Stay For Dinner

DC makes braised pork all'Arrabbiata and is joined by Haley Hepworth (Just For Laughs New Faces Characters 2019) to eat it and talk about Big Bowls Of Stuff, the bygone smoked-meat joints of Boise, jammy yolks, cottage cheese pancakes, and a whole lot more!

Recipes:

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020877-braised-pork-allarrabbiata

DC makes vegetarian skillet chili and welcomes Mano Agapion (Drag Her, We Love Trash) over (on what turned out to be pretty much the last socially acceptable day to do so) to eat it and talk about Mano's spanakopita, the rocky legacy of Tommy's Burgers, the maturity of Greek pop stars, the non-ubiquity of lettuce in Greece, and so much more.

Recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017704-vegetarian-skillet-chili

DC makes fish & chips and tartar sauce and welcomes Demi Adejuyigbe (The Good Place, Late Late Show With James Corden) over to eat 'em and talk about cookies as a vehicle for awkward teen courtship, Nigerian food, getting dunked on in an imaginary group text, and much more.

Recipe reference:

https://food52.com/recipes/18493-ipa-battered-fish-and-chips

This week, DC makes fried rice and welcomes Kate Spencer (Forever 25, Dead Mom's Club) over to eat it and talk about Phish show lot food, assembling (and misassembling) nutritional wisdom, feeding kids with wildly divergent tastes, the mystery of Broccoli Bread, and so much more.

DC makes homemade pasta (and you can too!), makes it into fettuccine alfredo, then welcomes Emily V. Gordon (Little America, The Big Sick) over to eat and talk about cooking (or failing to cook) outta town, growing into an older generation's roles, putting too much effort into popcorn, sausage balls, and a whole lot more!

Worked off of the following recipes: https://food52.com/recipes/40056-fettuccine-alfredo

https://food52.com/blog/15912-how-to-make-fresh-pasta-dough-like-a-chef

A quick teaser for the forthcoming home cooking podcast STAY FOR DINNER, hosted by DC Pierson.