In her latest book, author Luisa Weiss has collected and mastered the essential everyday recipes of Germany and Austria.

Today on the show we have conversations with two terrific chefs in New York City.

The London chef and author has a recipe development process that is part Warhol’s Factory, part Bon Appétit Test Kitchen, and pure Ottolenghi.

We loved catching up with legendary Seattle chef Renee Erickson

Today’s episode is really special. It’s a conversation with Innis Lawrence, who runs restaurants in one of our favorite towns in New York: Kingston!

Steve is a French speaker and a shameless Francophile, and his love of France shines through in his terrific memoir, A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France.

In this episode, we speak with the restaurant’s longtime chef, Nick Curtola. Nick is one of New York’s most consistent and skilled chefs and a real culinary force.

Hannah Heimbuch is an Alaskan salmon fisherman with quite the story to tell.

Danny Lee is one of the most influential chefs and restaurant operators in Washington, DC, running some of our all-time favorite Korean restaurants in America.

It’s been a very busy year for our two guests, Chris Hansell of Chrissy’s Pizza and Brooks Headley of Superiority Burger.

We’ve long been fans of the Big Green Egg, the kamado-style ceramic charcoal grill and smoker that has a legitimate cult following.

Emily Schildt wants food shopping to be a more fun and mind-expanding experience, and with her company, Pop Up Grocer. PJ Monte is behind Monte’s Fine Foods, a historically rich (and legitimately incredible) New York City pasta sauce company.

Snaxshot, the curatorial and slightly mercurial grocery newsletter and community, has grown into an industry force, read by CPG executives and members of food media on a near-religious level. (We are among these readers.)

We had to break in on a Saturday with this very cool conversation with Melissa Clark, discussing her recent restaurant review in the NYT.

Jon Bonné is an erudite observer of food and culture trends and the author of many books, including the monumental, two-volume The New French Wine.

All fall, Aliza and Matt have been talking about many of the season’s new cookbooks, from the biggest “influencer” books to baking, memoir, biography, and the return of restaurant books to the mix.

David Gelb is the the creator of Chef’s Table, the long-running Netflix documentary series that takes viewers inside the world of restaurants and chefs.

Gary He wrote the coolest book, McAtlas. Gary is an accomplished journalist and photographer who has contributed memorable stories to Eater for years.

It’s our 500th episode! We had to mark this big episode with one of our absolute favorites in the world of baking, business, and cookbook writing: Christina Tosi.

The collection’s new editor, Jaya Saxena, tells us about her selection process.

Bobby Flay joins us in the studio to talk about his New York City restaurant career, including highly memorable restaurants Mesa Grill, Bolo, Gato, and Bar Americain.