Special Sauce

Mar 07 2025 10 ep. 36 mins 23

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Laurie Woolever on Bourdain, Batali, and Herself

Mar 07 2025 38 mins  
Today on Special Sauce we welcome back writer and former assistant to both Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever. Laurie has just published ‘Care and Feeding’, a candid, funny, and often devastating memoir about her adventures and misadventures making her way through the food world while navigating addiction, motherhood, a cultural reckoning, and an...

Remembering the Pizza OG Patsy Grimaldi

Feb 28 2025 37 mins  
With the passing of legendary pizzaiolo Patsy Grimaldi, the pizza world has lost one of its true giants. I discuss his legacy with Scott’s Pizza Tours founder and pizza scholar Scott Wiener, and another great pizzaiolo, Una Pizza Napoletana’s Anthony Mangieri on this episode of Special Sauce. For more on the show, visit thespecialsaucepodcast.com. Learn...

Food in the Aftermath of the L.A. Fires

Feb 21 2025 38 mins  
On this episode of Special Sauce we talk to the Los Angeles Times’ Bill Adddison and Jenn Harris about the calamitous effect of the recent devastating fires on the L.A. food community. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Adam Chandler on Work in America

Feb 14 2025 37 mins  
On this episode of Special Sauce, Adam Chandler talks about his new book ‘99% Perspiration’ which explores the history of work in America. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

‘Reheating’ Hot Chocolate With Jacques Torres

Feb 07 2025 24 mins  
On this episode of Special Sauce we revisit our chocolate-centric conversation with Mr. Chocolate himself Jacques Torres just in time for Valentine’s Day. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Kenji on Super Bowl Food

Jan 31 2025 31 mins  
The Super Bowl is coming up, so for Super Bowl party food advice who better to turn to than Kenji. The man loves chicken wings and pizza and he gives us some sage advice about making them at home. But he does not love football. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Robert Lang On Becoming A Vintner in Italy

Jan 24 2025 29 mins  
After falling in love with Italy, my good friend engineer and serial entrepreneur Bob Lang and his wife, environmental writer Alice Outwater, decided to buy a three acre vineyard called La Collina Delle Amici (The Hill of Friends) in Piedmont in 2021. How’s it going for them so far? Well, we’re going to find out...

Karen Washington, Food Warrior

Jan 17 2025 42 mins  
On this episode of Special Sauce, grassroots food activist and farmer Karen Washington joins us to spread her message of food justice, the concept that healthy, nutritious food is a human right.

Scott Wiener on the New York Pizza Slice

Jan 10 2025 40 mins  
On this episode of Special Sauce we go deep into the definition, history, and evolution of the New York pizza slice with Scott’s Pizza Tours founder Scott Wiener.

Raghavan Iyer: The Tribute Reheat

Jan 03 2025 45 mins  
On this episode of Special Sauce we pay tribute to the great author, chef and cooking teacher Raghavan Iyer. He introduced much of America to the joys of cooking and eating Indian food. We talked to Raghavan last in March of 2023 about his life, his work, and the last book he ever wrote, “On...