Special Sauce with Ed Levine
Ed LevineSerious Eats' podcast Special Sauce enables food lovers everywhere to eavesdrop on an intimate conversation about food and life between host and Serious Eats founder Ed Levine and his well-known/famous friends and acquaintances both in and out of the food culture.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 470 | Founded | 11 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | FoodArts | |||
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This week on Special Sauce we talk to Goldbud Farm's Chuck Mansfield, who happens to grow the best peaches in the world. He'll even tell serious eaters how he does it.
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This week on Special Sauce we take a deep dive into the world of cheesemongering with two of the stars of the documentary 'The Big Cheese', Adam Jay Moskowitz and Courtney Johnson.
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On this reheated episode of Special Sauce, former Serious Eats editor and writer Sho Spaeth talks to us about his book, Homemade Ramen, a 2026 James Beard Foundation Book Award nominee. Sho is the Lead Editor and Writer at ChefSteps, and the most pas... more
Are Yemeni coffee shops the next big thing? On this reheated episode from 2025 serious eaters will meet Mokhtar Alkhanshali who has braved gunfire and jail and AK-47s as he tries to bring single origin Port of Mokha Yemeni coffee to the world. His st... more
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This is not a cooking show. Way too many politically based opinions. Its more of a left leaning news program. I just like food too bad your waisting my time with your agenda
Apple Podcasts1jloy oyster
United States4 months ago - Using your platform for good
Thank you to Ed Levine and the podcast team for being one of the few “fun” podcasts out there for shining a light on ICE and making sure the truth is told about their inhumane and unlawful tactics. We need more brave people in the media using their voices to highlight the ways in which the most vulnerable members of our community are being targeted.
Apple Podcasts5meownisotaUnited States9 months ago - these reviews make me lol
Giving this show a 5 stars for getting Zionists and folks who wish discussing food could really be apolitical (or rather that it would leaning more to their own views/beliefs) BIG mad!!! It’s very funny and I haven’t even listened to the podcast yet! But I loveeee to see whiny adult baby reviews, always an incentive to listen!!
Apple Podcasts5txhxy jUnited Statesa year ago - LA look at New Orleans
Look how long it took New Orleans to come back. It was the chefs that bought New Orleans back. Building back will take years. And a lot of people moved away to never to return.
Apple Podcasts3BsbookerUnited States2 years ago - Great show
Very much enjoy the show but, enough with the pizza already!
Apple Podcasts5mgd1961United States2 years ago
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Apple Podcasts | #36 | United States/Arts/Food |
Apple Podcasts | #204 | United States/Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #91 |  Canada/Arts/Food |
Apple Podcasts | #248 |  United Kingdom/Arts/Food |
Apple Podcasts | #88 |  Italy/Arts/Food |
Apple Podcasts | #97 |  Australia/Arts/Food |
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What is Special Sauce about and what kind of topics does it cover?
A thoughtful interview series centered on food culture, cooking craft, and the people behind beloved culinary traditions. Conversations often blend technical cooking insights, restaurant culture, and personal storytelling, with episodes ranging from ramen and coffee to iconic American foods and media narratives about food. Noteworthy is the mix of hard cooking technique, food history, and cross-industry perspectives (journalists, historians, and chefs), plus occasional forays into political or cultural topics that are framed through a food lens. This balance of rigorous technique, vivid storytelling, and guest-driven exploration makes it appealing to deeply curious food lovers, industry professionals, and media-minded listeners who enjoy le... more
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2. Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio
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4. The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
5. Food with Mark Bittman
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Recent guests on Special Sauce include:
1. Mokhtar Alkhanshali
2. Dana Small
3. Niki Russ Federman
4. James Poniewozik
5. Stacey Mei Yan Fong
6. Kenji López-Alt
7. George Motz
8. Matt Flegenheimer
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