Stay For Dinner

DC makes chashu (the braised pork belly that goes on top of ramen) then chats with Andrew Farmer (Scary Stories To Tell On The Pod) about the legacy of Uncle Roy's restaurants, how signed headshots get on the walls of old restaurants, childhood dogs both phantom and otherwise, knishes, Smoking Bishop, warm vanilla cake, how New Hampshire in the 90s was actually the 80s, childhood dog sitting, why you should always order the kosher meal on a plane, and a whole lot more!

DC begins a ramen-making journey with tonkatsu broth from Hugh Amano & Sarah Becan's LET'S MAKE RAMEN and then talks to Matt Pais about his book ZACH MORRIS LIED 329 TIMES, specifically DC's complete lack of "Saved By The Bell" knowledge, whether or not Zach Morris laid the groundwork for Trump, food in the SBTB-iverse & more!

DC makes Ivan Orkin's shimeji mushroom rice then chats with Whitney Pastorek post-election day to talk getting food trucks to the polls with José Andrés' World Central Kitchen, doing TOO good a job getting out the early vote in Tennessee, difficult student government memories, being radicalized under Rudy Giuliani, overnight chicken and more!

DC makes possibly his favorite recipe of all time — Ruth Reichl's spicy Chinese noodles, then talks to director Michael Hoffman (ONE FINE DAY, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM) about Helen Mirren's Christmas goose, learning to cook in Tuscany, slow food, the ins and outs of olive oil, the REAL tuna melt, Georgian cuisine, the best thing(s) he's ever eaten, and a whole lot more!

RECIPE:

https://food52.com/blog/25325-ruth-reichl-save-me-the-plums-memoir-excerpt

DC makes Deborah Madison's potato and green chile stew then chats with Susan Song live and direct from a South Korean quarantine hotel about her hilarious Koreantine Instagram stories, sweet corn, BBQ duck, raw marinated crab, becoming a one-person content factory, and more!

RECIPE:

https://food52.com/recipes/30727-deborah-madison-s-potato-and-green-chile-stew

DC makes Martha Rose Shulman's pappa al pomodoro then chats with Rob Kutner (Conan, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart) about homemade hummus and pickled watermelon rinds, making ramen with the whole family, our Mad Men parody past, how TikTok has given his kids good taste in music, making cordials out of fruit scraps, weaponizing brunch to see your otherwise-busy friends, his new show GANDER, and a whole lot more.

GANDER:

https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/542680/s01_e01_food_delivery_services

RECIPE:

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016451-tuscan-bread-and-tomato-soup-pappa-al-pomodoro

DC makes his butter-garlic-and-herb basted grilled cheese then talks to Joe Berkowitz about his new book AMERICAN CHEESE, his picks for the ultimate cheese board, cheese-turning robots named after Bernie Sanders, underground cheese parties and cheese-cutting competitions, how the phrase "cheese cutting" loses all comedic value in the cheese world, which Drag Race queen is which cheese, and much, much more. Cheese!

AMERICAN CHEESE: https://bookshop.org/books/american-cheese-an-indulgent-odyssey-through-the-artisan-cheese-world/9780062934895

The 2nd part of DC's chat with Josh Gondelman! Bon Appetit's salted peanut butter and jelly ice cream pie, pandemic neighborhood baked-good drops, identifying with Speckle from TUCA & BERTIE, how his mom's lasagna is like a Jay Electronica album, Prince Paul's Ketel One rider hack, and a whole lot more!

DC doesn't cook this week but DOES talk with Josh Gondelman (Make My Day, Desus & Mero) about back when whole wheat was a vegetable, how his dad got busted by his rabbi uncle, baseball and hip hop on the radio, AOC's adobo mix, how sometimes the joy of cooking is NOT cooking, Dunkin Donuts culture, and a whole lot more!

DC makes fusilli with broccoli and anchovies then is joined by Mary Sasson to talk about when your mom's house doesn't have physical garlic, the best place to stash contraband soda, snack bar nachos, cooking as an art project you get to eat, how amazing stoves are wasted on the rich, strudel, being part of an endless cavalcade of siblings, Real Housewives, Vanderpump and more!

RECIPE:

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017909-fusilli-with-broccoli-and-anchovies