31 on the Barbecue Tip Is the First Time I Had Franklin's Barbecue

On an episode for the ages, Dave Chang takes us through a full deck of unforgettable dishes—the ones he never stops thinking about. He covers 50-plus brushes with culinary perfection, from childhood up through trips to Tokyo and Texas and Sao Paulo and Mumbai. It's a core-memory highlight reel like no other, the benchmarks Dave uses to measure everything else, never assembled in one place beyond his brain—until now.

Host: Dave Chang

Producers: Jordan Bass and Lala Rasor

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