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Podcast: Kathleen Flinn
May 12, 2012 by David Leite
Kathleen Flinn, author of “The Kitchen Counter Cooking School,” chats about her journey from a Le Cordon Bleu graduate to a teacher in Seattle home kitchens.
Podcast: Melissa Clark
Apr 03, 2011 by David Leite
Melissa Clark, author of In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite, chats about her book, writing for the NY Times, and why burning garlic isn’t such a bad thing.
Podcast: Joanne Chang
Feb 08, 2011 by David Leite
Joanne Chang, author of Flour and owner of Boston’s Flour Bakery, discusses her love of childhood treats and what it was like to throw down Bobby Flay.
Podcast: Dorie Greenspan
Nov 08, 2010 by David Leite
In our latest podcast, Dorie Greenspan discusses her new book, Around My French Table, and learns she is the recipient of a long-held crush.
Podcast: Shauna James Ahern | Daniel Ahern
Nov 03, 2010 by David Leite
Shauna James Ahern, Gluten-Free Girl, and the chef, her husband Daniel Ahern, share their thoughts about loving and cooking in a gluten-free home.
Podcast: Amanda Hesser
Oct 24, 2010 by David Leite
In this podcast, David chats with food writer and cookbook author Amanda Hesser about her The Essential New York Times Cookbook.
Podcast: Virginia Willis
Sep 09, 2010 by David Leite
Virginia Willis, author of the IACP-nominated cookbook Bon Appétit, Y’All, sits down with David for a chat about family, food, and fun.
Podcast: Lucinda Scala Quinn
Apr 25, 2010 by David Leite
In this podcast, David chats with Lucinda Scala Quinn, food editor and author of the cookbook, Mad Hungry: Feeding Men and Boys.
Podcast: David Guas
Dec 09, 2009 by David Leite
David sits down with David Guas, author of DamGoodSweet—a love letter to the Big Easy. Guas talks about New Orleans’ rich traditions, its unique culinary language, and the role the women in Guas’s life played in shaping his love of food.
Podcast: Lisa Schroeder
Nov 24, 2009 by David Leite
David chats with Lisa Schroeder, the juggernaut behind Mother’s Bistro & Bar and Mama Mia Trattoria, both in Portland, about her new book, Mother’s Best.
Podcast: Grant Achatz
Nov 24, 2008 by David Leite
David talks with chef, author, and James Beard award winner Grant Achatz about his book, his restaurant Alinea, and cooking restaurant food at home.
Readings: “The Taste of Security”
Jan 18, 2007 by Elissa Altman
Food writer Elissa Altman reads her essay about the challenges her father faced when bringing back to Canada Jewish contraband: chicken fat and chopped liver.
Readings: “Meat”
Jan 18, 2007 by James Sturz
Novelist, essayist, and food writer James Sturz reads his sensual and occasionally erotic piece about the pleasures of flesh—both animal and human—and the sometimes disquieting similarity between them.
Readings: “Bananas” and “Fat Lady Burritos”
Jan 18, 2007 by Gary Allen
Gary Allen reads his essays about the pleasures of eating bananas while on vacation and the unusually delicious burritos of a rotund, not-exactly-clean cook.
Readings: “Confessions of a Hired Belly”
Aug 11, 2004 by David Leite
David Leite reads his essay about the trials and tribulations, not to mention the indigestion, that comes from being a food writer with an expense account.



















































