What It Takes to Find Great Fish | My Opinion Is Fact
Determined to eat more seafood but dismayed by what he sees on the shelf, Dave surveys the state of the seascape for the American home cook, and offers a few of his rules for steering clear of the sec...
22 Sep 202252min
Expiration Dates, Sandwich Risks, and Ice and Fire Eating | #AskDave
In a rare before-sunset Q&A, Dave fields a new volley of listener questions—and returns fire with takes on mori soba, typhoon summers, masochistic salarymen, the permafat tonkotsu layer, kimchi fridge...
19 Sep 202251min
The Next Wave of Korean Cuisine
With summer over and school in session, it’s officially a new year for restaurants—and Dave has a few soon-to-open places on his must-visit list, and a few predictions to make about where things might...
15 Sep 20221h 6min
Introducing Kids (and Ourselves) to New Foods and New Flavors | Clean Plate Club
With a passel of hungry, up-and-coming eaters to please, Dave and Chris face a big question every day: Can their cooking help their kids embrace new tastes and new combinations? (And: Is it too late t...
12 Sep 20221h 6min
Mall Food, the Chef Who Changed the Game, and Getting Better As You Get Older
A week by the seaside has Dave finding inspiration at both Wetzel’s Pretzels and Nobu Malibu, and thinking about all the shapes the second half of a creative career can take. He catches Chris up on hi...
8 Sep 202254min
Brigades, 'The Bear', and How Kitchens Work
With a couple more 'Bear' episodes under his belt, Dave dives into a breakneck elucidation of one of the show’s dramatic engines—the classical Escoffier kitchen brigade system, and the huge role it st...
1 Sep 202258min
Eating at the End of an Era, and Where Restaurants Will Go Next
Culture moves in cycles, and so too do the ways we eat—which has Dave looking for early warning signs of what’s around the corner. He fills us in on what he’s hearing from peers, what the arc of moder...
29 Aug 202253min
What 'The Bear' Gets Right About the Time Warps Within Restaurants
Fresh off finally watching the first episode of 'The Bear,' Dave breaks down what the show reveals about the surreal ways time can move inside an ambitious kitchen. Plus: a nail-biting moment at Fresh...
25 Aug 20221h 7min
