#23 Kris Yenbamroong - Being a Wino Is Now Easier Than Ever

#1 Danny Bowien - Failure Makes Everything Easier: We speak to world-renowned chef, Danny Bowien, about the rise, fall, and comeback of his beloved Mission Chinese, and explore the Danny Bowien that you don’t know, which includes life lessons from tornadoes, kitchen disasters, failure, and more info ab... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

23 min listen

#2 Wylie Dufresne - Good Chefs Ask Why: Legendary chef Wylie Dufresne of WD~50 is one of the American pioneers of molecular gastronomy. We spoke to him about how he approaches creativity, sports, Applebee's, and why lacking curiosity as a human being is a complete waste of time. For i... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

25 min listen

#13 Louis Black - What Happened to Richard Linklater’s Austin?: On today’s episode, we’re talking to Louis Black, the Austinite who co-founded the Austin Chronicle and SXSW, and most recently directed a documentary about filmmaker, Richard Linklater, called Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny. Linklater is one of t... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

21 min listen

#9 Prince Rama - Why People Are Energy Drink Obsessed: On our first episode of the second season of MUNCHIES: The Podcast, we’re pulling you out of the glut of sleepy winter, and there’s only way to do that: energy drinks. In 2005, fewer than 2,000 trips to the emergency room involved energy drinks. By 20... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

19 min listen

#4 HEEMS - Taxi Relief: Being a cab driver in NYC isn’t easy. You're drinking coffee to stay awake, then you’ve gotta piss and find some time eat, but there’s nowhere to park. But Punjabi Deli has been an oasis where you could park out front and grab some food. In 2010, ... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

21 min listen

#12 Andrew Zimmern & Tyson Cole - Live at SXSW: Today, we are bringing you a special bonus episode: Two back-to-back live interviews we recorded at Southbytes, SXSW’s food programming which features panels, talks, and events with some of the most influential people in the food world. First, I sat ... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

41 min listen

#5 Sissel Tolaas - How to Become a Better Eater Through Smell: On the latest episode of MUNCHIES: The Podcast, MUNCHIES' Editor-in-Chief Helen Hollyman goes on an adventure through Central Park with smell artist, Sissel Tolaas, who is trying to capture the smell of the park. Helen Hollyman and Tolaas discuss ... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

22 min listen

#10 Frank Pinello - What Makes New York Pizza So Great?: We speak to some of New York’s new wave pizza makers who are reimagining what’s in a slice about what makes New York pizza so great, and try to get to the source of what might be the unexpected answer: water. For information regarding your data priva... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

28 min listen

Welcome to the MUNCHIES Podcast: An introduction to the new MUNCHIES podcast. We’re going to be talking to famous chefs, celebrities, the food-obsessed, food-averse, and everyone in between, asking them questions about current food culture and the culinary world that no one else is. ... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

1 min listen

#3 Rodrigo Medellin - The Batman Who Is Saving Your Tequila: We get to the bottom of what may be endangering your tequila and talk to the unexpected man who is helping to protect it… with bats. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

30 min listen

#7 Gail Simmons - How Top Chef Changed Food: Award-winning TV show Top Chef helped to define a new era in food by taking the reality TV contest format and placing chefs front and center. We spoke to permanent Top Chef judge Gail Simmons about the world that the show helped to create. For informa... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

21 min listen

#16 Deftones - Eating Through Texas BBQ with the Deftones: Today, we’re experiencing a Texan pastime: waiting in a long BBQ line at Micklethwait Craft Meats on Austin’s east side with some very special guests: none other than the band, the Deftones. The band has been touring and making music together for alm... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

20 min listen

#29 Christian Puglisi - The Farm of Ideas: On this second episode from our Copenhagen series, we're heading to the Danish countryside with the inimitable chef Christian Puglisi to scope out his Farm of Ideas, milk some cows, and learn about the school for gastronomy and sustainable agricul... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

15 min listen

#11 Rachael Ray - Meet the Rachael Ray You Don’t Know: You might think you know the EVOO queen, Rachael Ray, but today, we’re spending some time with the SXSW veteran—she’s been attending the festival for the past 20 years—to dive into one of her biggest passions: music. Her love for it is so epic that she... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

16 min listen

#14 - Chicken Shit Bingo: Every Sunday in Austin for over 18 years Texans have gone to the Little Longhorn Saloon to drink ice cold beers and bet on where a chicken will drop a deuce. I recently went to the bar to experience one of the last strongholds of the old “Keep Austin W... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

15 min listen

#25 Large Marge - Meet the Modern Day Betty Crocker: I’m speaking to Courtney McBroom, owner and creator of the retro-inspired catering company, Large Marge and Leslie Discher to discuss why they are picking up where Betty Crocker left off. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/pr... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

20 min listen

#6 Sema Bal - The Coffee Psychic Who Predicts the Future: We went to a coffee psychic to see if coffee can predict your future. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

19 min listen

#17 Michael Twitty - Addressing Racial Inequality in the Southern Kitchen: On the latest episode, I sit down with culinary historian Michael Twitty to discuss his new book, The Cooking Gene, and his open letter to chef Sean Brock, which addresses current racial inequalities in the Charleston food scene. For information regar... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

39 min listen

#8 Madhur Jaffrey - How One Actor Brought Indian Cuisine to the West: On the final episode of the first season of the MUNCHIES podcast, we speak to legendary actress and culinary icon, Madhur Jaffrey, who brought Indian cuisine to the west, about her cultural impact and why she believes cooking and acting are very simila... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

30 min listen

#23 Kris Yenbamroong - Being a Wino Is Now Easier Than Ever: On the fourth episode from our LA series, we’re falling straight into the center of a demented wino k-hole with chef Kris Yenbamroong of award-winning Thai restaurants Night Market and Night Market Song to discuss how a new generation of young winemake... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

16 min listen

#42 Ina Garten - An Afternoon at Ina Garten's House, part one: An Afternoon at Ina Garten's House (Part 1 of 2) by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

17 min listen

#19 Dry Creek Cafe - How to Drink Like a Texan: On today’s episode, we’re taking you into the legendary Austin bar, Dry Creek Cafe, where the likes of Willie Nelson have been kicked out. The spot’s late owner, Crazy Sarah, used to run things around here with an iron fist. It’s the place where you ca... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

21 min listen

#15 - How Austin’s Food Trucks Put the City on the Culinary Map: Austin’s restaurant scene has been making waves over the past few years in the national restaurant scene with spots like Franklin BBQ, but on today’s episode we are exploring the longstanding titan of the city’s culinary scene: food trucks. We’ll talk ... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

20 min listen

#22 La Guelaguetza - Drinking Up LA on a Michelada Mobile: On the third episode from our LA series, we’re heading to Koreatown to drink up downtown LA on a michelada bus with the powerhouse siblings behind the James Beard-award winning Oaxacan restaurant, La Guelaguetza, to discuss how this restaurant has beco... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

14 min listen

#20 Jonathan Gold - From Dr. Dre to Neck Tacos: On the first episode from our LA series, we eat fried shrimp tacos with Pulitzer Prize winning food writer, Jonathan Gold, and discuss LA’s changing food scene, how technology has changed food culture, and why he knows Dr. Dre so well. For information... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

33 min listen

#28 Colin Spoelman - Dead Distillers: Colin Spoelman is master distiller at Kings County Distillery and an expert on the history of spirits - liquid and spectral. This Halloween, Colin takes us to Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery to meet some permanent residents and explore the myths a... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

26 min listen

#27 Matt Orlando - Copenhagen, Christiania, and Compost: We landed in Copenhagen and headed straight to the notorious Christiania neighborhood to meet Matt Orlando, owner and head chef of Copenhagen's Amass. At a small cafe along Pusher Street, he briefs us on the history of this anarchist micro-state, ... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

31 min listen

#21 YACHT - Veggie Burgers and LA’s Secret Histories, Revealed: On today’s episode, we’re eating veggie burgers at BurgerLords, a burger-walk up in LA’s Chinatown with the band YACHT. Besides making music together, Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans are writers, artists, and the developers behind the popular app “5 Eve... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

16 min listen

#18 Michael Fojtasek - The Future of Southern Food: I head over to East Austin—a.k.a. the city's hipster den— to check out an unusual urban farm with chef Michael Fojtasek of Olamaie, one of the best contemporary Southern restaurants in the country. I sat down with Michael to discuss why he decided... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

13 min listen

#37 Nick Chen-Yin - Smoked Out in Toronto: We've left NYC and just touched down in Canada. Today, in our first of two episodes from Toronto, we're meeting Nick Chen-Yin, chef and owner of Smoke Signals. Nick's parents are ethnic Chinese, known as Hakka, who came to Toronto via J... by MUNCHIES: The Podcast

31 min listen

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