Kyle Itani's guest appearances

Kyle Itani

Restaurant Unstoppable with Eric Cacciatore

Menu Stories Podcast

Food Republic Today

David Lebovitz

Matt Stamp

Angelo Garro

Sam Sifton

Phil Rosenthal

Julie Piatt

Gaby Dalkin

Steve Anderson

Isabelle Legeron

Richard Betts

Joe Campanale

Marcus Samuelsson

Dan Barber

David Kinch

Curtis Stone

OwlTail

Happy Friday from Food Republic Today! On this episode, we discuss today's headlines, including Tom Colicchio's open letter to male chefs regarding sexual misconduct (0:28), the TV premiere of doc "Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent" (2:56), including some making-of insight from Krista, the film's culinary producer, and a NY Times profile on rising star chef JJ Johnson (5:45). Next up is a short story from JJ himself about how a mishap at Meatopia ended with him winning the whole thing (7:09), we chat with Oakland chef Kyle Itani about his ramen philosophy, the effect of Silicon Valley on the Bay Area restaurant scene, and the lessons he's learned as a chef/owner (8:30), and wrap it up with a story from comedy writer Ana Fabrega about how her love of spicy things once went too far (21:34).

Itani Ramen

Kyle Itani of Oakland's beloved Hopscotch just opened Itani Ramen and shares how his Japanese-American heritage influenced both restaurants. Subscribe to the Menu Stories podcast on menustories.com. Music provided by Ben Sound.

Kyle Itani of Oakland's beloved Hopscotch just opened Itani Ramen and shares how his Japanese-American heritage influenced both restaurants. Subscribe to the Menu Stories podcast on <a href="http://menustories.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">menustories.com</a>. Music provided by Ben Sound.

Chef/Owner Kyle Itani, Itani Ramen