Restaurant editor Hilary Dixler Canavan joins us to help untangle the controversy that has circled the opening of Andrew Zimmern's first sit-down restaurant, Lucky Cricket. Eater NY editor Serena Dai talks about how Lucky Cricket plays into historic stereotypes regarding Chinese cuisine and people and writer Soleil Ho calls in to talk about her experiences dining at the restaurant.

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Samin Nosrat, author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, and star of Salt Fat Acid Heat on Netflix, drops by to talk about how her life has changed after the release of her show and what her plans are going forward. Follow Samin! at instagram.com/ciaosamin or twitter.com/ciaosamin Follow Dan at instagram.com/danielgeneen or twitter.com/dangeneen

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Amanda is going away on parental leave so we thought we'd squeeze out a few more food stories. Residents of a gated community in Georgia attempted to form a smaller town to attract higher end chain restaurants (1:10). Walmart wants to be the center of every town (4:00). There is a pro-Robert Mueller ice cream truck (9:00). Danny Meyer is opening a new restaurant, with Lexus (12:15). Starbucks messed up their holiday cups... again (17:45). Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us [email protected]

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Bill Addison joins us to talk about his fifth and final list of the most essential restaurants in America. Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us [email protected]

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Eater LA editor Matthew Kang calls in to catch us up on LA's hot openings and the food media scene (6:50). LA's Senior editor Farley Elliott takes Dan to the three restaurants he thinks are LA's trendiest (22:30). Meghan McCarron and Farley Elliott call in to discuss a super bougie LA shopping center (36:00). Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us [email protected]

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Erin and Natasha talk to Ari Weinzweig about Zingerman's unique model, how he fights the pressure to conform, and why vision is integral to the survival of a business. 

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What has happened to tipping in the age of the tablet screen (2:00)? Danny Bowien is serving water pickles at the new Mission Chinese Food (10:40). UberEats believes they will have drone delivery by 2021 (15:45). Chefs from trendy restaurant Himitsu intervened in a fight across the street (23:00). There was a huge scandal this year in the court of master sommeliers (26:45). Costco is really getting into the chicken game (31:20). Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us [email protected]

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Ben Turley and Brent Young stop by to talk about their butcher shop The Meat Hook, in Brooklyn. For more of Ben and Brent, checkout their show Prime Time or check out their site: http://the-meathook.com/ Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us [email protected]

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Special correspondent Meghan McCarron discusses the last few weeks in crazy Ken Friedman news. Read the NY Mag Gabrielle Hamilton piece here. Read the NYTimes April Bloomfield piece here. Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us [email protected] 

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Chef Samin Nosrat is the author of the James Beard Award-winning cookbook Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, a teacher, and now a television host! Her Netflix show, also named Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat comes out October 11th (AKA tomorrow!). Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us [email protected]

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