Matt Rodbard is the editor in chief of TASTE and author of Koreatown: A Cookbook, a New York Times best-seller, and Food IQ: 100 Questions, Answers, and Recipes to Raise Your Cooking Smarts.
He's the longtime restaurant critic at the New York Times and a man of slight mystery and sound judgment—or bad taste, if you ask some of the chefs he’s goose-egged during his prodigious reviewing career.
In this episode we catch up with the ramen legend to tell the story of how he first brought his unique style of ramen to America, through a legendary pop-up at Momofuku Noodle Bar in 2012.
Laurie Woolever is a fresh and highly original voice in the food writing game. She’s a journalist—having worked as an editor at Art Culinaire and Wine Spectator—and was Anthony Bourdain’s longtime assistant.
While the name Zabar is most associated with a delicatessen empire based on New York’s Upper West Side, it’s Eli Zabar (the most punk rock of all in the Zabar clan) who has the most interesting story to tell.
Epicurious editor and author of Cook90 talks about cooking 90 meals in 30 days, and how it's actually doable. For real! Also, Tamarkin's favorite cookbooks of the year.
Lo is a supreme talent, having run one of the city’s top restaurants—Annisa—for 17 years. She’s also a mentor to many in the industry and a leading light.
New York city chef and James Beard Award winner shares her supreme love of the regionality of Mexican cuisine, and how she is just getting started in this pro cooking game.
Deuki Hong is a chef and the co-author of Koreatown: A Cookbook. Here he discusses the incredible state of Korean cooking in America, and his recent trip to Korea. He ate all the meats.
