Special Sauce with Ed Levine
Serious Eats' podcast Special Sauce enables food lovers everywhere to eavesdrop on an intimate conversation about food and life between host and Serious Eats founder Ed Levine and his well-known/famous friends and acquaintances both in and out of the food culture.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 420
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
'Queen of the Loser Class' Barbara Lynch on Helping Young Cooks Thrive
Welcome back for part two of my Special Sauce interview with Southie street urchin-turned-chef-restaurateur Barbara Lynch. This week we talk a little bit more about her memoir, Out of Line: A Life of…
00:24:50 |
Fri 07 Jul 2017
Barbara Lynch on Her Journey From the Police Blotter to the Time 100
Boston-based chef-restaurateur Barbara Lynch has had an eventful year. First, her memoir, Out of Line: A Life of Playing with Fire, was published; it's a moving, brutally honest, no-holds-barred acco…
00:30:21 |
Fri 30 Jun 2017
John T. Edge on His Love-Hate Relationship With the South
Part two of my interview with my old runnin' partner, John T. Edge, delves into the genesis and development of his new book, The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of The Modern South. I thought I'd j…
00:34:24 |
Fri 23 Jun 2017
John T. Edge on What Southern Food Stories Reveal
This week on Special Sauce my guest is the great Southern food chronicler John T. Edge. I've been discussing food as seen through the lenses of race, class, and ethnicity with John T. for almost 20 y…
00:23:28 |
Fri 16 Jun 2017
Michel Nischan on Butch Cassidy and the Fight for Good Food
Last week's episode of Special Sauce ended with Michel Nischan and I discussing his groundbreaking restaurant, Heartbeat, and his efforts to serve food that was healthy and actually delicious.
This…
00:33:20 |
Fri 09 Jun 2017
Michel Nischan on Truck Stop Diners, Edgar Winter, and Juicing
This week on Special Sauce, I have as my guest my old friend, Michel Nischan, the three-time James Beard award-winning chef, author, and food equity advocate. Michel's a busy guy. Between his work as…
00:35:28 |
Fri 02 Jun 2017
Entrepreneur Seth Godin on How to Launch Your Own Food Enterprise
Today, my guest is Seth Godin, the insanely popular business blogger and best-selling author (his book, Tribes, is the most inspiring on leadership I've ever read). Seth has been encouraging and insp…
01:05:13 |
Fri 26 May 2017
Andy Ricker on Why He Doesn't Call Himself a Chef
On this week's Special Sauce, Andy Ricker explains his idiosyncratic take on what he does for a living, which he articulated in his book, Pok Pok: "I'm not a chef. I didn't invent this stuff. The foo…
00:37:44 |
Fri 19 May 2017
Andy Ricker on the Birth of Pok Pok
My guest on Special Sauce both this week and next is chef-restaurateur Andy Ricker, whose Pok Pok restaurants in Portland, Oregon, and in Brooklyn introduced me to the joys of Northern Thai food. W…
00:34:27 |
Fri 12 May 2017
Dan Barber on the Future of Food
This week on Special Sauce features the second part of my far-reaching conversation with Dan Barber, and he and I cover a lot of ground. He defines each of the three plates that are the subject of hi…
00:38:11 |
Fri 05 May 2017
Dan Barber on Mentors, Tough Love, and Anger Management
I think it's safe to say that Dan Barber, the visionary chef of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, has led an interesting life. I'm sure you'll agree after listening to this week's episode of Sp…
00:28:34 |
Fri 28 Apr 2017
Mark Ladner on Cooking Pasta in 10 Seconds Flat
Last week, I promised that you'd get to hear why Mark Ladner decided to walk away from Del Posto, which was awarded four stars by the New York Times, to open a fast-casual pasta joint, and this week …
00:29:04 |
Thu 20 Apr 2017
Mark Ladner on What it Takes to Make 4-Star Italian Food
In the first of my two-part interview with chef Mark Ladner, we focus on his indirect yet hard-earned path to helming Del Posto, the New York Times four-starred restaurant he ran for twelve years. An…
00:33:40 |
Fri 14 Apr 2017
Dumpling Master Helen You's Inspiring Story
You probably won't be able to hear it, but I was moved to tears by my interview with dumpling queen Helen You on this week's Special Sauce. Helen is the owner of Dumpling Galaxy, the finest dumpling …
00:30:52 |
Fri 07 Apr 2017
Mario Batali on the Joys of Pig Jell-O
"Hot pig Jell-O" may not sound like a draw to most people, but that's exactly how Mario Batali describes the headcheese that he got me to try—and even like!—more than 20 years ago. How he managed tha…
00:35:11 |
Fri 31 Mar 2017
Mario Batali's Advice to Young Chefs: Study Liberal Arts First
I have been dying to get Mario Batali, whom I have known for more than a quarter century, on Special Sauce since I first dreamed up the idea for our podcast, more than a year ago. And, when all you s…
00:28:52 |
Fri 24 Mar 2017
Craig Kanarick on Life After the Tech Bubble
Many serious eaters know the pleasures associated with ordering something delicious from the online food retailer Mouth.com. But not many people know the fascinating backstory of Mouth's cofounder C…
00:57:20 |
Fri 17 Mar 2017
Missy Robbins on Not Worrying About Stars
I call part two of my interview with Missy Robbins "The Comeback Episode," because we learn what happened when Missy returned from her self-imposed hiatus from her career as a chef. Missy delves into…
00:30:00 |
Fri 10 Mar 2017
Missy Robbins on the 20-Year Journey to Opening a Place of Her Own
On this week's Special Sauce I chat with Missy Robbins, the chef and owner of Lilia in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Missy describes her 20-year journey to opening her own place with such sharp clarity tha…
00:37:13 |
Fri 03 Mar 2017
Frank Bruni on What Makes a Good Restaurant Critic
In this first of a two-part interview with The New York Times Op-Ed Columnist and former restaurant critic, Frank Bruni, we delve into everything from his earlier days as Rome bureau chief for that s…
00:25:39 |
Fri 17 Feb 2017
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