530: How to make every meal taste amazing | Kimbal Musk, professional chef & restaurateur

“I consider food a gift we give ourselves three times a day, so let's make it good," says Kimbal Musk.

Kimbal, a professional chef, philanthropist, and entrepreneur, joins us to discuss his top cooking tips and how to infuse your food with love, plus: 

- How to respect the animals you eat (~00:29)

- Why regenerative farming is the future (~05:23)

- Why every child should learn to grow food (~07:34)

- The role restaurants play in community & connection (~10:50)

- Why you should cook at least one meal a day (~14:01)

- How to know if your food was cooked with love (~16:26)

- Subtle tricks that make a restaurant irresistible (~17:48)

- How eating with others enhances longevity (~22:36)

- Kimbal’s surprising bloodwork results (~24:41)

- The importance of moderation (~29:11)

- Kimbal’s favorite recipe when he’s short on time (~31:03)

- What people get wrong when cooking eggs (~34:01)

- Kimbal’s tricks for cooking vegetables (~36:33)

- How to cook the best steak of your life (~38:59)

- Kimbal’s important work with VA hospitals (~43:34)

- Kimbal’s overall food philosophy (~46:08)

- How he manages scrutiny as Elon’s brother (~48:09)

- How Kimbal defines success (~49:40)

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Referenced in the episode:

- Kimbal's book, The Kitchen Cookbook

- mbg Podcast episode #219, with Kimbal

- Check out The Kitchen

- Learn more about Big Green and Square Roots

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