Hot Dogs and Caviar

Hi everyone!  Nothing too crazy, theme-wise.  The funny story is maybe Nate's best prank ever, and apart from that, it's a lot of fish cookery for beginners, and Nate and Jesse jawing each other about pizza.  Good stuff!

Time Stamps:

2:53  Nate’s Favorite Ever Staff Meal

6:16  Audra’s Special Truffle Story

9:50 Mario’s Peruvian Chicken, and Jesse Gets on his Soapbox

20:27 We are featured by Stephanie Burt, and we appreciate it

25:13 Deep Dish Pizza- Nate finally tries it!

42:14 The Guys Get Into Fish Cookery, Starting with Sourcing

46:00 Jesse Rhapsodizes About By-catch

48:15 Hints on Fish Cookery

Hi all, here's this week's episode!!  Many topics discussed.  No script followed.  It was nuts.  But we didn't use any profanity, or at least Jesse edited most of it out.

Time Stamps:

1:16 The TK Profanity Story

7:18 The Bertolli Fanboy Story

11:36 The Tarver Buys a Really Expensive Ham Story

18:40 The Cat Coffin Story

20:00 Jesse’s New Favorite Dish

24:38 Scallop Mousse Discussion

27:50 The Giant Tuna

32:30 Remembering Verena Strauss

37:04 Peruvian Cuisine, and Then Some

45:16 Jesse’s Obsession with Hmong Food

50:47 On Fusion Cuisine

1:02:26 Tarver’s Duck Additcion

1:06:18 Paw Paws…. Weren’t We Going to Shorten  the Episodes?  Oh Well…

Okay, guys, it's that time again.  Jesse had a great episode planned, but instead, this happened!  A long, fun, educational digression about smoking, char-grilling, and woodfire cooking!

0:00 Pre-show Antics

4:30 Tarver’s Epic Prank Call Backfire

7:20 The Fake Reservation Story

10:30 The Talk Turns to Hot Peppers

13:40 The Guys Pivot to the Topic at Hand: Charcoal

23:35 Tarver’s Next-Level Half-Baked Charcoal Trick

28:30 On Cooking as Time Travel

32:12 Smoked Oil

37:09 Smoked/Grilled Dish Ideas

Hi guys, here's the new episode.  No overarching theme, here, we just make a few general announcements and then answer some listener questions.  However, the listener questions are all on awesome topics!  Wings, bacon, and greasy Italian hoagies!  Oh, and we get pretty molecular about Buffalo sauce.

Time Stamps

1:30 Nate’s Dad Joke

2:39 The INFAMOUS Treasure Hunt Prank

11:52 General Hot Dogs and Caviar Announcements

19:00 On Buffalo Wings (Thanks, Alex!)

31:06 On Italian Beef (Thanks, Alex!)

45:20 The Best Way to Cook Bacon (Thanks, Joe!)

Hi everyone!  Sorry we missed last week!  Nate and I both finally have jobs again, so it's been a little hectic.  We are trying to get back on track.  Thank you all so much for bearing with us!

Time Stamps

2:33 The Tarver is Gullible Story

5:30 The Hungover Jesse is Gullible Story

8:56 The Tarver Steals Dale’s Car Story

10:05 Reminiscing About Kobe Sushi

11:55 On KFC Flour, Pressure Frying, and Vegetarian Fried Chicken

21:00 Tarver Hints at the UFO Burger, and Discusses AEbleskiver

26:18 The Guys Get On Topic (Finally, Sort Of)

26:50 On Concentrating By Reduction, the Smart Way

37:20 Tarver Schools Us on Dan Doodle Sausages

42:40 On Lemon Juice

46:26 On Layering Flavors

47:50 How to be a Cook

58:25 It’s Time to Start Treating Cooks Like People

1:04:05 How COVID Has Changed Restaurant Economics

1:05:00 Jesse Discusses His Shortcomings, and Nate and TK Are So Nice

Hi all, 

Got a great show for you today!  We discuss Italian-American cuisine, it all of its glory.  

Time Stamps:

1:28 The Case of TK’s Lawn Furniture

3:48 Yes, smartass, Jesse meant to say ‘emasculated,’ not ‘emaciated’

4:23 The Case of Jesse’s Wife and the Mystery Photos

10:24 The Guys Get On Topic (Italian American Cuisine, Sausage, Candied Seeds, We Really Get All Over the Place)

22:42  Dishes That Typify Italian American Cuisine

28:30  Garlic and its Use in Italian Cuisine v. Italian American

38:28 Nate’s Great-Grandmother’s Tomato Issue

46:48 Crimes on Cuisine Perpetrated in the Name of Italian American Cuisine

1:05:45 On The Big Night

Hi everyone!  Doing a couple of things different.  First off, we decided to clean the Topic Walk-In!  This episode is a little of this, a little of that, various things we haven't been able to stretch in to a full episode.  It was pretty fun, and super scatterbrained.  Well, more scatterbrained than normal, anyway.  Also, we've stopped numbering the episodes.  We were worried that we were giving the impression that you had to listen to all the episodes, but in reality, new listeners are encouraged to jump in wherever!  

Technical Difficulty Dept: This episode was plagued by a noise issue.  The good news is, it was a NEW noise issue, which means we haven't started going backwards, competence-wise.  The bad news is, it was a NEW noise issue, so clearly, we need to get to the bottom of it.  As it is, please excuse the odd crackle or pop.  When we work out what it is, we'll address it.  Also, if any listeners have any helpful suggestions, we will totally trade cooking advice for podcasting advice.  Thanks!

Time Stamps:

3:40 The Jesse-Is-On-the-Business-End-of-Divine-Retribution Story

6:34 A Brief Digression on Balls Powder

9:55 The Labor Crisis

28:12 Jesse’s Brillat-Savarin Breakfast Toast

34:21 Nate Triggers Jesse About the Produce Mister

42:26 The Gizmo (A Sandwich Discovery)

49:19 Nate and Jesse on Truffles

1:13:00 Jesse on Charleston’s Best Sandwich

1:22:30 Shout out to Goat Sheep Cow, again

1:24:45 Nate and Jesse Issue Challenges

Hi all,

We interrupt our regularly scheduled podcast for a very special treat:  The Guys sit down with their friend and mentor, Tarver "Superking" King!!!

He was our executive chef at the Woodlands Inn.  He's one of the best natural talents in the game, and he's the nicest guy in the world.  

He also has the loudest voice in human history, just a heads up if you're listening on ear buds.   Also note, we've clicked the 'explicit content' button again.  There's nothing too bad, just some PG-13-rated profanity.

Time Stamps (I didn't too many time stamps this time, since we were mostly meandering and spitballing.  Just listen to the whole thing.)

1:00 Introducing Superking

6:00 The Ukranian Romantic Story (TK’s Guest Funny Story)

11:30 till End: A Frenetic, Meandering Conversation with the Best Chef We Know

33:30: The Cartoon Weiner Chef Coat Story (A Bonus Funny Story)

Hi, everyone!  No one asked for it, but here it is!  The pulse-pounding, head-spinning (wait, that was pulse-weakening, head-pounding) conclusion of our two hour discussion of cookbooks you need to read, along with a bonus discussion of ones you probably shouldn't waste too much of your hard-earned money on, at least at first.  Warning: opinions!

Timestamps!

1:35 Nate’s Brother is Definitely a Sociopath: a Story

8:05 Our Questions to the Listeners

13:12 On Food and Cooking (McGee)

16:01 The Man Who Ate Everything (Steingarten)

18:35 The River Cottage Meat Book Fearnley-Whittingstall

20:27 The Professional Pastry Chef (Friberg)

22:35 Ma Gastronomie (Point)

23:37 In Search of Perfection/Further Adventures… (Blumenthal)

26:00 Under Pressure (Keller)

28:50 Charcuterie (Polcyn/Ruhlman)

30:00 Chocolates and Confections  (Grewling)

33:00 Nate and Jesse’s Over-Rated Book List

33:34 Cooking School Textbooks and Why They Aren’t All That

36:38 Dornberg and Page, Purveyors of Dangerous Crutches

42:30 Escoffier, an Interesting Historical Document

45:20 The Grandma Cookbooks

Hi guys!  So you've heard Nate and Jesse say, repeatedly, that there are certain cookbooks that, if you don't have them, it's not their problem.  Well in this episode they start to run it down.  Listen up, to find out how too step up your library game.  And also funny stories about errant turkeys, dangerous crank calls, and the nature of being a warrior.

Time Stamps:

1:00 The Turkey Story

6:30 The Jesse Steps in a Bucket of Chicken Fat Story

9:56 Listener Questions (Sous-Vide and Rocotillo Peppers)

19:16 The ‘It’s Not Our Problem Boooklist’

22:25 Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Child)

24:40 In Pursuit of Flavor (Lewis)

26:48 The French Laundry Cookbook/Bouchon (Keller)

33:28 Chez Panisse Vegetables (Waters)

36:33 Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking (Hazan)

39:45 Cooking By Hand (Hazan)

45:10 Tarver King Invades Hot Dogs and Caviar with Real Time Listener Questions

48:01 The Jesse Crank Calls Sheree, and Sheree Almost Skins Him Story

52:43 The Whole Beast (Ferguson)

57:40 Momofuku (Chang)