Show More
1h 31m
Mar 9
Succotash Meets Spätzle, Doing Media as a Chef, and Dave's Favorite Chili
Dave talks about his first experiences with TV and media as a chef and how that indirectly led to Lucky Peach. Dave then MacGyver's off-the-cuff, making a dish of succotash and spätzle, and inadvertently finding a cultural link between them and Brunswick stew. He finishes by answ ... Show More
57m 8s
Mar 5
Dave's Trip to Paris, Great Meals He Had, and Cooking from Scratch
Dave has returned from a lovely trip to Paris and has plenty to say about it. He talks about where he ate, such as the incredible Maison Sota, which he thinks deserves more praise, and the great Bruno Verjus, with Bruno's unique story. Dave also discusses where he didn't get to e ... Show More
50m 13s
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