Chris and Will begin this episode with updates from the travel they both had over the weekend to Savannah, GA and Memphis, TN, respectively. Then, they talk about the 2019 James Beard Awards Finalists. If you want to see the full list of nominees, you can find that here. Also, here is a link to the Sean Brock New Yorker profile from 2011, which Will referenced.

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