It was with great anticipation, and some unknowns, that we spoke with George Saunders, the author of many works, including the Booker Prize–winning Lincoln in the Bardo.

Gideon is a prolific actor, having starred in memorable roles on Broadway (including in Little Shop of Horrors, in To Kill a Mockingbird, and in the original Broadway cast of Spring Awakening) and on television, including the mysterious magician Alfie on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Genevieve Ko is a deputy editor of New York Times Cooking and the Food section, as well as a prolific cookbook author and collaborator.

Tokyo-based journalist Craig Mod is part journalist, part ethnographer, and part performance artist, and we’re really happy that he stopped by the studio for a lively chat.

Reem Assil’s cookbook, Arabiyya, shows that great hospitality is easy to pull off—as long as you have enough pomegranate molasses to go around.

It’s not often that we get to speak with an NBA legend on the show, but Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is no average NBA legend. He’s a coffee geek, just like us.

With a signature voice and absolutely wild recipe development skills (as well as years of professional cooking under her belt), Molly Baz has won over millions of fans worldwide.

Stefano Secchi is a modern pasta master and the chef behind New York City’s hit restaurant Rezdôra.

We’re big fans of Bettina’s erudite and internet-first journalism, and we wanted to have her on the show to discuss it all.

Courtney Storer is a Los Angeles–based chef and the culinary producer of the hit TV show The Bear.

Have you found your way into the world of Suzy Karadsheh and the megapopular YouTube channel and website The Mediterranean Dish? We sure have, and it’s changing the way we cook.

Alice Feiring is a journalist and celebrated wine writer, and she’s also the author of many great wine books, including 2019’s Natural Wine for the People, a prophetic look at the natural wine movement that has swept the drinking world away.

JJ Johnson is the James Beard Award–winning chef behind the fast-casual restaurant Field Trip and a coauthor of the cookbook Between Harlem and Heaven.

Paula Forbes is a longtime journalist covering the cookbook publishing industry, among many other topics, and is the founder of the influential Stained Page News.

Melissa Clark is a prolific cookbook author, longtime New York Times columnist, and one of the most respected food writers around.

What does a cookbook editor actually do day-to-day in the year 2022? It turns out, more than you could ever imagine. We catch up with our old friend Raquel Pelzel to find out all the juicy details.

When Mission Chinese opened in New York in a crowded, slightly dank subterranean space on Orchard Street a decade ago, the food world collectively paused to praise the inventive and fully out-there cooking of a young chef named Danny Bowien. On this episode we catch up with him to find out what it's like to close up for good.

So much has happened since we had Eric on the show last fall, and we talk about so many things, including his recent work at the New York Times and the release and warm reception of his NYT bestseller, the cookbook Korean American.

It’s really fun having Alex Delany on the show and getting to know the food and drink (and menswear and rare book) writer and collector a little bit better.

Yasmin Fahr’s new book Boards and Spreads has us all thinking beyond cheese and Triscuits.

A writer, editor, illustrator, cookbook author, children’s book author, and really fun guy to get to know, Joshua David Stein really has all the goods. In this truly epic episode we cover Joshua’s long and interesting career, from the early days of Gawker to writing cookbooks with Kwame Onwuachi, Wilson Tang, and Joe Campanale.