Food & Cooking
Cooking During COVID-19: Family Meals And Fantasies Of Future Dinner Parties
As billions of people around the world face stay-at-home orders because of COVID-19, family dinners — and breakfasts and lunches — are resurgent. Former New York Times food editor Sam Sifton calls the shift to family meals one of the "precious few good things" happening as a result of the pandemic.
Michael Pollan Explains Caffeine Cravings (And Why You Don't Have To Quit)
After wrapping up his book about the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelic drugs, author Michael Pollan turned his attention to a drug that's hidden "in plain sight" in many people's lives: caffeine.
'Fresh Air' Favorites: Anthony Bourdain
This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. In 2016, Dave Davies spoke with Bourdain, the chef-turned-travel-show-host who died in 2018.
How 'Peasant Food' Helped Chef Lidia Bastianich Achieve Her 'American Dream'
Bastianich grew up eating farm-to-table meals with her Italian family. After they fled Europe as refugees, she drew on those meals in opening her first restaurant. Originally broadcast May 7, 2018.
Chef Samin Nosrat Shares The Power Of 'Salt Fat Acid Heat' On Netflix
Nosrat says there are four elements in cooking, and if you understand how they work, you can make delicious food. She travels the world to learn more about those elements in her new four-part show.
After Hurricane Maria, Chef José Andrés Had A 'Crazy Dream' To Feed Puerto Rico
James Beard Award winning chef and humanitarian Jose Andres talks about his relief work in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria, serving as many as 100,000 meals a day, and he'll talk about some of his cooking innovations.
'Fresh Air' Remembers Anthony Bourdain, A Chef Devoted To Global Street Food
Bourdain, who died at 61, traveled the world, sampling local cuisine and meeting people along the way. He told Fresh Air in 2016: "I'm happiest experiencing food in the most purely emotional way."
How 'Peasant Food' Helped Chef Lidia Bastianich Achieve Her 'American Dream'
In her new memoir chef Lidia Bastianich recalls growing up on a family farm, escaping the communists, becoming a refugee and immigrating to the U.S., starting her own restaurant in Queens, and getting her own cooking show.
'American Seafood' Author Recommends Putting 'Underloved' Fish On the Plate
Chef and sustainable seafood advocate Barton Seaver works to get people excited about fish. He says there are lots of species that are not endangered that we should be eating, like Hake.
'Big Chicken' Connects Poultry Farming To Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
The chicken for sale at your local grocery store isn't like the chicken your grandparents used to eat. They're bigger and more "breasty," says public health journalist Maryn McKenna — and that's by design.