Special Sauce with Ed Levine

As we go about planning our upcoming holiday feasts, it's a pretty good bet that at some point we're going to pick up a bottle of wine or two to share with family and friends. That's why I'm returning to my conversation with someone who's been a guiding light for wine connoisseurs and beginners alike, Eric Asimov, the wine critic for The New York Times. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Thanksgiving leftovers can sometimes be a freighted topic for serious eaters. Last year, trying to quell my own Thanksgiving leftovers anxiety and confusion, I had Deb Perelman and J. Kenji Lopez Alt, longtime friends and co-hosts of their own podcast The Recipe, on Special Sauce. We covered a lot of ground in our discussion, everything from the joys of eating leftover cold pie for breakfast to the wisdom of waffling your leftover stuffing. We had so much fun that I decided it was worth reheating and serving to serious eaters again this year. Enjoy! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Thanksgiving and the holiday season are upon us and that means this serious eater's thoughts turn to pie! And so I thought I would perform a public service by inviting perhaps our greatest pie baking teacher, Erin Jeanne McDowell from the YouTube series 'Happy Baking', to come on Special Sauce and talk about all things pie. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

If you're like me, you're probably already worrying about holiday dinners and parties that you might have to bring stuff to. And at least some of us might be a little punchy at the thought of cooking or baking for friends. So to the rescue comes friend of Special Sauce, Smitten Kitchen's Deb Perelman.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On this episode of Special Sauce The New York Times's wine writer Eric Asimov shares his democratic and unsnobby approach to both food and wine, which invites newcomers and longtime enthusiasts to explore their own wine experiences. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On this episode of Special Sauce I talk to author and fellow pie lover Stacey Mei Yan Fong about her new book '50 Pies, 50 States, An Immigrant's Love Letter to the U.S. Through Pie'. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In part two of our discussion, Ruth Reichl and I get into how the American government has played a major role in corrupting our food system. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On this episode of Special Sauce legendary food critic Ruth Reichl talks about the documentary film "Food & Country" which she stars in and co-produced.   Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On this episode of Special Sauce we talk to Sullivan Street Bakery founder Jim Lahey about his revolutionary no-knead bread making technique. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On this episode of Special Sauce, Kenji and I dig deep into his (almost) foolproof pan pizza recipe.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices