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Cooking Issues

Dave Arnold, chef and inventor, answers listener questions on the latest innovative techniques, equipment, and ingredients in the food world. Each week on Cooking Issues, Dave solves your cooking dile... Read more

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Episode 78: Maxime Bilet

Episode 78: Maxime Bilet

This week on Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez are joined in the studio by one of the authors of Modernist... Read more

3 Apr 2012

51mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 98: Preserving, Smoking & Pig Heads

Episode 98: Preserving, Smoking & Pig Heads

What do you do with a pig head? Why don’t more people like scrapple and haggis? Want more tips on food preservation? You... Read more

25 Sep 2012

48mins

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Episode 85: Back From Japan!

Episode 85: Back From Japan!

Dave and Nastassia are back from Japan and Cooking Issues has returned! Dave’s mailbox is full and he attempts to answer... Read more

12 Jun 2012

48mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 84: Nastassia Hates Coffee

Episode 84: Nastassia Hates Coffee

This week on Cooking Issues, Dave takes issue with Nastassia’s distaste for coffee and, to a lesser extent, hipsters as ... Read more

22 May 2012

46mins

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Episode 306: The Art of Flavor

Episode 306: The Art of Flavor

This week on Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastassia are joined in the studio by Michelin two-star chef Daniel Patterson and ... Read more

3 Oct 2017

54mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 94: Curing Meat and Making Sausage

Episode 94: Curing Meat and Making Sausage

Dave Arnold is heading to Colombia, but not before another episode of Cooking Issues. Dave and Nastassia Lopez start the... Read more

21 Aug 2012

51mins

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Episode 189: Sous Vide and Fireball Whiskey

Episode 189: Sous Vide and Fireball Whiskey

This week on Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold is joined by Douglas Baldwin, author of Sous Vide for the Home Cook to discuss ... Read more

18 Nov 2014

52mins

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Episode 248: Creaming Issues

Episode 248: Creaming Issues

This week on Cooking Issues, Dave kicks off the show by giving Nastassia some belated birthday gifts, before diving into... Read more

26 Apr 2016

53mins

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Episode 242: J. Kenji López-Alt

Episode 242: J. Kenji López-Alt

On this week's episode of Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastassia are joined in the studio by J. Kenji López-Alt, chef and au... Read more

8 Mar 2016

45mins

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Episode 384: No Offense, Elizabeth

Episode 384: No Offense, Elizabeth

Today Dave and Nastassia are joined by Peter Kim of MOFAD.  Most importantly, they talk about the Museum of Food and Dri... Read more

29 Oct 2019

1hr 16mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 69: Fried Meatballs, Fish and More

Episode 69: Fried Meatballs, Fish and More

Dave returns to the studio this week with tales of dog sledding in Sweden and opening up his new bar, Booker and Dax, in... Read more

24 Jan 2012

44mins

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Episode 57: Bread, Brains, and Gum

Episode 57: Bread, Brains, and Gum

This week Cooking Issues gets sticky and wierd. Dave and Nastassia answer your questions about using gums such carrageen... Read more

11 Oct 2011

44mins

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Episode 327: A Tongue-Driven Response

Episode 327: A Tongue-Driven Response

This week, we’re joined by James Briscione, author of The Flavor Matrix, to talk fear of flying, Watson, zucchini, flavo... Read more

17 Apr 2018

48mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 340: Timing Issues

Episode 340: Timing Issues

On this week's rapid-fire show we're talking Nastassia's trip to Spain, Dave's new hydraulic press, freezing corn on the... Read more

21 Aug 2018

21mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 389: Bright as an Operating Room w/ the team from Ora King Salmon

Episode 389: Bright as an Operating Room w/ the team from Ora King Salmon

On this extra special, season finale of Cooking Issues friend of the show Maisie Wilhelm brings us the fine team from Ōr... Read more

17 Dec 2019

1hr 18mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 231: Harold McGee Returns

Episode 231: Harold McGee Returns

The inimitable “Curious Cook” Harold McGee rejoins Cooking Issues to tackle questions on everything from egg nogg to aqu... Read more

1 Dec 2015

55mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 328: Seeds Don't Stress Me Out

Episode 328: Seeds Don't Stress Me Out

Nastassia is absent this week, but we're joined by masterbaker Jim Lahey of Sullivan Street Bakery, and first-time fathe... Read more

1 May 2018

55mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 107: Food Science Schooling

Episode 107: Food Science Schooling

This week on Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez are talking gummies, meringue, studying food science, and s... Read more

11 Dec 2012

44mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 297: Velveting, Fish Sauce, Copying Recipes, and More

Episode 297: Velveting, Fish Sauce, Copying Recipes, and More

Coconut oil used to be good for you now it is bad. Can you copy recipes from chain restaurants? How is tonkotsu broth ma... Read more

27 Jun 2017

1hr

Ranked #20

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Episode 358: Induction Cookers, Country Ham, Vita Prep and more

Episode 358: Induction Cookers, Country Ham, Vita Prep and more

On this episode of Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold answers phone calls and tweets regarding induction cookers, country ham, ... Read more

5 Mar 2019

1hr 7mins

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