On this week’s Special Sauce, we’re joined by the great pit master and James Beard Award-winning chef Rodney Scott and his coauthor Lolis Eric Elie talking about their new book “Rodney Scott’s World of BBQ.” They talk about whole hog BBQ,…
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On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, we’re joined by TV and food writer Lolis Eric Elie who dishes on diversity — or the lack thereof — in Hollywood and tells us about the joys of eating in and out in his native New Orleans….
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On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, we continue our deep dive into the world of fast food. This time Franchise Author Marcia Chatelain, Drive-Thru Dreams Author Adam Chandler, and Kenji discuss the unique good vs. evil…
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On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, we ponder the highs and the lows of fast food culture with Marcia Chatelain, Georgetown University Professor of history and African American studies and author of Franchise, and Adam Chandler who wrote…
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When the ultra-talented chef Mashama Bailey collaborated with first-time restaurateur John Morisano to open The Gray in an old abandoned Greyhound bus depot in Savannah Georgia, they knew that their partnership was not going to be easy. On this…
Read MoreOn this week’s Special Sauce we talk to Grace Young, renowned Chinese cookbook author, self-described wok therapist, and New York Chinatown advocate during the Pandemic #SaveChineseRestaurants. Plus, we check in with Kenji about Grace and his…
Read MoreOn this week’s episode of Special Sauce we celebrate one of the greatest food writers, Jessica Harris, who introduced many of us to the food of the African Diaspora. Jessica talks about her new book Vintage Postcards from the African World, her twelve…
Read MoreOn this week’s Special Sauce, host Ed Levine talks to Brooklyn restaurateur (BK Jani) Sibte Hassan. Hassan contracted the Coronavirus in April, and his long road (including a 12 day stint in the hospital) to recovery and redemption takes him through…
Read MoreOn this week’s episode, we talked with Washington Post food writer Tim Carman and his wife, spirits writer Carrie Allen, about their scary battle with the Coronavirus and the lasting impact it has had on them. Later in the episode, Kenji stops in to…
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Kenji Lopez-Alt tells all about his new New York Times best seller children’s book Every Night is Pizza Night on this week’s episode of Special Sauce. It turns out that for Kenji writing a 48 page picture book for his daughter was in many ways…
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Welcome to Special Sauce, a James Beard–nominated podcast hosted by Serious Eats founder Ed Levine.
Join us each week for intimate conversations about food and life between Ed and well-known food lovers like Calvin Trillin, Ruth Reichl, and Chris Kimball.
Special Sauce with Ed Levine is part of the Dotdash family.