Extra Spicy

Soleil Ho, podcast host and restaurant critic for The San Francisco Chronicle, is back with a fresh, new season of The Chronicle’s food and culture podcast, Extra Spicy. They’ll be diving into topics ...

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In the Season 2 finale, Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips talk about, in Soleil's words, "the cream of the chaff." The most nonsensical food world nonsense from the last five months. It's a What Is This N...

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The global black market for eels is a multi-billion dollar industry. Food systems writer Karen Pinchin discusses why the industry is riddled with crime, plus how a biological mystery and capitalism je...

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Before he launched his music-meets-food podcast, Peter J. Kim was the founding director of the Museum of Food and Drink. He talks to Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips about why such a museum was needed, h...

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British restaurant critic Jimi Famurewa talks about how he became the U.K.’s first Black food critic at London’s Evening Standard — a journey co-host and Chronicle restaurant critic Soleil Ho is all t...

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British restaurant critic Jimi Famurewa talks about how he became the U.K.’s first Black food critic at London’s Evening Standard — a journey co-host and Chronicle restaurant critic Soleil Ho is all t...

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Irene Li, chef and co-founder of Mei Mei restaurant in Boston, wrote about 8 Totally Achievable Ways to Show Up for Racial Justice… When You’re White and Own an Asian Restaurant! Li breaks downs each ...

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Will future generations only know meatless burgers and other food alternatives? It sounds dystopian, but that is a legitimate possibility if Silicon Valley gets their way. Hosts Soleil Ho and Justin P...

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