Stay For Dinner

DC makes slow-cooker barbeque bourbon chicken drumsticks and then chats with Ali Bouzari (author, INGREDIENT: UNVEILING THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF FOOD) about food science vs. culinary science, how Breaking Bad nailed food science in a single scene, One Weird Trick to keep avocados from browning, the Chez Panisse fruit bowl, Texas peaches vs. California peaches, Sungold tomatoes and Sumo mandarins, the galaxy-brain way to store fruit, how too many herbs is exactly the right amount of herbs, and so much more!

RECIPE:

https://food52.com/recipes/81361-slow-cooker-bourbon-bbq-chicken-drumsticks

WATERDROP LA:

http://waterdropla.org

DC makes Darun Kwak's kimchi bibim guise then chats with Kath Barbadoro (What A Time To Be Alive, Lie Cheat & Steal) about homemade cardamom buns, wrestlers who throw pizza dough or belong to Bread Gang, wine forgery, moms who would really like you to get out of the kitchen and let them cook, counterfeit olive oil, cleaning out several roommates' worth of crappy pans, and a whole lot more!

RECIPE:

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021308-kimchi-bibim-guksu

Southern Restaurants For Racial Justice:

http://southernrestaurantsforracialjustice.com

DC makes David Tanis' pan con tomate and then chats with Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Infinity Train, Killing Eve) about her pickle journey, Marmite vs. Vegemite, having a freezer full of garbage, the magic of the mandolin, the lost jacket potato shop of Covent Garden, the wonders of duck fat, her nan's curry goat, fishermen's pie, and a whole lot more.

NOT EXACTLY THE RECIPE I USED IN THE EPISODE BUT HEY:

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019423-garlicky-tomato-toast-pan-con-tomate

DE CAMPESINO A CAMPESINO:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/gvpbx-de-campesino-a-campesino

DC makes summer shrimp scampi with tomatoes and corn, then welcomes Billy Jensen (I'll Be Gone In The Dark, Murder Squad: Jensen And Holes) to discuss Taco Bell's war on potatoes, a lost generation of animatronic pizza robots, a Delmonico's pilgrimage on the eve of the Golden State Killer's capture, how some of my eating habits are disturbingly similar to GSK's, and a whole lot more!

RECIPE

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021184-summer-shrimp-scampi-with-tomatoes-and-corn

WATERDROP LA

http://waterdropla.org

DC makes crispy chicken thighs with lemon a la Brooklyn's Canal House and then welcomes Open Mike Eagle (What Had Happened Was, The New Negroes) for a chat about air fryers and how nobody knows how they work, the tantalizing giveaways in 90s video game magazines, the rapidly diminishing appeal of eating Subway on tour, the enduring appeal of McDonalds and video game live-streamers, checking in on the conspiracy-theorist community, Mike's grandma, The Last Dance and how its timing may have affected American history, and a whole lot more.

Recipe:

https://food52.com/recipes/35813-canal-house-s-chicken-thighs-with-lemon

Lebanese Food Bank:

https://donate.lebanesefoodbank.org

DC makes currywurst then is joined by Kevin Porter (Gilmore Guys, Good Christian Fun) to talk about being a value-added friend, watching The Sopranos in 2020, Big Little Pies, how to be the Matthew McConaughey of hosting, whether or not Springsteen actually likes food, Succession popsicle parties, food in the Gilmore Girls-verse, kicking off the #RemasterFrasier movement, and a whole lot more!

Recipe:

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020505-currywurst

Gleaners (Detroit food bank):

https://www.gcfb.org/hunger-free-summer/

Haley Hepworth hops on the phone with her grandma Paula to get a download of her famous marble bundt cake recipe and uncover the secret of why it always seems to fall apart, learn how her approach to cooking has changed over the years, get tips on her equally famous Christmas cookies and lefse, and a whole lot more. Then Haley actually MAKES the cake... will it fall apart? Is it smart to turn it let it hang loose upside down hours before actually taking it out of the pan? FIND OUT!

Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Pandemic Response Fund:

https://rocunited.org/chapters/pandemic-response-fund/

DC makes Josef Centeno's hot sauce roast chicken with tangy kale salad then chats with Yoni Lotan all the way from NYC about leveling up his home cooking during quarantine, his family schnitzel, his mom's sudden culinary Instagram fame, hosting pandemic-era Zoom birthday parties for kids around the world, and a whole lot more!

Recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020629-hot-sauce-roast-chicken-with-tangy-kale-salad

Civil Eats: http://civileats.com/donate

DC makes Meera Sodha's cauliflower, cashew, pea, and coconut curry then talks remotely with Gina Lacagnina (food systems coordinator for the Maricopa County Dept. Of Public Heath) about Rainbow Carrot Adventures and Cucumber Apocalypses, her dad's line-cook skills, what the food system even is, how the Farm Bill effects you as a non-farmer, who decides what goes into school lunches and how you can change it, why hospital food is "hospital food," and so much more!

Recipe:

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019911-cauliflower-cashew-pea-and-coconut-curry?action=click&module=RecipeBox&pgType=recipebox-page®ion=all&rank=2

Spaces Of Opportunity:

https://dbg.org/community/spaces-of-opportunity/

DC improvises a fridge-clearing meal with meatballs and egg noodles then chats remotely with comedy power couple Kristen Bartlett (head writer, Full Frontal With Samantha Bee) and Jason Gore (The Best Show) about Kristen's bone collection, balcony jalapeños, old boomboxes in the compost chute, cherry yum-yum, pre-"Karen" Karens, fridge-inventory Google Docs, maximalist spaghetti, Jason bombing a pre-pandemic audition for $100,000 Pyramid, the superiority of British Burger King, and so much more.

Food Chain Worker's Alliance:

http://foodchainworkers.org

Rao's Meatballs recipe:

https://food52.com/recipes/22467-rao-s-meatballs