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- 3 days ago1h 2m
Fish Sauce Extravaganza with Andrea Nguyen & Dennis Ngo
Dave Arnold is joined by cookbook author Andrea Nguyen and Momofuku culinary director Dennis Ngo for a deep dive into fish sauce. They break down how fish sauce is made, what nitrogen ratings actually tell you, Thai versus Vietnamese styles, when to cook with fish sauce versus add it at the finish, and whether the expensive stuff is worth saving for the table.Then it’s time to taste. The crew works through a lineup including MegaChef Blue and Brown, Thin, Dear Mom and Son, Red Boat, Maine Garum, colatura, Yondu, Squid Brand’s premium fish sauce, Tiparos, and more—comparing sweetness, salt, funk, umami, aging, and the applications where each one works best.Plus: Andrea on making and understanding tofu, Dave’s love of canned-meat flavors, Jack’s return from Belgium, LiveWire cocktails, Ming Dynasty spicy chicken, and the declaration of an unofficial International Fish Sauce Day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago1h 1m
NTT: The Outdoor Kitchen
Dave gets into Ashmead’s Kernel apples, acidity, and why terroir makes fruit data unreliable before laying out plans for his ultimate outdoor cooking setup: tandoor, Roman-style hearth, masonry oven, commercial deep fryer, wok burner, and a whole lot of propane. Plus: the return of paper-bag cooking, dairy-free mashed potatoes, what to do with a country ham bone, male vs. female rabbit, getting pu-erh tea flavor into baked goods, browning breakfast sausage, low-temperature pasteurization, blood bread, cucumber cocktails, and the pursuit of better home seltzer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago59 min
Dryads: Spirits of the Trees with Brian Hoefling
Author Brian Hoefling joins Dave and the crew to explore Dryads: Spirits of the Trees, his deep dive into distilled spirits made from tree sap and other tree-derived sugars. They get into Sri Lankan arrack, Filipino lambanog, maple spirits, wild fermentation, palm sugar, garum, Roman cooking, and the surprising range of things humans have figured out how to ferment and distill.Along the way, Nastassia reports from the road on bus-made pickled eggs, pot roast, and a newly delivered Searzall Pro; Dave recaps eating and drinking his way through Houston; Quinn experiments with sesame focaccia; and the group considers the theoretical possibilities of chicken-poop vodka. Plus: maple syrup grades, why fresh sap and cooked sugar produce radically different spirits, ancient methods of concentrating maple sap, and Dave’s ongoing war against bad culinary terminology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 27, 20261h 0m
NTT: Rules are Meant to Be Broken
It’s an All-Tangent Tuesday as Dave and the crew debate the unwritten rules of restaurants: bringing your own crushed red pepper, sneaking food into movie theaters, why some places refuse perfectly reasonable off-menu requests, and whether chimichurri disqualifies steak frites from being steak frites.Then things get technical with grilled lobster, birthday steaks, blood cocktails, yeast percentages, and a deep dive into getting the perfect glossy mahogany crust on homemade pretzels. Plus, Dave lays out his dream outdoor kitchen—from a tandoor and raised hearth to a bread oven, deep fryer, and an outdoor Searzall setup—and previews an upcoming exploration of tree-sap spirits and fish sauce. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 22, 202657 min
Tiny Trash Trucks: OG Crew NTT
Dave Arnold is joined by Nastassia and Jack for an old-school Cooking Issues episode covering the etiquette of dining alone, phone calls at restaurants, and what guests should—or absolutely should not—bring to a dinner party. The crew gets into garlic fermented in honey and food-safety concerns, the right way to cool and store leftovers, fresh versus dried yeast, and Dave’s plans for an elaborate Peruvian-style rotisserie. Plus: cocktail texture, LA’s chaotic hillside architecture, Majordomo, upcoming travels to Houston and Paris, and the only universally acceptable answer to “What can I bring?”: wine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 15, 20261h 1m
NTT: Back from Lima
Dave Arnold is back at Rockefeller Center with the crew, and Nastassia kicks things off with a beer can chicken experiment that went spectacularly wrong: green chicken, burning skin, emergency Popeyes, and a last-minute rescue by Daniel Patterson. Dave also reports back from Lima, with thoughts on Peruvian chicken, ceviche, pisco sours, ancient adobe cities, cocktail bars, and the city’s formidable traffic. Then it’s on to listener questions: getting Flavacol to stick to air-popped popcorn, the limits of long low-temperature brisket cooks, red versus white clam pizza, and more. Plus: undercooked eggplant, broken glass disasters, mushroom versus butterfly popcorn, New Haven clam pies, and the deep-fried-self art project that thankfully never happened. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 25, 20261h 1m
Fidel Caballero of Corima and Vato
Dave is joined by chef Fidel Caballero of Corima and Vato for a deep dive into Northern Mexican cooking, starting with an ingredient close to both their hearts: turkey butts. Fidel explains their place in the tortas of Chihuahua and Juárez, before getting into squab-butt tacos, asiento, molcajetes and metates, and why Northern Mexican food deserves more attention.They go deep on flour tortillas: White Sonora wheat, boiling-water doughs, butter versus chicken fat, sourdough and lactic acid, hot presses, giant Sonoran sobaqueras cooked on an inverted wok, and why a proper Juárez burrito bears little resemblance to its enormous California cousin. Fidel also talks mole from scratch, Tokyo turnip cajeta, grilled fish collars, and the cooking behind Corima and Vato.Plus, Jack attempts to break his daily cold-brew habit, Quinn reports back on tomato-water bread and amino-acid-enhanced tomato soup, and Dave weighs in on grinder maintenance, pre-gelatinized starch, tomato soup, vintage Japanese whisky, stand mixers, guacamole, and the enduring question: where the hell can you buy turkey butts in New York? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 18, 20261h 0m
New American Tangents
Dave tackles a packed round of listener questions, starting with a surprisingly deep investigation into the canonical club sandwich. Then, a listener trying to recreate the original marshmallow using marshmallow root sends Dave into the problem of building a vegan marshmallow.Also on the docket: choosing an outdoor fryer and getting serious about homemade french fries, how cold Dave keeps carbonated cocktails at Bar Contra, using tomato water in bread dough, storing whole-wheat flour under vacuum, cooking for 12 people aboard a research vessel, and what to know before making turtle soup. Plus, Dave talks peak tomato season, debates whether “New American” still means anything, and checks in with Nastassia about the realities of feeding a touring crew. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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