On todays episode of Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastassia talk lobster butter, the mechanics of making sorbet, and how to go about cooking your own amputated leg. Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast .
It’s Take Your Child to Work Life again this week, with Booker Arnold joining Dave and Nastassia in the studio. They’re’ talking industrial chicken farming, the specs for the gone-but-not-forgotten Thundernut cocktail from Booker & Dax, corny kegs, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week, Dave and Nastassia are joined by habitual line stepper Peter Kim. Tune in to hear about Nastassia’s distaste for social interactions, the MOFAD annual gala, carbonating cocktails inside a bottle, Jim Lahey’s bizarre method of scrambling eggs, the proper kind of turkey for club sandwiches, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week, evil cocktail overlord of the universe Don Lee joins Dave and Nastassia to talk music licensing in NYC establishments, the rules of the road, chicken adhesion, rock and roll movies, cabbage, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week, the BDX crew is in the house (plus Nastassia "The Hammer" Lopez, and Dave in the booth)!!! They're talking cocktail specs, Dave's soon-to-open new bar Existing Conditions, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
Nastassia is absent this week, but we're joined by masterbaker Jim Lahey of Sullivan Street Bakery, and first-time father Peter Kim! We're talking bread, bicycles, jerk chicken, being called a jerk by your kids, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week, we’re joined by James Briscione, author of The Flavor Matrix , to talk fear of flying, Watson, zucchini, flavor pairings, and all things taste! James's new restaurant, Angelena’s, will be opening in Pensacola, Florida this fall. Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week, we’re talking about Dave’s first trip to Charleston, his new sous vide book, the ethics of not paying your last month’s rent, cooking at high temperatures without setting off the smoke alarm, using fermented orange juice in cocktails, clam broth, restricted diets for diagnosing food allergies, pressure-cooking sauces, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
Sother Teague of the venerable Manhattan bitters bar Amor Y Amargo joins us in the studio today to talk all things bitters, cocktails, the changing of the Zucca recipe, and more! Meanwhile, Booker is working his first shift at Pasta Flyer without Nastassia. Tune in next week for updates. Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week we're talking NYC subway nightmares, Booker's second training session at Pasta Flyer, making cheese out of ashwagandha, pizza, whether or not you can make a fruit katsuobushi for use in cocktails, building your own outdoor rotisserie, why mayonnaise is so delicious, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week, we're talking about Booker’s new job at Pasta Flyer, Nastassia’s newly discovered skill at “portraiture,” Blue Curaçao, recipe testing for a new food business, sourcing mahogany for the new Booker & Dax bar, kielbasa, how Nastassia single-handedly destroyed the ecosystem of the 48th Street garden, making breadcrumbs shelf-stable, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
On this week's show, we get into the insidious Seamless ads on the New York subways, the importance of using safety goggles, Nastassia’s anger therapy, Dave’s aborted “Time Machine Chef” television show, knife sharpening stones, fermenting in vacuum bags, carving country ham, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
It’s Fat Tuesday, and Dave has pretty much lost his voice from partying at The Dead Rabbit, but that doesn’t stop him and Nastassia from talking king cakes, fungus, highballs, carbonation, knives, fermented orange juice, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week, we tackle Dave’s love/Nastassia’s hatred of country music story songs, Nastassia’s Super Bowl chili, Tom Brady's burgeoning anti-science lifestyle brand, the SpaceX launch, the Searzall being out of stock AGAIN, puffing noodles, fermented jams, and more! Plus, Jonny Hunter from the Underground Food Collective calls in to answer listener questions about meat curing. Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
Sitting in for Nastassia this week is Jack Schramm, veteran bartender of Momofuku, Nomad, and Booker & Dax. Tune in to hear them talk drink specs, making your own hot sauces, Kosher vermouth alternatives, tree exudates, AirPods, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
On this week's show, Dave and Nastassia get into late 80s comedy hardcore bands, Dave’s college band Bluto, how many Roberta’s employees it takes to change a lightbulb, the continuing saga of no gas at Dave’s apartment, breaking into the food scene in spite of a disability, pressure cookers, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
After an extended (and forced) winter vacation, Dave and Nastassia are back to discuss genetic testing services, loud chewing and the irrational rage it produces, music in bars, cocktails, ginger, carbonation, cachaça, uni, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
On today's season finale, Dave and Nastassia talk ROM hacking, cold brew coffee, wine zombies, low temperature cooking, pre-batched cocktails, the divinity of deep frying, and more! Also calling in is Karen Bornarth, Program Director of Bakers in Training at Hot Bread Kitchen. Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week, Nastassia is off living out her dreams, and Dave is joined by Jonny Hunter of the Underground Food Collective in Madison, Wisconsin. Tune in to hear them talk homicidal tendencies toward geese, uncontrolled intersections in Bushwick, cooking a country ham, and all other things meat! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week, Dave and Nastassia talk the Searzall, the apparently high turnover rate of Amazon employees, Pez dispensers, cocktail gift ideas, rancidity in nuts, methocel meringues, bundt cakes, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
Paul Adams is back on the show this week, and he, Dave, and Nastassia discuss what to do if you find a bat in your toilet, Blue Laws, the intelligence of turkeys, “party mode” on dishwashers, Carthusian Monks, outdoor cooking in cold weather, roasting goose, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week on Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastassia discuss their love of Christmas music, whales, cannibalism and how Dave would cook his own arm, making two turkeys for Thanksgiving, turducken, and more! Plus, Heritage Radio Network founder Patrick Martins barges in to talk about the benefits of heritage turkeys. Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week on Cooking Issues , Nastassia is away fulfilling "family obligations," and Dave is joined in studio by Jack Schramm, former head bartender of Booker & Dax. Tune in to hear them talk Booker & Dax drink specs, browning meat before you (pressure) cook it in Instant Pots, using your car as a cooking vessel, country ham, vacuum sealers, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
Full house this week on Cooking Issues , as Dave and Nastassia are joined by Booker, Matthew from Booker & Dax customer service, and Arielle Johnson from MIT (the one in Cambridge). Tune in to hear them talk Booker's independence, Nastassia's anger harnessing class, the Searzall, the Spinzall, mushrooms, durian, batching Manhattans, cocktail aging with sous vide, the plural of "negroni," why you should cook two Thanksgiving turkeys, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast...
It’s Halloween this week on Cooking Issues , and Dave and Nastassia are joined by friend of the show Paul Adams, who is dressed as a “test kitten.” Tune in to hear them talk about freezing juice, finishing meats cooked at low temperature, charcoal, boxed wine, holiday cocktails, and why sometimes pretending you’re dead is the only way to deal with life. Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week on Cooking Issues , Dave and Nastassia discuss the shortcomings of New York’s subway system, Peter Kim’s nervous habit of eating sandwiches, Dave’s trip to China, and answer questions about rhubarb, getting good lift in sourdough bread, reducing waste when breaking down animals, fat-washing vodka with coconut oil, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week on Cooking Issues , Peter Kim is in studio taking punches and talking about upcoming events at the Museum of Food and Drink! Plus, questions about dry-aged beef, making labneh with the Spinzall, end of the world plans, getting more lift from a sourdough bread, and more! And Dave quells rumors about the Searzall being on backorder (it's not, but kind of). Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week on Cooking Issues , Dave and Nastassia are joined in the studio by Michelin two-star chef Daniel Patterson and celebrated natural perfumer Mandy Aftel, co-authors of the new book The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food. Plus, we take questions about the best food cities, Orbitz (the drink, not the gum), and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
Dave and Nastassia answer questions about Spinzalls lost in the mail, foot massages, Booker and Dax cocktail specs, guitar pedals, whole fruit juicing, curing meats, vacuum chambers, DIY contraband cocktails on international flights, the indignity of public restrooms, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
This week on Cooking Issues , Dave and Nastassia are joined in the studio by Don Lee, Evil Cocktail Overlord of the Universe. Tune in to hear the about the latest Spinzall news, Dave's aversion to exposed wires, pectinex, amylase, agar, carbonated cocktails, artificial sweeteners, and more! Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast
