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May 2022
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House Spice, How to Cook Crawfish, and F...

The Ringer
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Chris and Dave call up the pair behind the best-selling 'Notes from a Young Black Chef' to discuss their brand new cookbook 'My America,' and what it reveals about how we’ll all be eating in the years to come. Also: Playing to your strengths, giving birth to a word baby, cross-country recipe testing, re-upping on jambalaya at the dog park, Kwame’s Harry Potter House, a yin-yang of dolphins, Maggi seasoning, Miami oxtail prices, high-resolution recipes, the guy who created curry goat, what Kwame wants to eat on a book tour, North Korean noodles, and surfing the seafood stock danger zone.

Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris Ying

Guests: Kwame Onwuachi and Joshua David Stein

Producer: Sasha Ashall

Additional Production: Jordan Bass

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