Hot Dogs and Caviar

The gentlemen have themselves a late evening.  They also don't talk about ramen, even a little bit.

2:25 Jesse Tries to Stump Tarver and Nate — A Lengthy Digression on Latin American Cuisine

16:26 Tarver Gives Praise, and Loses the Plot

18:00 On Brining

21:36 Country Pate

25:17 TK says WEIGH YOUR EGGS

The gentlemen have themselves a late evening.  They also don't talk about ramen, even a little bit.

2:25 Jesse Tries to Stump Tarver and Nate — A Lengthy Digression on Latin American Cuisine\\

16:26 Tarver Gives Praise, and Loses the Plot

18:00 On Brining

21:36 Country Pate

25:17 TK says WEIGH YOUR EGGS

The Fellas give a short discourse on culinary math, and also ass-parsley.

2:25 The Bitch Be Cool Story

7:58 Oh, Shit. It’s Perfect!

12:02 Baker’s Percentages

20:36 Units App

33:27 The Parsley Story

Hi all!  This is just a quick one, recorded at the end of our last session.  It's all about how to think laterally with dishes, and how to manipulate the components, rather than to be a slave to a recipe.

Time Stamps

1:07 On Following Recipes

2:22 Jesse’s Rant on Formula

3:00 The Formula of Vinaigrette

5:27 The Formula of Ramen

7:12 The Formula of Grilled Cheese

11:53 A Shout-Out to Jordan, and a Funny Jordan Story

18:30 Nate’s Roman Pasta Formula

19:30 Jesse’s Soda Jerk Formula

20:38 Spitballing on the Omelet Formula

23:08 The Relation Between Formula and Ratio

23:55 Michael Ruhlman’s Ratio Book

26:10 The Guys Wax Philosophical

32:30 The Music Analogy

Hi everyone!  Sorry we're late on this one!  Nate and Jesse do Shrimp and Grits, and also do a bit of a dive on the local shrimping industry.

Time Stamps

00:48 Tarver is Like an Excited Dog

3:45 The Guys Get on Topic: Shrimp

12:02 How to Buy Shrimp in Charleston

13:45 A Brief Digression on Langoustines

18:53 The Economics of Local Shrimp

24:28 Getting Into Shrimp and Grits

28:40 How to Buy and Soak Grits

31:52 Hold the Cheese

32:47 How to Rescue Mediocre Grits

33:37 On Reinforcing Flavors

34:48 How to Handle Shrimp in Shrimp and Grits

35:50 Pre-Seasoning Shrimp

38:04 How Shrimp are Sized

41:00 The Only Time Chem Wash Shrimp is OK

42:55 Gravy Talk

51:30 Last Minute Shrimp Cooking Thoughts

Hi everyone!  Here it is!  Nate, TK, and Jesse discuss the excellent film Pig, inexplicably starring Nicholas Cage.

Producer's Note: Jesse sucks at podcast production, and on this Very Special Episode, he learns that even though he can't hear his keyboard in his headset, everyone else (including y'all) can.  Lesson learned.  Mute rig before typing.  How did it take this long for him to figure this out?  We promise, we know a lot more about food than we do about Zoom and GarageBand.

Time Stamps:

2:27 The context for pig: State of the Labor Crisis, Pre- and Post-COVID

10:35 On Shots of GranMa

15:05 Remembering the Monk Menu

16:20 Logan Stories

17:05 The Guys Get Back to the Task at Hand, “Pig”

19:26 On Pretentious Menu Descriptions

25:48 Jesse Shoots on 11 Madison Park - The Mixtape Analogy

29:00 On the Harsh Labor Economics of the Restaurant Industry

33:18 Why Pig was Perfectly Timed

36:24 Getting the Little Stuff Right

42:27 On Being in ‘The Club’

46:43 Jesse Doesn’t Realise his Mic Picks Up His Keyboard (Whoops)

50:14 On Food, Memory, Ratatouille, and Revenge

53:34 The Only Problem With the Film (and it’s Not That Big a Deal)

56:57 Random ‘Pig’ Snippets

Hi all!  Our much anticipated Pig review episode is postponed, cause Nate's kids blah blah blah whatever.  At any rate, the Guys and TK spitball on a number of culinary topics!

2:20 The Guys’ Favorite Food Movies

7:50 The Microgreens Debate, with Digressions

21:20 The New Heights Story (Logan vs. Jesse)

25:10 Logan Busts Chef’s Garden’s Balls

27:46 Another Kuma’s Corner Monstrosity

30:33 Crazy Brazilian Dogs

39:00 The Lips and Assholes Myth

46:48 Cream Searing

54:00 Maple Searing

57:32 A Weird Segue into Weird Chocolate

Hi everyone!  Nate had a fun idea for this week's cast.  He wanted to spend some time doing a deep dive into some basic topics.  On this episode, he covers blanching (boiling) vegetables, and Jesse gets into how to select the proper cooking fat.

Also, they get into a bunch of nonsense and tell stories about pranks.

Time Stamps:

0:59 The Double Scare Prank Story

6:21 Introducing Culinary Boot Camp

9:35 Jesse’s Stage at Jacky’s Bistro

12:45  The Sarah Duncan Revenge Story

14:24 On Big Pot Blanching

27:16 The Thomas Keller Effect

35:20 On the Additive Nature of Best Practices

36:45 How Not to Make Your Stock Suck

38:35 How to Choose Your Cooking Fat

42:42 Nate Gets Pissed Off, part what, like 97?

43:44 Butter is Different

44:45 On Ghee, and How to Sauté in Butter

53:50 On the Evils of Seed Oils

57:48 Jesse Visits the Skylight Inn for 100 Mile BBQ

Nothing crazy this episode, just more culinary conversation.  You know the drill, stories, dish ideas, philosophy, things of that nature.  Special highlights include discussions about lost (and found) dish ideas, the right and wrong way to 86 fan favorites, and Nate's hints and tips on how to maximize conversations with members of the culinary fraternity (AKA the 'Fight Club').

Time Stamps:

1:13 The Story of Jesse’s Best-Ever Workplace Nickname

7:35 How Nate Became Nate-Dogg, and Mrs. Dogg Learns to Deal With It

9:30 John Holmes is the Last Guy in the World to Get a Cell Phone.  Also, He’s a Badass

12:16 How to Get the Most Out of Conversations with Chefs

22:50 The Joys of Finding Old Culinary Ideas

27:00 Jesse’s Fantasy Menu

35:30 How it Feels When Your Total Ass-Pull Dish is the Big Winner

41:30 On the Dangers of Changing or 86ing Fan Favorites

45:25 The She-Crab Raviolo (Nate’s Master Stroke)

50:07 A Cautionary Tale About Changing Fan Favourites

Hi everyone!  Summer vacation is over!  We recorded an episode while Jesse was wrapping up his trip abroad (well, he crossed the Mason-Dixon line, anyway), with special guest Tarver 'Super-King' King!  This one was fun because there are almost NO edits (except for excising a flurry of f-bombs from someone, who was trying so hard to be on his best behavior.  We essentially went live.  Enjoy, kids!

1:37   The Escolar Tartare Story

15:00 On Seasonality

18:25 Tarver’s Jam Ice Cream Recipe

26:00 Winterized Vegetables

28:25 Nate’s Pastry Chef Rant

36:39 TK on the Legend of Rocky and Jocky

41:50 On Nate’s Hilarious Gag Reflex