Plastic straws have become the villain we can all cheer against, but how did we get here? Researcher Sam Athey explains why straws are significant in the fight against plastic pollution. Brenna Houck tells us how straws became a media darling. Finally, David Rhodes, the global business director at Aardvark paper Straws, shares what it's like to be at one of the fastest growing companies ever. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here Learn more about y...
Jul 18, 2018•35 min
Has Gabrielle Hamilton broken Ken Friedman out of #metoo jail (00:30)? New York City has banned activated charcoal usage in all foods (6:00). The Museum of Ice Cream has been deemed an environmental hazard by the city of Miami Beach (11:00). Pop Culture editor Greg Morabito caches us up on the 3+ weeks since Anthony Bourdain's passing (14:50). This month in why Yelp sucks (19:00). Sarah Huckabee Sanders was kicked out of a Red Hen restaurant and people went nuts (23:30). Madame Tussaud is openin...
Jul 04, 2018•36 min
Jason Droege, the man in charge of Uber Eats, explains how the service started, how they interface with restaurants, and what they see as the future of the brand. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 27, 2018•46 min
Mad scientist Dave Arnold is FINALLY opening another bar in New York (1:30). After some serious controversy, New Orleans Bartender Neal Bodenheimer has taken over Tales of the Cocktail, the biggest event in the cocktail world (32:00). Finally, big deal Chicago bartender Julia Momose is championing the spirit free cocktail movement and trying to rid the world of the term 'mocktail' (56:00). Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here Learn more about your...
Jun 20, 2018•1 hr 3 min
South Carolina's whole hog master, Rodney Scott, wants to bring his barbecue to the entire world. Fresh off a James Beard win (the second ever awarded to a pitmaster), Rodney has just announced his third restaurant in Birmingham and shows no signs of slowing down. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 13, 2018•34 min
Dave Chang of Momofuku and Ugly Delicious was on stage at the Code Conference for a talk with Amanda and Peter Kafka of Recode Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 06, 2018•35 min
Disney is now selling alcohol at all of their restaurants (00:45). Adam Moussa breaks down the Publix Summa Cum Laude cake (4:45). There are now LaCroix bathing suits (10:30). Serena Dai and Monica Burton catch us up on the latest Mario Batali news, including the 60 Minutes investigation (13:00). Mondelez, the company that owns Oreo, has bought NY favorite Tate's Cookies (21:50). Pop Culture editor Greg Morabito calls in to talk Sweetbitter (25:30) and the Chew cancellation (32:00). Just Salad i...
May 30, 2018•45 min
Special correspondant Meghan McCarron explains what Tex-Mex is and why it has the reputation it does. Taco journalist Mando Rayo calls in to talk about what it was like growing up in the era of Taco Bell and why it's important to cover Tex-Mex. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 23, 2018•37 min
Robert Sietsema has been covering food in New York since way before food was cool. Today, he's taking us to some of his favorite spots in Queens and explaining how he went from chemist to rock musician to food critic. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 16, 2018•40 min
Nigella Lawson dropped by the studio to talk about her new book At My Table, how she got into restaurant criticism, and why if she wasn't working hard she'd just lie down. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 09, 2018•42 min
Christina Tosi drops by to share her thoughts on the brand new pastry season of Chef's Table (1:30). Eater's chief critic, Ryan Sutton, reviewed the Impossible Burger at White Castle (10:30). A Pennsylvania teacher was suspended for serving his students pancakes during an exam (18:10). Ashok Selvam calls in to talk about the enormous international food-slinging McDonald's that just opened in Chicago (24:30). Hillary Dixler explains why so many critics have reviewed the new Noma (31:30). Do our s...
May 02, 2018•42 min
Eater's resident baseball expert, Sonia Chopra, drops in to talk about her 2018/19 stadium food guide. Sonia and Dan talk to the executive chef of Citi Field, Patrick Schaeffer, about how he runs food at his stadium. John Karangis, chef of Union Square Hospitality Group's events and stadium program, talks about putting Shake Shack's relationship with baseball parks. And of course, Joe House, of The House of Carbs pod, calls in to tell us how he approaches eating at ball games. Hosted by: Amanda ...
Apr 25, 2018•34 min
Giada De Laurentiis dropped by the studio to talk a little Giada history, restaurant expansion, mystery shopping, and career development. Giada's latest book, Giada's Italy, is available now. Go eat at Giada's Vegas restaurants: Giada and Pronto; and if you're in Baltimore, GDL Italian is opening soon! Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 17, 2018•42 min
Maya Lovelace is using a combination of Kickstarter and sweetheart loans to fund her new restaurant, Yonder. Esther Choi has raised money for her restaurants in a few different ways with varying success. Special thanks to Gail Simmons for calling in to promote Wellness in the Schools. Go to their gala! Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 10, 2018•34 min
Chipotle has finally shut down its ill-received fast-food burger joint (2:00). Whitney Filloon calls in to lay out the sad state of Whole Foods post Amazon (5:15). A Toronto chef broke down a deer leg in front of vegan protesters (9:00). A rogue Opentable employee was caught making a whole bunch of fake reservations on a rival platform (11:45). Chef Curtis Duffy allegedly yoinked 10k worth of truffles and beef from his former restaurant (13:50). Opentable has announced a program to help highligh...
Apr 03, 2018•35 min
Casey Johnston, the Future Editor of The Outline, stops by to explain how a drink called Muscle Milk ended up all over America. Dave Asprey, founder and CEO of Bulletproof, explains everything he thinks is wrong with protein in 2018 and where protein will go next. Read Casey's piece How Protein Conquered America Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 27, 2018•35 min
Jessica Valenti, author of NYT best-seller Sex Object: A Memoir, and host of Eater video series Eating Out Loud, stops by to talk about food and feminism. Later, Jessica interviews NYT Columnist Lindy West about performative eating and fatness. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 13, 2018•39 min
Amanda and Daniel run down the biggest food stories of the month. First up, Dan went to see the new Peter Rabbit movie to see what the allergy controversy is all about (1:00). The new Queer Eye is great, but can the new food guy, Antoni Porowski, actually cook (5:30)? Dave Chang calls in to talk about the release of his new Netflix show, Ugly Delicious (8:45). Mark Cuban invested $200,000 in an all-avocado restaurant (19:45). Olive Garden launched Italian pasta nachos (26:00). Finally, Robert Si...
Mar 02, 2018•37 min
Chef Dan Barber of Blue Hill announced today that he is starting a seed company called Row 7 Seeds. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 27, 2018•46 min
Erin Patinkin, co-founder of Ovenly, explains how she and her partner Agatha Kulaga grew their company from 0-60 employees while maintaining their corporate values. Martha Hoover, who owns 12 food businesses in Indianapolis, shares some strategies she's used to protect her employees over her near 30 years of operation. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 20, 2018•39 min
Alison Roman, author of Dining In, explains her chocolate chip short bread cookie's meteoric rise to stardom and how it affected her cookbook's success (3:00). Eater senior editor, Daniela Galarza, reminds us of the stakes of passing on dessert (15:00) and coughs up a sneak peek of her fast food dessert rankings (25:00). Finally, Joe House of The Ringer's House of Carbs judges a bracket to determine Manhattan's best chocolate chip cookie (29:00). Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen Email u...
Feb 13, 2018•43 min
Lucas Peterson, NYT's Frugal Traveler and host of Eater's longest running youtube program, 'Dining on a Dime'; stops by to explain the schlep that goes in to putting together his Times column and what it's like being the cheap eats guy. Oh, and the explosive reaction he had to some spicy food during his last visit to China. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen Email us! upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 06, 2018•28 min
Amanda and Dan run down the biggest food stories of the month. The creator of Everybody Loves Raymond, Phil Rosenthal, has created a food travel show for 'the everyman' called 'Somebody Feed Phil', which Amanda likes and Dan does not (3:20). Unfortunately, people are actually eating Tide Pods (6:40). An East Village bar has banned guests from saying literally (9:00). One of Barbara Lynch's restaurant investors is whining to the press (12:00). Dave Chang's delivery only restaurant Ando is done ju...
Jan 30, 2018•37 min
Zach Stafford of Grindr's INTO magazine explains why America has seen a steady decline in gay bars and queer spaces over the last decade. (24:00) Eater's special correspondent Meghan McCarron talks about the disappearance of lesbian spaces and bars. Hosted by: Eater's EIC Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 23, 2018•33 min
Ever wonder how all that crazy food ends up on your news feed? These days, there's usually someone being paid to get it there. Is this just marketing in 2018, or is this new influencer marketing shady business? Eater's data visualization reporter Vince Dixon found out all about these transactions. Check out the original piece, Going Viral, and the accompanying four-part video series The Business of Going Viral. Clips provided by Eater's video department. Special thanks to Ellie Kirn, Ian Stroud,...
Jan 16, 2018•29 min
In the middle of August, approximately one month after ISIS lost control of Mosul, photojournalist Gary He travelled around Mosul to different restaurants to get a sense of the city's war-torn restaurant scene. Read Gary's piece on Eater.com Hosted by Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 09, 2018•29 min
Eater editors Serena Dai and Stefanie Tuder pop in to talk food and design trends, in NY and beyond. Then, Eater's national critic Bill Addison faces a lightning round of trendy ingredients and determines whether or not they're here to stay. Finally, the wizard behind Eater's instagram, Adam Moussa, reflects on 2017 in food pics and where he thinks we're heading in 2018. Email us! Upsell@eater.com Hosted by Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...
Jan 02, 2018•34 min
Eater's pop culture editor and former upsell host, Greg Morabito, stops by to rank some food scenes in favorite holiday movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 26, 2017•27 min
On December 11th, Eater NY released a huge story called Mario Batali Steps Away From Restaurant Empire Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations. Serena Dai, editor of Eater NY and co-editor of the story (with Matt Buchanan), dropped by to talk about the months of work that went into the story and what has happened since its publication. hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 19, 2017•26 min
Here at the upsell, we want you to be the coolest person at your holiday parties. So, we brought in wine and spirits expert Tammie Teclemariam, to tell us what the cool kids are buying at the liquor store (1:50) and Daniela Galarza, to share some show-stopping holiday food hacks (13:00). Tammie's picks: Vermouth: Routin Cool Aperol: http://www.forthavespirits.com/ Sake: Tanuki Daniela's cookbooks: Brunch is Hell - Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam Dining In - Allison Roman Breakfast, Lunc...
Dec 13, 2017•28 min
