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Highlights from a mighty year of conversations with authors and chefs, including Claudia Fleming, George Saunders, Molly Baz, Ayo Edebiri, and Alton Brown.
We launched the TASTE Monday Interview nearly three years ago out of urgent necessity. We had found that while we could write freely and colorfully about our favorite cookbook authors and trendsetters in the food world, we didn’t have a way to fully bring the conversation to life. This changed, thankfully, and now, each Monday afternoon, our email subscribers are sent a tightly edited, always entertaining chat with a legend in baking, saucing, and smack-talking—as well as some legends in waiting.
Over four years ago, we launched the TASTE Podcast with back-to-back episodes featuring Samin Nosrat and Alison Roman, kicking off a show that has been downloaded nearly one million times and seen tens of thousands of new listeners this year alone. Thank you to all of you out there! Thank you for your notes. Thank you for your reviews. Next year is going to be nice.
While it’s always difficult to compile a year-end list of favorite anythings, here are some favorite Monday Interviews and podcast episodes that come to mind. Thanks for reading every Monday. Thanks for downloading the podcast. Make sure to check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you find your podcasts. —Matt Rodbard
![This Is TASTE 153: Molly Yeh](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MOLLY_Y_ARTICLE-1024x575.jpg)
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This Is TASTE 153: Molly Yeh
![Frankie Gaw’s Kitchen Is Filled With Dumplings and Dorito Dust](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ARTICLE_Frankie_Gaw_2340x1314-1024x575.jpg)
![This Is TASTE 151: Claudia Fleming](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CLAUDIA_ARTICLE-1024x575.jpg)
![This Is TASTE 150: Helen Rosner](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/HELEN_ARTICLE-1024x575.jpg)
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This Is TASTE 150: Helen Rosner
![Cooking Advice for the Ambitious and Confused](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ARTICLE_Kristen_Miglore_2340x1314-1024x575.jpg)
![This Is TASTE 149: George Saunders](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GEORGE_ARTICLE-1024x575.jpg)
![A Far-Out Sandwich Cookbook for Generation Shredduce](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ARTICLE_TurkeyWolf_2340x1314-1024x575.jpg)
![This Is TASTE 144: Jimmy Butler](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/JIMMY_ARTICLE-1024x575.jpg)
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This Is TASTE 144: Jimmy Butler
![Cottagecore Cooking Gets Its Close-Up](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ARTICLE_Melina_Hammer_2340x1314-1024x575.jpg)
![This Is TASTE 143: Molly Baz](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MOLLY_B_ARTICLE-1024x575.jpg)
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This Is TASTE 143: Molly Baz
![This Is TASTE 135: Melissa Clark](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MELISSA_ARTICLE-1024x575.jpg)
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This Is TASTE 135: Melissa Clark
![Regional Mexican Cooking, the Rick Martínez Way](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Article_Rick-Martinez-1024x575.jpg)
![This Is TASTE 123: Ayo Edebiri](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AYO_ARTICLE-1024x575.jpg)
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This Is TASTE 123: Ayo Edebiri
![Christina Tosi’s World Spins Around Cakes and Cereal Milk](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Article-Tosi-1024x575.jpg)
![This Is TASTE 112: Ji Hye Kim](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/JI_HYE_ARTICLE-1024x575.jpg)
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This Is TASTE 112: Ji Hye Kim
![This Is TASTE 116: Alton Brown](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ALTON_ARTICLE-1024x575.jpg)
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This Is TASTE 116: Alton Brown
![All Your Burning, Freezing, Salting, and MSG-ing Questions, Answered](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Article-Dan-Holzman-1024x575.jpg)
![This Is TASTE 104: Andy Baraghani](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ANDY_LEAD-1024x575.jpg)
![Meet the CEO of Coffee YouTube](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Article-James-Hoffmann-1024x575.jpg)
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Meet the CEO of Coffee YouTube
![This is TASTE 88: Gary Shteyngart](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GARY_ARTICLE-1024x575.jpg)