Welcome to Date Night in America

Ryan is one of the most respected critics in the game, and we wanted to invite him to the studio to talk about the LO Times, his Substack covering the New York City restaurant scene.

This week marks the release of a new cookbook from the New York Times, Easy Weeknight Dinners, and I was thrilled to speak with Emily Weinstein and Ali Slagle, two core members of the NYT Cooking crew.

Franco Fubini is the founder and CEO of Natoora, a high-end greengrocer connecting chefs and home cooks with some of the world’s best heritage produce through direct grower relationships.

Sarah Fennel is the self-taught baker and photographer behind the widely popular Broma Bakery, a “mostly” baking blog that she launched in 2010.

Today’s interview is so great. Dan Barber is the chef and co-owner of Family Meal at Blue Hill in Manhattan and of the legendary Blue Hill at Stone Barns.

Samantha Irby is a humorist, a TV writer, and the author of an incredible new essay collection, Quietly Hostile. Clare de Boer is the chef-owner of Stissing House, a restaurant located in New York’s Hudson Valley that we like very, very much.