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Nicks Handmade Boots makes a few hundred pairs a month, all by hand, and the number of possible boots on their website runs into the millions. For the customer, that means a boot built around your foot, your work, and your taste. For the shop floor, it means almost no two boots are built quite the same way. Today, Nick Jarrett and Lucas Grasberger walk Eli through how one of those boots actually gets made, from raw hide to finished pair.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Nick & Lucas’ Introduction to Bootmaking (2:02)
The History of Nicks Boots (5:33)
How Boots Are Made (9:12)
Leather Types & Sourcing (12:03)
Boot Lasts, Fit, & Customization (30:34)
Patina & the Thunderdome (46:33)
New Designs & Leather Experiments (50:02)
Expanding Into Leather Goods (55:53)
The Delta Arch insole (58:07)
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‘Tony,’ A24's new film, follows a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain through his first summer in a Provincetown kitchen. It's charming, it's well reviewed, and it might be exactly the kind of tidy origin story Bourdain would have hated.
Today, Eli’s friend and executive chef of Everett's 8800 at Big Sky Resort, Youssif El-Rakabawy, joins Eli to talk about ‘Tony’ and revisit Kitchen Confidential.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
First Impressions of Tony (4:22)
Bourdain’s Meaning to Restaurant Culture (11:13)
Kitchen Confidential & Restaurant Realities (21:43)
Bourdain’s Origin Story (37:49)
What the Film Gets Right (58:16)
Comparing Roadrunner and Tony (1:03:21)
Bourdain’s Legacy (1:11:38)
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In the American culinary world, winning a James Beard Award can change your life overnight. Today, Jonathan talks with the VP of the James Beard Awards, Dawn Padmore, about the origins & evolution of the awards; their current 'open call' season for submissions; and the impact of winning or being nominated for a James Beard Award.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
The James Beard Foundation (1:38)
Evolution of the James Beard Awards (3:19)
The 5 Award Categories (4:32)
Dawn's Background (10:42)
The James Beard Media Awards (14:26)
Culinary Diversity (16:04)
Coffee? (24:37)
The Nominations Process (26:01)
Where / How to Submit Your Nominations (43:13)
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Lance Winters has one of the stranger paths to becoming a master distiller: nuclear engineering, the Navy, brewing, and eventually showing up at St. George Spirits with a bottle of homemade whiskey.
Three decades later, Lance has helped shape St. George into one of America’s most influential craft distilleries. In this episode, Lance and Eli discuss St. George’s early days as one of the first American craft distilleries; what it means to create something new in established spirits categories; and the many methods and techniques St. George uses to achieve great distillation.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Lance’s Path to Distilling (2:05)
Origins of St. George Spirits (7:40)
Creating St. George’s Single Malt (21:28)
Bringing Back Absinthe (35:37)
Terroir Gin & Place-Driven Distilling (47:27)
The Future of St. George (1:06:58)
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How did Templin Family Brewing become one of the most respected breweries in the USA? Today, Eli talks to owner, Kevin Templin, about his approach to craft brewing, German brewing traditions, and what it takes to build a brewery where quality comes before speed.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
From Skiing to Brewing (1:14)
Regulations in Utah (5:15)
German Beers (7:25)
Sensory Evaluation (8:33)
Starting a New Brewery (10:21)
Fermentation (14:25)
Smoked Beers (20:15)
Wine vs. Beer (23:55)
American Light Lager (31:46)
The Art of Expanding (37:43)
The Importance of Glassware (41:22)
State of the Beer Industry (44:48)
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While most of us use knives every day without thinking much about them, Zack Jonas has spent his life thinking about almost nothing else. And today, the founder of Jonas Blade & Metalworks joins Eli to explain how a former philosophy major became one of just over 100 master bladesmiths in the mysterious world of Damascus steel.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Recent Knife Expo (1:42)
"Make and Take" classes (9:43)
The Path to Mastery (13:34)
Journeyman Smith (15:21)
Fit & Finish (25:11)
Master Smith Test (25:11)
Metal to Knife: Damascus (32:13)
Variances & Functionality (40:40)
Forging from Billets (45:07)
Acid & Patterns (56:24)
Edges & Sharpness (1:03:13)
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If you love great food and great restaurants, then you’re probably familiar with the extremely prestigious James Beard Awards. But there is more to the James Beard Foundation, and today, you’ll learn more about its origins, its mission, its work today, and you’ll get a fantastic history of American culinary culture from the JBF’s Vice President of Impact, Anne McBride.
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CRAFTED ep 115: James Beard Winner, Bucheron
TOPICS & TIMES:
What is the James Beard Foundation? (4:02)
Origins of the Foundation (5:49)
A History of ‘Fine Dining’ & American Culinary Culture (10:38)
Anne’s Background: from Switzerland to Louisiana (15:50)
How JBF Helps w/ the Business Side of Restaurants (27:54)
More on the Mission & Principles of JBF (40:45)
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What does it actually mean to have a “great palate”? In this episode of the Vault, originally featured on CRAFTED, Jonathan talked to lifelong skier and PARC Aspen Chef, Mark Connell, about “supertasters,” and why some chefs can detect tiny changes in a dish while still loving Domino’s pizza.
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What do rye whiskey, fruit brandy, and vinegar have in common? At one point, they were all made on the same kind of still. Todd Leopold, co-founder and owner of Leopold Bros, has spent years resurrecting that lost production method, including commissioning the first three-chamber still built since Prohibition. Today, Todd and Eli discuss what drew Todd to that forgotten technology, and why he believes the results are worth the inefficiencies.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
The Peach Harvest (1:50)
From Peaches to Spirits (9:23)
Colorado Agriculture, Tradition, & Local Sourcing (14:02)
The Three-Chamber Still (27:02)
Doublers (47:41)
Vinegar Production (53:38)
Gin Botanicals & Vermouth (1:07:56)
The Future of Distilling (1:24:21)
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What exactly is ‘pressure-brewed’ coffee? (Hint: it’s not espresso.) Today, Presston founder Korey Dausz joins Simon Stewart to talk about designing and building a coffee maker that uses pressure to make great coffee, in a simple, plastic-free, sustainable way.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Korey’s Coffee Journey (2:20)
It’s Possible to Have Great Coffee on the Road (6:08)
What is ‘Pressure-Brewed’ Coffee? (8:01)
Prototyping (11:01)
Built to Last a Lifetime (16:52)
Manufacturing in China (19:57)
Presston vs. AeroPress (39:38)
Pressure, Heat, or Time? (32:05)
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