Food & Cooking
Table For None: Tom Colicchio Explains What Restaurants Need To Survive
Chef Tom Colicchio is one of the many restaurateurs wondering what will be left of the industry after the COVID-19 pandemic has run its course.
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."