
Serious 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 | 453 | Founded | 10 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | FoodArts | |||

The idea that food is medicine has been around for centuries. On this week's Special Sauce The New York Times's Kim Severson and the Aspen Institute's Corby Kummer talk about how doctors, the government, and even insurance companies have been engaged... more
Last November ICE launched Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, terrorizing both restaurant customers and workers in immigrant communities all over the Windy City.We heard firsthand accounts of ICE's violent misdeeds by Chicago Tribune reporter Zareen ... more
Tom Valenti, one of my favorite chefs of all time (who also happened to be a swell, generously spirited human being), died suddenly last week. Tom was a friend of mine, so I gathered writer Andrew Friedman (who co-wrote Tom's cookbooks) and Dinosaur ... more
As someone who has spent the greater part of a half-century searching for and obsessing about where to find the best of any kind of foodstuff, I was immediately drawn to Ella Quittner's book Obsessed with the Best. Quittner and I delved into the plea... 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
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.
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!!
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.
Very much enjoy the show but, enough with the pizza already!
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This podcast explores the intricate relationship between food and culture through engaging conversations with renowned chefs, writers, and food industry insiders. The topics often traverse not just food itself, but its connections to societal issues, political landscapes, and personal narratives, making each episode rich with context and meaning. Listeners can expect to hear stories that celebrate both the joys and challenges within the culinary world, providing a multifaceted look at how food shapes and reflects broader cultural dynamics. Unique episodes frequently address current events affecting the food industry, such as immigration and health, intertwining personal stories with critical social commentary.
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Recent guests on Special Sauce include:
1. Kim Severson
2. Corby Kummer
3. Zareen Syed
4. Marcos Carbajal
5. John Stage
6. Andrew Friedman
7. Ella Quittner
8. J. Kenji López-Alt
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