Mark Bittman launched a brand new food website with a name that was already in use (5:20). Why did a photo of a vertically sliced bagel set twitter on fire (10:18)? Mitt Romney blew out his birthday candles like an alien (14:00). Sonia Chopra joins the show to tell us about all the exciting new baseball food (16:40). Samsung launched a dating app to promote its in-fridge-camera (21:00). Monica Burton joins us to catch us up on the tinned fish trend (26:00). Starbucks launched massive iced coffee...
Apr 05, 2019•41 min
CBD is winding up in your lattes, your gummies, and your massages, but what exactly is it? And is anyone regulating it? Subscribe to Today, Explained here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 30, 2019•25 min
Ruth Reichl was the editor of Gourmet Magazine from 1999 until its last day in 2009. In her new book Save Me the Plums, she talks about the wild 10 years she spent at Condé Nast and the traumatic folding of the beloved magazine. Preorder Ruth's new book here and follow her on instagram / twitter . Hosted by: Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ) and Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ). Complain to us at upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 20, 2019•1 hr 2 min
On today's Upsell, Superiority Burger's Brooks Headley stops by to talk about his transition out of fine dining, his relationship with the neighborhood, and whether or not he would ever expand the beloved vegetarian burger shop. Pick up a copy of Superiority Burger's Cookbook , follow them on Instagram , and check out their website . Hosted by: Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ) and Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ). complain to us at upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
Mar 13, 2019•52 min
Delta and Diet Coke released some creepy airplane napkins (1:30). The Michelin Guide is returning to LA for the first time since 2012 (8:30). Martha Stewart is making cannabis products for pets (19:50). Food delivery app Caviar is trying to highlight women on its platform and the tone is a little off (23:40). Is it time to say goodbye to delivery meal kits like Blue Apron (28:15)? The latest Instagram trend is parents throwing slices of cheese at their kids (32:00). Hosted by: Daniel Geneen ( in...
Mar 07, 2019•38 min
Medievalist Paul Freedman joins us on the show today to talk about the food of the Medieval period, authenticity, Chinese food, and his book 10 Restaurants that Changed America. Get the new paperback version of 10 Restaurants here: https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Restaurants-That-Changed-America/dp/1631494988/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Hosted by: Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ) and Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ). complain to us at upsell@eater.com Learn more abou...
Feb 20, 2019•49 min
Prince Phillip has finally grown black truffles at his estate (3:50). A man trapped inside a Burger King bathroom doesn't feel fairly compensated for his hardship (6:15). There is a happy ending for the owner of the restaurant in the Fyre Fest documentary (12:10). The world's 50 best is attempting to shake up their list (16:30). Trump catered a dinner with fast food (27:00). Lifehacker has a new tip for getting into restuarants (29:00). Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt . Sign up for Klu...
Feb 06, 2019•36 min
Coming at you LIVE from the Google Assistant activation at the consumer electronics show, we're joined by Kris Yenbamroong of Night + Market in Los Angeles. Follow Kris on IG: Instagram.com/ntmrkt Pick up a copy of Night + Market's book from a bookstore! or on Amazon (if you must). Today's episode of the eater upsell was hosted by eater travel editor Lesley Suter and Dan Geneen . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 23, 2019•41 min
Comedian Aparna Nancherla and Dan hit up Danny Meyer's new restaurant: The Intersect by Lexus (yes that Lexus), to find out just how much Lexus there is in the brand new Union Square Hospitality Group restaurant. Follow Aparna on twitter @aparnapkin and insta @aparnapkin , check out the second season of her show Corporate on Comedy Central, premiering January 15th and watch her half hour special, part of The Standups, Season 2, on Netflix. Do it all! Hosted by: Daniel Geneen (twitter) (instagram...
Jan 09, 2019•33 min
Starbucks is banning porn over its WIFI (2:00). A man was stuck for two days in a grease vent (3:40). A Cheesecake factory caused a ruckus with a free slice giveaway (6:10). The Four Seasons restaurant reopened its doors and finally ousted Julian Niccolini- a partner credibly accused of sexual assault (8:00). Ryan Sutton stops by to tell us about the restaurant he called New York's worst new restaurant (12:42). The new trend in corporate gift giving is branded fruit (22:15). Adam Moussa helps us...
Dec 27, 2018•35 min
Restaurant editor Hilary Dixler Canavan joins us to help untangle the controversy that has circled the opening of Andrew Zimmern's first sit-down restaurant, Lucky Cricket. Eater NY editor Serena Dai talks about how Lucky Cricket plays into historic stereotypes regarding Chinese cuisine and people and writer Soleil Ho calls in to talk about her experiences dining at the restaurant. Read Soleil’ piece on Lucky Cricket here and subscribe to her podcast here . Hosted by Daniel Geneen . Complain to ...
Dec 12, 2018•38 min
Samin Nosrat, author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, and star of Salt Fat Acid Heat on Netflix, drops by to talk about how her life has changed after the release of her show and what her plans are going forward. Follow Samin! at instagram.com/ciaosamin or twitter.com/ciaosamin Follow Dan at instagram.com/danielgeneen or twitter.com/dangeneen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 05, 2018•37 min
Amanda is going away on parental leave so we thought we'd squeeze out a few more food stories. Residents of a gated community in Georgia attempted to form a smaller town to attract higher end chain restaurants (1:10). Walmart wants to be the center of every town (4:00). There is a pro-Robert Mueller ice cream truck (9:00). Danny Meyer is opening a new restaurant, with Lexus (12:15). Starbucks messed up their holiday cups... again (17:45). Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kl...
Nov 21, 2018•24 min
Bill Addison joins us to talk about his fifth and final list of the most essential restaurants in America. Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 16, 2018•35 min
Eater LA editor Matthew Kang calls in to catch us up on LA's hot openings and the food media scene (6:50). LA's Senior editor Farley Elliott takes Dan to the three restaurants he thinks are LA's trendiest (22:30). Meghan McCarron and Farley Elliott call in to discuss a super bougie LA shopping center (36:00). Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 13, 2018•50 min
Erin and Natasha talk to Ari Weinzweig about Zingerman's unique model, how he fights the pressure to conform, and why vision is integral to the survival of a business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 05, 2018•1 hr 2 min
What has happened to tipping in the age of the tablet screen (2:00)? Danny Bowien is serving water pickles at the new Mission Chinese Food (10:40). UberEats believes they will have drone delivery by 2021 (15:45). Chefs from trendy restaurant Himitsu intervened in a fight across the street (23:00). There was a huge scandal this year in the court of master sommeliers (26:45). Costco is really getting into the chicken game (31:20). Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s news...
Oct 31, 2018•35 min
Ben Turley and Brent Young stop by to talk about their butcher shop The Meat Hook, in Brooklyn. For more of Ben and Brent, checkout their show Prime Time or check out their site: http://the-meathook.com/ Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 24, 2018•49 min
Special correspondent Meghan McCarron discusses the last few weeks in crazy Ken Friedman news. Read the NY Mag Gabrielle Hamilton piece here. Read the NYTimes April Bloomfield piece here. Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 17, 2018•35 min
Chef Samin Nosrat is the author of the James Beard Award-winning cookbook Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, a teacher, and now a television host! Her Netflix show, also named Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat comes out October 11th (AKA tomorrow!). Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 11, 2018•44 min
A Maine restaurant wants to smoke out its lobsters before killing them to ease them into the afterlife (1:40). The red delicious apple is no longer the most popular apple in America (5:00). Gabrielle Hamilton has pulled out of the controversial Spotted Pig deal (9:45). The latest viral food is a smoked watermelon ham, and its creator doesn't know what to do with it (16:30). New York critics Robert Sietsema and Ryan Sutton debate the quality of Shake Shack's brand new chicken nuggets (20:00). Why...
Oct 05, 2018•44 min
Christina Tosi is a superstar pastry chef, and she's also built one of the most iconic American pastry brands of this generation, Milk Bar. She talked to Erin and Natasha about her Series A round, learning how to be a great manager and staying true to her vision while achieving growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 03, 2018•50 min
Sydnee Washington and Marie Faustin are NY-based comedians who host the Unofficial Expert podcast and perform stand-up throughout the city. Syd, Marie and Dan went for dinner at Manhattan hotspot Frenchette and are here to tell you all about it. Subscribe to the Unofficial Expert podcast right here and follow Syd and Marie on Instagram: @justsydbw & @reeezy. Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us upsell@eater.com Learn more about you...
Sep 19, 2018•48 min
Chef Will Horowitz has killed a lot of eels for his delicious smoked eel sandwich at Harry & Ida's in NYC. Chefs Katrina Zito and Sarah Cooper have witnessed the deaths of many relationships at their steakhouse St. Anselm. Eater's restaurant editor Hillary Dixler Canavan noticed that the very pretty plants taking over some of the countries pretties restaurants are starting to die. Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here and complain to us upsell@...
Sep 12, 2018•40 min
Eater's national critic Bill Addison on his most anticipated openings this fall (4:20). Pop culture editor Greg Morabito on what food tv to look out for this fall (29:20). Senior editor and cookbook obsessive Daniela Galarza on her most anticipated cookbooks (38:30). Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 05, 2018•45 min
Dave Chang is serving a fruit plate at his new restaurant in LA (2:30). Generosity is lovely but we do not need the #tipthebill challenge (7:30). Starbucks launched a facebook group dedicated to fall appreciation (10:00). The pumpkin spice latte is back! and eater senior critic Robert Sietsema tries on for the first time (12:45). State fair season is upon us, bring on the giant foods (19:45). PepsiCo has acquired SodaStream (24:50). 'Tea' has finally been turned into an instagrammable experience...
Aug 30, 2018•38 min
The freezer aisles are being overtaken by non dairy and diet ice creams; Zan Romanoff explains. Restaurant dessert menus are being taken over by soft serve and sundaes; Monica Burton explains. Finally, Bill Addison and Daniela Galarza judge a contest to decide what the best pint of ice cream actually is. Contestants: Stefanie Tuder, Esra Erol, Serena Dai, Matt Buchanan, Milly McGuinness, Pelin Keskin, Stephen Pelletteri. Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsl...
Aug 15, 2018•50 min
Chef Marcus Samuelsson joins us for our first live upsell to discuss his new show with Eater and PBS, No Passport Required. Check out all the available episodes right here: eater.com/nopassportrequired. Hosted by: Daniel Geneen and Amanda Kludt. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 08, 2018•51 min
Which is the silliest real life activation: a charcoal food festival, a cheat day museum, or a multi channel water experience (00:30)? It's been a terrible month for Papa John's pizza; and a worse month for its CEO (11:00). A vegan had an unfortunate realization in a Subway recently (15:00). SF Chronicle critic Michael Bauer is FINALLY retiring (17:00). Greg Morabito joins us to talk about Guy Fieri's incredible month (22:00), Gordon Ramsey's terrible new show (27:30), and Prince Charles' Master...
Aug 03, 2018•39 min
This past weekend, Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold died at the age of 57. Robert Sietsema, Peter Meehan, and Meghan McCarron share some stories and discuss the legacy of the legendary food writer. 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
Jul 25, 2018•42 min
