Culinary Characters Unlocked

Culinary Characters Unlocked

By Culinary Characters Unlocked

Emmy Winner, International Acclaimed Journalist, Executive Producer, Food & Travel Lover, and Creator of the Beloved show “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives” David Page takes us deep into the world of... more
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  1. Number 1: Chef Melissa Perello on winning a Michelin star, then walking away from fine dining to cook HER way

    Mesmerized by the chefs see saw on TV, chef Melissa Perello fell in love with cooking as a child. Her mom still talks about the leg of lamb she made from a cooking show recipe when she was 8 years old! After attending the Culinary Institute of America, she rose through the ranks of fine dining in San Francisco, even winning a Michelin star, before deciding great food could be comfortable, approachable, and casual. And she proves it every day at her own restaurants, Frances and Octavia. She even invented bacon beignets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    32min
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  2. Number 2: Chefs Jack Gingrich and Chris Weber on taking a legendary farm-to-table restaurant into the future.

    Their Washington state restaurant boasts of doing farm to table since 1986 and is credited with helping define Pacific Northwest Cuisine. It even has its own farm, and what they don’t grow there they get from a network of trusted local producers and foragers. When we talked in early Spring their remarkable seasonal tasting menu was spotlighting local specialties ranging from sturgeon to polenta to a Walla Walla sweet onion tart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    36min
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  3. Number 3: Chef Ana Sortun on introducing Americans to the wonders of Turkish cooking—and no, it isn’t the same as Greek

    Chef Ana Sortun knew as a teenager that she wanted to cook. At 16 she decided to move to France for culinary school. It changed her life. But so did another trip many years later, to Turkey, where she found her true culinary passion. At her Boston area restaurants, she is cooking up the dishes she has found in more than 30 trips to Turkey, as well as some other flavors of the Mediterranean. And she’s won a James Beard award as Best Chef Northeast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    44min
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  4. Number 4: Chef Spike Gjerde on making less money to feed us better, and why farm to table is “more or less dead”

    James Beard Award winning chef and restaurateur Spike Gjerde has totally re-thought the way restaurants ought to be feeding us. He’s obsessed with doing things his way, building a restaurant group to pursue that passion. And by the way, his food is terrific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    38min
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  5. Number 5: Chefs Kari Lauritzen and Sonya Sanford on helping Americans turn cooking from a chore to a pleasure

    Kari Lauritzen and Sonya Sanford met and became best friends when both were private chefs in Los Angeles. Now they are coaxing non-cooks into the kitchen and teaching home cooks how to make fabulous meals (and enjoy doing it) on their podcast Food Friends. And in this conversation, they offer some great tips for upping anyone’s home cooking game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    39min
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