Special Sauce with Ed Levine

The great pastry chef and chocolate maker Jacques Torres wrote one of my all time favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes. On this episode we chat about that recipe, the role of salt, and what chocolate to use. Plus we hear from some serious eaters on the crispy vs. gooey cookie debate. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On this episode of Special Sauce we take a deep dive into the beyond desperate hunger situation in Gaza with humanitarian Sulieman Mleahat who has been working in the Middle East for more than twenty years.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

NYT's Pulitzer Prize-winning food culture reporter Kim Severson gives Special Sauce listeners fascinating insights into Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen operations in Gaza and elsewhere.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Channing Frye had so much to say about wine, hoops, and life we decided to devote a second episode to him and his company Chosen Family Wines. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

How do you go from being an NBA champ to starting a wine company? Find out on this episode of Special Sauce when we interview Chosen Family Wines founder Channing Frye. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We're back with more wit and wisdom from Justin Pichetrungsi, the chef-owner of the award-winning Anajak Thai in Sherman Oaks, California. We'll hear about the origins of Thai Taco Tuesday and so much more. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This week on Special Sauce we hang out with Justin Pichetrungsi, the James Beard Award-winning chef-owner of the justifiably heralded Anajak Thai in Los Angeles (Sherman Oaks to be exact). How and why he went from working in animation at Disney to taking over his family's restaurant makes for quite a story. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This week on Special Sauce I talk to my old friend Phil Rosenthal about the new season of Somebody Feed Phil, his national tour, and Just Try It, the children's book that he wrote with his daughter Lily Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Kenji, on a mission to try every chicken teriyaki joint in Seattle, discusses the unique culture of the city's teriyaki scene compared to New York pizza culture. The podcast explores the culinary significance of teriyaki in Seattle and its absence in other cities, as well as the personal narratives of a Korean family-owned teriyaki spot.

This week on Special Sauce we talk hot chocolate with Mr. Chocolate himself, Jacques Torres. Jacques makes my favorite hot chocolate mix. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices