Andrew Talks to Chefs

As longtime fans of the pod know, there’s nothing we love more than a crossover episode with a show we’re friendly with. It reminds us of when we were kids and Saturday morning cartoons did the same thing, with characters from one show appearing on another, and vice versa. (That’s why the animated episode image today.) So we’re thrilled to welcome Nidal Barake, a marketer by trade, whose One of Each podcast presents interviews with an international who’s who of chefs and other creatives who happen to be passionate about cuisine, restaurants, and cooking. (Be sure to check out his show, starting with the episode he launched this week featuring Andrew as his guest.) Hope you’ll give a listen!

Besha Rodell has written about food and/or reviewed restaurants for Creative Loafing, LA Weekly, the New York Times, Food + Wine, and other outlets, and is currently the restaurant critic for The Age. Today, she joins us to discuss her moving and entertaining new memoir Hunger Like a Thirst. The book tells the story of Besha’s nomadic child- and adulthood, her migration from restaurant work to writing about restaurants, her approach to criticism, and some key themes of the book. We get into all of that and more in this compelling conversation.

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