Daniele Uditi arrived in Los Angeles from his native Italy in 2010. It was only supposed to be a 6-month stay for a consulting gig, but nine years later he’s very much still here and gaining a deep, devoted following as the chef-pizzaiolo for the popular Pizzana restaurants. We catch up with Steve Sladkowski, guitarist for Toronto punk band PUP . Steve called into the show during a stop on the band’s current tour to talk about jerk chicken, collard greens, Del Taco and of course, Hawaiian red fr...
Jun 30, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 402
Derek van Bakergem stops by to talk about this year’s Pinknic music, food and wine festival. Started in 2016 by Derek and co-founder Pierrick Bouquet, Pinknic is quickly becoming a New York City summer tradition, welcoming thousands to enjoy rosé and dance the day away. This year’s festival is July 19 and 20 on Randall’s Island Park, and features headliners Mark Ronson and Chromeo. We pull an in-studio performance from the archives, and reach back to May 2012 to revisit our time with Wilmington,...
Jun 23, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 401
It’s our 400th episode. Wow. Thank you to everyone, and especially to our families and the folks at Heritage Radio for all the support over the years. Cheers! In this special episode of Snacky Tunes we’re in the Caribbean at the 11th annual Cayman Cookout at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. Our guest is the indomitable, legendary, inspiring three-Michelin-star chef, Dominique Crenn. Dominique grew up in France, but blazed her trail in San Francisco with her acclaimed restaurants Atelier Crenn and...
Jun 16, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 400
Roy Choi is one of America’s most innovative, respected and successful chef-restaurateurs. Outside of the kitchen, he’s well-known for his activism and work in regards to social justice and food. Roy joins us to talk about his new multi-media series, Broken Bread , which explores neighborhoods across Los Angeles, and profiles individuals and organizations who make a difference in their communities through food. We dive into our archives for a live performance from Ahmed Gallab, better known as S...
Jun 09, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 399
Gabriela Cámara’s work at her restaurants Contramar and Cala have made her one of the most respected and acclaimed chefs in the world. She returns to the Tunes to share with us her first-ever cookbook, My Mexico City Kitchen . The book features recipes and essays encompassing her life, career and the evolution of Mexican Cuisine. For the second half of the show, our buddy Jeet Suresh Paul brings us music and a conversation from India. During a recent trip to Cochin, Jeet met up with Indian prog ...
Jun 02, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 398
Chef Diego Moya was born in Chile and grew up in Long Island working in his family’s small restaurants. Following stints at some of the most revered vegetable-driven restaurants in France including L’Arpège, he landed in NYC working the stoves at the beloved Casa Mono and LES darling, Hemlock. He currently helms the kitchen at Racines NY . Brooklyn’s Store Front got their start when bass player Peggy Wang overheard lyricist and vocalist Amy Rose Spiegel singing a Replacements song in an open off...
May 19, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 397
After lamenting how annoying it was trying to find someone to enjoy a three-hour tasting menu with who was not a girlfriend or partner, pals Alana McMillan and Sabrina Chen created the JaynesBeard Supper Club --a monthly culinary meetup for lesbian and queer women in NYC. JaynesBeard events range from cocktail parties to multi-course plated meals, and feature the talents of up-and-coming, mostly queer and female chefs and bartenders. It’s a return engagement for one of our favorite bands, Grim S...
May 12, 2019•59 min•Ep. 396
In their new Netflix show Street Food , co-creators and executive producers David Gelb and Brian McGinn showcase the most democratic of culinary businesses--the food stands, pushcarts and hawker stalls that feed everyday people. Using the same dazzling cinematography, revealing biographical storytelling and passport-busting globetrotting that made their groundbreaking series Chef’s Table famous, the duo discover that these eateries are deeply imbued with passion and traditions that make such loc...
May 05, 2019•54 min•Ep. 395
Lien Ta and Chef Jonathan Whitener grew up on opposite coasts, and both came into their hospitality careers from completely different angles. The duo met while working at Los Angeles’ iconic Animal --Lien managing the dining room, and Jonathan holding things down as Chef de Cuisine in the kitchen. In due time, they realized they wanted to eventually own their own place, and so teaming up they opened Here’s Looking At You in 2016. It was an immediate hit winning all kinds of accolades including b...
Apr 14, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 394
Festival season has finally arrived, which means that Coachella kicks off this weekend! In addition to killer bands, there is an incredible food line up for this year’s festivities. We talk to Goldenvoice’s Nic Adler & Lizzy Stadler for an insider’s insight on what people can culinarily expect at this year’s Coachella and Stagecoach . We also dig deep into the archives for a vintage performance from Blood Orange to celebrate his appearance at Coachella this year. Snacky Tunes is powered by S...
Apr 10, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 393
In 1983, L.H. “Hawk” Arceneaux opened his now-famous eponymous restaurant Hawk’s in the “middle of nowhere” just outside Rayne, LA. The specialty of the house? Crawfish! Hawk’s specializes in a technique called “purging” which unmuddies the rich flavor of mudbugs. The restaurant also helped make crawfish popular eating. We catch up with father and daughter Anthony and Megan Arceneaux, the second and third generation of Hawk’s, to find out what makes the family business so special. We pull out on...
Apr 07, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 392
Over the course of 20 or so years in the kitchen, Jeremy Fox has risen to become one of the most celebrated and admired chefs in the industry. Besides overseeing the menus at Santa Monica hotspots Rustic Canyon and Tallula’s , Jeremy’s also working to open his newest restaurant Birdie G’s, and he’s the author of the critically acclaimed cookbook, On Vegetables . We journey into the archives to revisit a performance we recorded with Brooklyn rock trio THICK . At the time, the band had recently be...
Mar 31, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 391
Joel Miller and Karl Hess operate one of our favorite podcasts, Yelling About Pâté . Joel’s a comedy-loving chef, and Karl’s a food-loving comedian, and every week they interview culinary and comedy industry luminaries. As they say, “It’s back of house meets back of the room.” Los Angeles quartet Criminal Hygiene has been doing the rock band thing since 2011. Since that time they’ve developed a strong following for their garage rock vibes and smart, catchy lyrics. Their latest record is called R...
Mar 24, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 390
Most people know Shirley Chung from her time competing on Top Chef, but long before she made her TV debut Shirley was sharpening her knives under the tutelage of some of the best chefs in world. Following turns working with the likes Guy Savoy, Thomas Keller and Jose Andres, Shirley’s struck out on her own with the opening of her Culver City restaurant Ms Chi Cafe . From the archives we dig into one of our favorite performances from the legendary Annie Hart. Snacky Tunes is powered by Simplecast...
Mar 17, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 389
In 2017, husband-and-wife team Daisy and Greg Ryan traded the fine dining environs of the vaunted New York City restaurant Per Se for the quaint, down-home vibes of Los Alamos, CA, a small town of less than 2,000 people. A year later they opened Bell’s , a French-inspired bistro that’s become a critical darling and must-visit for anyone hanging out in the Santa Ynez Valley’s wine country. Danny Nogueiras was the touring drummer for punk rockers FIDLAR before breaking off to launch his solo endea...
Mar 10, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 388
We sit down with the culinary concierge, Maisie Wilhelm , to talk about her new endeavor, Palatine , your “friend on the inside” when it comes to all things food. We talk about her insider’s knowledge about traveling the world in search of the best bites and what it was like to work for one of the masters, Chef Daniel Boulud . We also dig deep into the archives for one of our favorite interviews, joke telling sessions and performances from She Keeps Bees . Snacky Tunes is powered by Simplecast ....
Mar 03, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 387
We’re at 11th annual Cayman Cookout at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, to catch up with Amanda Cohen . She’s the chef-owner of the groundbreaking vegetable restaurant Dirt Candy , and is also one of the most-respected voices in the restaurant industry. We reach into our archives to 2011, revisiting episode 66 and the synthpop sounds of Computer Magic . She gave us a live, in-studio preview of her then-upcoming EP, Electronic Fences. Check out her latest work, a music video cover of Elvis’ “Suspi...
Feb 24, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 386
Maria Nguyen launched one of the most popular digital food media companies with a simple hashtag: #theartofplating. In just 5 years, The Art of Plating has grown to captivate an audience of 3.5 million across multiple channels, and has also branched into experiential events. Abe Seiferth is the owner of Greenpoint’s synth-laden Transmitter Park Studio, and is also a regular performer in NYC’s improvised / ambient music scene. He recently debuted his EP, Solstice I, it’s a work inspired by the lo...
Feb 10, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 385
It’s a globetrotting episode, and we uncork it all in London’s East End with sommelier-restauranteur Charlie Mellor . He’s the owner of The Laughing Heart , a contemporary British restaurant that specializes in showcasing natural wines. Charlie’s got one of the more interesting backgrounds we’ve encountered. He’s a former professional opera singer who made his stage debut in his native Australia in Richard Wagner’s drama, Tristan und Isolde. In Los Angeles, we catch up with Compton’s own The Pan...
Feb 03, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 384
It’s a new year, and that means our dear friend, Michael Whiteman–aka, “the dean of restaurant consultants”–will give us his annual food trends reports . (It’s his 9th episode of Snacky Tunes.) What does Michael think we should be on the lookout for in 2019? Next-generation fast-casual restaurants, marijuana going mainstream, automation and more. Michael is the co-founder of the legendary hospitality consulting company, Baum + Whiteman LLC , renowned for creating two of the world’s highest gross...
Jan 27, 2019•53 min•Ep. 383
In this special episode of Snacky Tunes we’re in the Caribbean, and come ashore at the 11th annual Cayman Cookout at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. We meet up with the cookout’s host: the legendary chef Eric Ripert . Eric shares with us his history with this island paradise, and also gives us a behind-the-scenes look at what makes the Cookout one of the most popular culinary events in the world. Snacky Tunes is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californ...
Jan 24, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 382
It’s an all-Louisiana episode, taped at the legendary Dockside Studio. Our episode opens with the legendary Ton’s Drive-In , located in Broussard. Hollie Girouard is the third-generation owner / operator of this family eatery that’s been dependably serving up comfort food classics for breakfast and lunch since 1963. For the return of “Snacky Tunes 5’s” we sith with Justin Tocket, engineer at the storied Dockside Studio , who takes us through its history. Located in the heart of Cajun Country, Do...
Jan 20, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 381
Timothy Hollingsworth is one of America’s most respected chefs. He began cutting his teeth in kitchens during high school, and age 21 he became a commis at Thomas Keller’s venerated The French Laundry in Napa Valley. Timothy eventually became the restaurant’s Chef de Cuisine, and under Keller’s tutelage even competed in the prestigious Bocuse d’Or world cuisine contest in Lyon, France, in 2009. (He came in 6th, which at the time was the highest finish ever for an American chef.) Now living in Lo...
Jan 13, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 380
Chef Zach Swemle and Marlee Blodgett are the dynamic duo behind the beloved Neapolitan-inspired La Morra Pizzeria . The pair met in NYC, and decamped for Charleston, SC, where Zach built a mobile pizza oven from the bed of trailer. La Morra then developed a fast and dedicated following. A year later in the summer of 2017, they rolled out of town and headed to Los Angeles where they’ve been wowing the masses with their slow-fermented dough and wood-fired pies. Dev Ray is the solo project from Cal...
Dec 16, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 379
We swung through London’s East End this past March to meet up with chefs Jackson Boxer and Andrew Clarke who gave us a preview of their Shoreditch restaurant St. Leonards . Since opening in May, the duo’s “fire and ice” menu, fueled by a raw bar with shellfish and various crudos and a wood-burning hearth offering up veggies, seafare and meats, have made St. Leonards one of the most popular restaurant openings in London this year. We dig into our archives and revisit one of the loudest musical pe...
Dec 09, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 378
It’s a special episode of the show recorded live in front of an audience at NeueHouse Hollywood in Los Angeles. Our guest is esteemed New York City chef and long time friend, Ignacio Mattos. A native of Uruguay who trained under legendary chefs such as Francis Mallman and Alice Waters, Ignacio is the culinary force behind the popular and critically acclaimed restaurants Estela, Café Altro Paradiso and Flora Bar. He joins us to talk about his career and also his first-ever cookbook, Estela . Snac...
Dec 05, 2018•58 min•Ep. 377
We’re in Philadelphia, and that means roast pork and broccoli rabe for sure, but also meeting up with longtime friend of the Tunes, Chef Marc Vetri. His flagship eponymous restaurant, Vetri Cucina , turned 20 this year, and also launched a Las Vegas location on the 56th floor of the Palms Casino Resort. Marc’s fourth cookbook, Mastering Pizza , also hit the shelves. As usual, Marc’s been keeping super busy, and he catches us up on it all. And from the archives, enjoy a classic performance from E...
Dec 02, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 376
Jeff Gordinier, Food & Drinks Editor of the venerated Esquire magazine, sits down with us to discuss his 2018 list of the country’s best new restaurants. (You’ll have to tune in to find out who landed at the top spot!) He gives us a real behind-the-scenes look at how the list and its awards came together, and recounts all the miles he traveled for research. Jeff also shares with us his memories growing up in Pasadena, seeing The White Stripes perform for the first time and hanging out in Lon...
Nov 28, 2018•59 min•Ep. 375
We catch up with Fellow Heritage Radio Network host and PR industry veteran Shari Bayer. Shari is the founder and president of Bayer Public Relations , a full-service public relations, consulting and marketing agency in NYC that specializes in culinary and hospitality, mostly representing restaurants. Her show All in the Industry is dedicated to the behind-the-scenes talents in the hospitality industry, and is nearing its 200th episode. It airs live on Wednesdays at 4PM ET. Though they currently...
Nov 25, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 374
We’ve long known Andrew Knowlton for his prolific work over the years as Bon Appétit’s de facto restaurant guy. Andrew’s byline has been attached to the magazine’s annual Hot 10 best new restaurants list, and some of our favorite feature stories such as 24 Hours at the Waffle House . A longtime New Yorker, Andrew’s recently transplanted himself to Austin, TX, and also added another title to his resumé: TV show host. (He still serves as BA’s Editor-at-Large.) Andrew is presenting the brand new Ne...
Nov 18, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 373
