Dave Arnold is back from Milan with lots to share on a brand new episode of Cooking Issues. He shares his latest favorite quick dish to make at home, talks about tortillas, expresses some disdain for whole-hog cooking and more.

On this week's episode of Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastassia are joined in the studio by J. Kenji López-Alt, chef and author of the New York Times bestselling cookbook The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science. They chat about early adopters of email, whether bay leaves actually do anything to food, how to properly chop chives, liquid smoking vs. actual smoking, pressure canning, ramen-izing Italian noodles, weighing cocktail ingredients, and check in on Kenji's progress with eating vegan for the entire month of March. Plus, Dave responds to a listener's email regarding the GAPS diet.

On this week's Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastassia are joined in the studio by colleague Peter Kim from the Museum of Food and Drink, and tackle deli slicers, the peculiarities of pectin and pepper, disputed ratios in simple syrup recipes, the Tokyo Tsukiji Market Tour, and why you should think twice about refilling your SodaStream with dry ice.

This week on Cooking Issues, we celebrate the return of sidekick Jackie Molecules, and talk getting food poisoning from supermarket sushi, making tinctures with orris root, cocktail cubes, rutabagas vs. turnips, Long Island iced teas, and the abomination that are baked chips.

This week on Cooking Issues, host Dave Arnold and Nastassia sit down with David’s son, Dax Arnold. Together they discuss Ivy League hokey, pressure cookers, swallowing gum, and carbonara…with crushed red pepper, of course.

On an energetic episode of Cooking Issues, Dave jumps into a myriad of topics including egg nog, marriage problems and more.

Madison culinary madman Jonny Hunter of the Underground Food Collective visits the studio with some MOFAD friends for a show full of information and entertainment.

It's blizzard season here in NYC, but the crew is back in the studio and ready for some Cooking Issues. Tune in for some turtle decapitation stories, ham curing advice, hilarious stories and more!

What is Dave's least favorite vegetable? What are Dave's weeknight staples for the dinner table? Does he like haggis? Should you freeze french fries prior to frying? Tune in for answers and more as Nastassia and Peter Kim from MOFAD join in studio for a thorough discussion on the gender of pots and pans.

DON'T TRY TO CATER YOUR OWN WEDDING! This is one of the many pieces of advice Dave Arnold has for you on a brand new episode of Cooking Issues. Peter Kim from the Museum of Food & Drink (MOFAD) is in the studio again for a wildly fun show.