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Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's delusional “broken election system” speech was a bunch of explosive diarrhea.Then, on the rest of the menu, Mississippi teachers say the new state-mandated process for buying classroom supplies has been made more difficult; Trump is taking longer to approve disaster aid and denying Democratic states more frequently; and, in what surely must be ICE job requirements, the ICE officer who murdered an innocent man in Maine, has a history of domestic violence and serious mental health issues since childhood.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where ICE arrested a human rights lawyer who fled the China crackdown on human rights lawyers, for deportation back to Beijing; and, Japan's parliament ruled only paternal-lineage men can become emperor, sparking concern that the measure could doom the already shrinking imperial family.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, you can't have a three-ring MAGA clown show without a couple of MAGA clowns up for Senate confirmation and another MAGA clown complaining about Low-T.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump ignored Congress as he poured concrete for a black granite helipad over the White House lawn without permits; MAGA AG Ken Paxton meddled in an explosive college football betting scandal one day after a big donation from the school's Board of Regents Chair; and, Secret Service agents are now in Kash Patel's crosshairs into how security vulnerabilities of Trump's Qatar-grifted Air Force One jet leaked to The New York Times.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned Trump against interfering in German elections after a scheme to fund Maga-aligned causes in Europe was announced; and, Hong Kong authorities raided two independent bookstores and arrested five people on suspicion of selling seditious publications that threatened China's national security.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, all evidence points to Trump trying to steal the 2026 midterms.Then, on the rest of the menu, Signal Pete Hegseth has made sure for the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty women Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year; law firms that cut deals with Trump to stop executive orders to shut down their businesses, are now fighting a secret courtroom battle against the Department of MAGA Justice; and, a GOP election rigging scheme was thwarted when a Democratic governor selected a new judge to a key state court.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Hungary's parliament voted to remove Orban puppet Tamas Sulyok from his Presidential post; and, the reason so many are rooting against the Land of Messi is because Argentina soccer fans, players and sports journalists, have a racist problem.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” – Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Justice PutnamBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

— What if your body has been trying to guide you all along—and the real challenge is learning how to listen? In this episode,Dr. Angela Zeng, inspired by her grandfather, a Traditional Chinese Medicine herbalist, shares why true healing begins not with fixing ourselves, but with reconnecting to the body's innate intelligence. We explore the lost art of self-trust, the powerful messages hidden within our symptoms, and why joy, connection, and vitality are essential ingredients for lasting well-being. If you've ever wondered how to cultivate a deeper relationship with your body and access the wisdom that already lives within you, this conversation is for you. Valeria interviews Dr. Angela Zeng — Founder Of Karviva Wellness Beverages, Wellness Entrepreneur, and Professional Speaker.  With nearly three decades of expertise spanning food science, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and entrepreneurship, Dr. Angela Zeng is one of the most distinctive voices at the intersection of ancient healing wisdom and modern nutritional science. Born into generations of traditional Chinese herbalists and later trained as a food scientist with formal grounding in pathology, biochemistry, and TCM, Zeng's career was catalyzed by a defining realization: American wellness culture had become obsessed with restriction, hype, and quick fixes, while overlooking the centuries-old truth her family had always practiced: that food, when chosen with intention, is itself the most powerful medicine. Zeng spent years inside the food and beverage industry as a scientist and product innovator before stepping out to challenge what she saw as a system optimized for marketing rather than meaningful health outcomes, grounded in the conviction that consumers deserve products built on evidence, not aesthetics, and that wellness must be measured in vitality, not deprivation. She is the founder of Karviva, a multi-award-winning functional beverage brand headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, dedicated to bridging modern nutritional science and Traditional Chinese Medicine through clean, plant-powered drinks. Her product portfolio spans Unwined, Detox, Immunity, ACE Sport, Wellness, Sprouts of Hope, and the newly launched Energy Juice lines, translating ancient herbal philosophy into a structured, accessible framework for everyday hydration, recovery, and longevity. Karviva's guiding philosophy, Food Is Better Medicine™, has driven more than one million bottles sold across 2,000+ retail locations, with features in Forbes, Bon Appétit, USA Today, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, and MarketWatch. A sought-after speaker and thought leader, Zeng is a TEDx speaker, a 2025 and 2026 St. Louis Titan 100 honoree, a 2026 Titan CEO honoree, and the recipient of the 2025 World Beverage Innovation Award for Best Low/No Alcohol Beverage, with three additional Karviva product lines named finalists at the same awards in Best Energy Beverage, Best Natural/Organic Beverage, and Best Plant-Based Beverage. She is also the author of the forthcoming book The Balance Cure: Unlock Your Body & Ancient Code for Lasting Weight Loss (June 2026), a practical guide that translates Traditional Chinese Medicine and modern nutritional science into a personalized framework for matching food, movement, and habits to individual body type, including dedicated support for those using GLP-1 medications.  Learn more about Dr. Angela and her work! 

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump consigliere Todd Blanche sweats as one judge finds he's a fraudster, another wants to hold him in contempt and his advocate to shepherd his nomination hearing died of a heart attack after a phone call with Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, senior ICE officials are blaming Trump for the recent wave of deadly shootings by ICE death squads; as its lawyers flee in droves, Trump's embattled Department of Justice has imposed new quotas on its prosecutors; and, Louden County, Virginia officials found almost one hundred health violations at the restaurant for the Trump National Golf Club Washington, DC, in Potomac Falls, Virginia.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where two suspects have been arrested in connection with setting fire to the Fontainebleau forest near Paris that forced the evacuation of one thousand people; and, European troops, warplanes and around thirty leaders joined the Paris Bastille Day parade in a show of unity for Ukraine.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Netroots Radio Beaming 24/7/365“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” – Ernest Hemingway “A Moveable Feast”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's own judge dressed him down for supporting white nationalist, paramilitary groups.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Illinois teacher targeted by vicious right-wing hate over critical posts about Charlie Kirk, is now hailed for ‘saving lives'; Trump justified all the grift, graft and insider trade fraud as president with a slew of inaccurate claims; and, with the resurgence of polio under MAHA, Martha Lillard, the last US polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Nicaragua's husband-and-wife co-presidents stripped masses of lawyers of their licenses to practice in an ongoing crackdown on dissent; and, the European Union imposed sanctions on Russian military intelligence officers, hackers and private companies, denouncing a years-long cyberespionage campaign to undermine the bloc.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.” — Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump suddenly and suspiciously canceled all his events for the next three days after his disastrous NATO summit meeting.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump is trying to imprison Americans for joining internet chats he doesn't like; Steve Bannon was a secret operative helping Trump extort nearly $1 billion from the nation's top law firms; and, Trump's continuing attempts to squirm out of paying writer E Jean Carroll the $5 million plus interest he owes her, has set off a civil war at the law firm representing him in the case.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Poland sentenced a Russian exile to seven years in prison for spying for Moscow; and, Mexico will request criminal charges over seventeen Mexicans who died in ICE custody or during immigration enforcement operations by the Trump administration.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, did Trump order Blanche to hide key documents?Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump suffered another humiliating courtroom defeat after a federal appeals court affirmed he illegally added his name to the Kennedy Center; Trump's plan for his triumphal arch is getting another review from another Trump-packed federal commission; and, Wyoming officials traced a rare wastewater bacteria back to a massive Meta data center under construction.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where South Korea's Supreme Court upheld a seven-year prison sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol; and, the Italian region of Calabria defies US pressure to end its Cuban doctors program.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue their own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” — The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851 Justice PutnamBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Excited to welcome back Susan Ottaviano to chat about her newest book, Plants That Heal.Plants That Heal by Susan Ottaviano and Chris Young is an illustrated guide that beautifully intertwines practical plant wisdom with soulful reflections, offering readers accessible methods to nurture their bodies, calm their minds, and reconnect with nature. This collaboration follows their prior success with The Green Witch's Guide to Magical Plants and Flowers (Skyhorse, 2023). Plants That Heal presents simple, approachable recipes ranging from teas, tonics, and elixirs to body care, home remedies, and seasonal dishes.Eight core themes—healing the mind, body, home, soul, heart, skin, hair, sleep, and life equips readers with tools to integrate wellness practices into their daily routines. It features easy-to-follow instructions for crafting herbal infusions, soothing bath blends, and delectable dishes like lavender-infused chocolates, watermelon and mint granita, and hibiscus-poached pears. Every recipe is vegan-friendly, designed to enhance well-being, relaxation, and joy.What sets this book apart is its stunning illustrations and wellness insights, making it both art and guide. Plants That Heal is a keepsake meant for display by your bed, in your kitchen, or on your altar. You'll find: - Intentional Entertaining: Host gatherings from summer garden parties to intimate rituals, incorporating healing foods and plant-based elements such as garden goddess dips, refreshing strawberry cocktails, and vegan cakes.- World of Beauty: Create your own tincture and oils for rejuvenation, including Inner Peace Oil, Cleopatra's Seducing Oil, and Josephine's Violet Serenity Bath Salts, among others.- Eat Healthy to Heal: Enjoy salads and seasonal recipes that nourish the body, featuring delights like Blood Orange Tonic, Cherry and Oatmeal Energy Balls, and Chilled Carrot and Ginger Soup.- Real Life Plant-Based Living: Find simple, approachable ways to weave plant wisdom into daily routines for improved health and balance, with ideas like Lavender and Sage Cleansing Sticks, Pomander Balls, and Orange and Eucalyptus Cleaning Spray.Find the book and Susan:Book: https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510785380/plants-that-heal/Website: 2greenwitches.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/2greenwitchesSusan has been a groundbreaking food stylist and recipe developer for over twenty years. Her work has been featured in magazines, cookbooks, and advertisements from Bon Appétit to Grey Goose to Uber Eats.Best known as the lead singer for the pop band Book of Love, Susan and her bandmates recorded five albums for Warner Brothers Records/Sire Records. Book of Love was a fixture on the Billboard Dance Club charts throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with multiple hits in the top ten. The group reunited in 2016 for a sold-out world tour to mark their 30th Anniversary.Her evocative artwork, which explores food, femininity, and sexuality, has been featured in numerous gallery shows, including a Spring 2023 group show titled “Eat It” at Collar Works Arts Organization.She earned a BFA in Painting from The Philadelphia College of Art and has been awarded post-graduate certificates from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park and the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City. She lives in New York's East Village.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after losing in the Supreme Court, Trump appointed his E Jean Carroll attorney to the federal bench, so now his new E Jean Carroll attorney needs some time to get up to speed delaying E Jean Carroll her court-ordered money.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Texas Observer revealed four businesses with ties the Neo-Nazi Patriot Front operating in North Texas; three Colorado election deniers' lower court win is overturned by the Tenth Circuit who ordered a new trial for armed voter intimidation; and, the DOJ was caught redacting bank fraud alerts from its Epstein files about a Jeffrey Epstein-owned company that kept moving millions after his death.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where French prosecutors are investigating racist insults against midfielder Mbappé by a Paraguay senator after her nation lost to France in the World Cup: and, the woman suspected of the bomb attack ⁠on a businessman and his family in ​Monaco last week, has been found shot dead in Ukraine.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Netroots Radio Beaming 24/7/365“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” – Ernest Hemingway “A Moveable Feast”Justice PutnamBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Trump judge ruled in a twenty-eight page opinion that the DOJ had no right to obtain the identity, email address and phone numbers for all the Fulton County Georgia election workers who worked the 2020 election.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's latest ‘vengeful spectacle' alarms experts as his war on America's doctors intensifies; an appellate court struck down parts of a Florida law that restricted the teaching of race, sexism and unconscious bias in college classrooms; and, a lawsuit alleges that the Trump administration has been illegally sharing confidential information about Iranian asylum seekers with the Iranian government.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she'll run for the French presidency next year despite promising not to if forced to wear a court-ordered electronic monitor; and, EU lawmakers call for an investigation of FIFA boss Infantino over Trump's phone call before the US-Belgium match.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue their own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” — The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Patriot Front and Trump tried to ruin the Fourth of July weekend.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Neo Confederate MAGA White House branded the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution as radical leftists who cannot be trusted; Trump will not seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool but will “use the same company, because they did a fantastic job;” and, a decline in PH.D. admissions could imperil “a generation of new talent.”After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a Belgian diamond group that won tariff relief, gifted Trump a lavishly encrusted ring that would be illegal in any other administration; and, Australia and Fiji signed a new bilateral defense alliance against Chinese influence in the South Pacific.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.” — Julia Child Justice PutnamBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, indictments coming out of the weaponized Boxed Wine DOJ, are “monumentally flawed.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has been indicted on sixteen criminal charges by a grand jury in New Orleans; the blistering heat wave forced Trump goons to change his National Mall July 4th plans at the last minute; and, the top FBI agent in Chicago is abruptly leaving his post after being pushed by Patel to retire.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the Gisèle Pelicot case might be the tip of the iceberg as a ‘truly international' network of drug-facilitated rape is uncovered by the UK National Crime Agency; and, Dallas police tried to rough up some Egyptian World Cup players and coaches at their hotel who were taking photos with fans.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the dissenting MAGA justices to the birthright citizen case brought “a political and racial ideology in search of a history that's not there.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's National Park Service has recommended that people wear N95 masks when outdoors and “remain indoors as much as possible during and after” the massive fireworks show at the National Mall on July 4th; Trump secretly ordered a surge in immigration arrests that has seen more than 10,000 people detained in just five days; and, twenty-five states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over its onerous Medicaid work requirements.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where an explosion in Monaco wounded a Ukrainian tycoon with ties to Russia; and, a Federal audit found Puerto Rico is still awaiting billions of dollars nearly a decade after the deadly Hurricane Maria razed the US island territory.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue their own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” — The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Stephen Miller and Trump's argument against birthright citizenship is “unhinged and racist.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the East Wing has been demolished, so the ominous new scaffolding erected at the north portico of the Trump White House is raising questions about what his next demo job is; the deaths of three US government firefighters in the Colorado wildfire over the weekend are casting a spotlight on the Trump administration's revival of a previously discredited policy; and, a federal judge ordered the Defense Department to temporarily halt its requirement that New York Times journalists be accompanied by an official escort.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where self-exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui was sentenced to thirty years in a US prison for a massive worldwide financial fraud; and, hospitals in Europe are gearing up for the next heat wave armed with lessons from this one.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” – Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Aishwarya Iyer built Brightland into an eight-figure California olive oil brand by saying no to major retailers, outside investors, and every shortcut that came her way. She breaks down the brand's scrappy early days, the organic press strategy that landed her in Bon Appétit, and why she said no to Whole Foods—twice. For more on Brightland and show notes click here Subscribe and watch Shopify Masters on YouTube!Sign up for your FREE Shopify Trial here.

Recorded live at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, Mark Pascal and Francis Schott sit down with four influential voices shaping American food and hospitality. Food & Wine Editor in Chief Hunter Lewis and chefs Claudette Zepeda, Cassidee Dabney, and Melissa Perello.Why You Should ListenHunter LewisWhy the Aspen Classic feels like “adult food and wine summer camp” and still makes even celebrated chefs bring their A game.How live events and genuine human connection offer something algorithms and AI cannot replicate.Claudette ZepedaHow growing up between Tijuana and San Diego shaped her expansive understanding of Mexican cuisine, migration, and cultural identity.Why authenticity is personal and how Cooking the Borderlands preserves the recipes and stories that might otherwise disappear.Cassidee DabneyHow Appalachian cooks transform seasonal necessity, preservation, and humble ingredients into deeply expressive cuisine.Why the future of luxury dining may be less about spectacle and more about thoughtful food, analog experiences, and being genuinely cared for.Melissa PerelloHow Frances and Octavia became enduring San Francisco neighborhood restaurants by building committed teams and lasting community relationships.Why restaurant longevity depends on consistency, evolution, and doing excellent work long after the opening-night attention has moved elsewhere.The GuestsHunter LewisHunter Lewis has served as Editor in Chief of Food & Wine since 2017. A former professional cook, he previously held senior editorial roles at Cooking Light, Southern Living, Bon Appétit, and Saveur. Under his leadership, Food & Wine has received honors from the James Beard Foundation, the IACP, and the American Society of Magazine Editors.Food & Wine https://www.foodandwine.com/Claudette ZepedaClaudette Zepeda is a San Diego–based chef, writer, television personality, and founder of Chispa Hospitality. Her cooking explores regional Mexican food and the cultural exchange found along the U.S.–Mexico border.Her debut cookbook, Cooking the Borderlands: Spice and Smoke Between Mexico and the States, combines personal stories with more than 100 recipes reflecting the intertwined communities and culinary traditions of the borderlands. Cassidee DabneyCassidee Dabney is Executive Chef of The Barn at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee. She joined Blackberry Farm in 2010 and became executive chef of The Barn in 2015.Her multicourse menus express Blackberry Farm's seasonal Foothills Cuisine, drawing from Appalachian traditions, the property's gardens, and regional farms. The Barn has received James Beard Awards for Outstanding Wine Program and Outstanding Service. Blackberry Farm, Walland, TNhttps://www.blackberryfarm.com/ Melissa PerelloMelissa Perello is the chef-owner of Frances and Octavia in San Francisco. A Culinary Institute of America graduate and former Food & Wine Best New Chef, she is known for seasonal California cooking that combines fine-dining technique with the warmth and accessibility of a neighborhood restaurant.Frances offers a rotating, ingredient-driven menu in a relaxed neighborhood setting, while sister restaurant Octavia presents Perello's modern California sensibility on a larger scale. Frances Restaurant, San Francisco, CAhttps://www.frances-sf.com/Timestamps1:00 Hunter Lewis: Why Aspen makes the food world bring its A game4:00 Live events, human connection, and what AI cannot replicate8:00 Claudette Zepeda: The multicultural food of Tijuana and the borderlands16:00 Preserving family recipes, defining authenticity, and cooking under pressure27:30 Cassidee Dabney: What defines Appalachian cuisine35:30 The future of luxury hospitality and making home cooking luxurious42:30 Melissa Perello: Building Frances and Octavia for the long haul51:30 Restaurant community, staff longevity, and the next chapter in San FranciscoIf you want a chance to get two tickets to our Bourbon, Beer & Beefsteak and live recording with Sother Teague and Jack McGarry in New Orleans on July 21, 2026,sign up to be a Restaurant Guys Regular (our paid subscribers) here  https://restaurantguysregulars.buzzsprout.com/ Then email TheGuys@restaurantguyspodcast.com. Put "beefsteak" in the subject line. We'll pick the winner and let you Subscribe: Restaurant Guys' Regularhttps://restaurantguysregulars.buzzsprout.com/Magyar Bankhttps://www.magbank.com/Stage Left Wine Shophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/Our PlacesStage Left Steakhttps://www.stageleft.com/Catherine Lombardi Restauranthttps://www.catherinelombardi.com/Stage Left Wineshophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/Reach Out to The Guys!TheGuys@restaurantguyspodcast.com

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's first briefing on the Iran MOU immediately went sideways as Rubio and Witkoff refused to answer questions and started screaming at congress members.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Catholic nun was released from immigration custody after she was arrested walking to Mass in her habit in South Texas; newspaper publishers across the country are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for scraping their websites to train their flagship artificial intelligence models; and, giving Trump access to a secret list of Russians being targeted for recruitment or tracked by US intelligence would be a colossal mistake and a threat to US security, but that's what he wants.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a MAGA-curious ex-UK lawmaker plead guilty to cheating in an election betting scandal; and, Albania's ‘Flamingo Revolution' is trying to torpedo the Kushner coastal resort development on the Narta Lagoon Wildlife Reserve and in the process, may bring down the corrupt government.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Netroots Radio Beaming 24/7/365“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” – Ernest Hemingway “A Moveable Feast”Justice PutnamBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the walls are closing in on corrupt Judge Aileen Cannon in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.Then, on the rest of the menu, Fox News was forced to make a rare on-air apology after a Shark Tank panelist mouthed off; Trump stole the public golf course in DC so he can make beaucoup bucks turning it into an exclusive resort for the rich; and, NASA is racing to save the aging Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Australia will double potential fines for Facebook over child social media accounts; and, after claiming to have taken a chainsaw to woke Argentinian corruption, Milei's top aide and Cabinet chief has resigned over a spiraling corruption scandal.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.” — Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a MAGA DOJ nominee was caught by the Senate deleting over three hundred offensive social media posts.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's DHS is accused of retaliating against ICE observers by stripping away their domestic and international travel rights; a federal judge is demanding an explanation for the tarp covering where Trump's name once stood on the Kennedy Center's façade; and, a Republican New York City Council candidate has been charged with forgery over AI-generated fake endorsements and news articles.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Iranian agents lived in Australia before directing attacks on Jewish targets in Sydney and Melbourne; and, Brazil detained a Spanish citizen in the latest detention of a foreigner for racism.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue their own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” — The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, MAGA Mike Johnson just shut down Congress and canceled all votes as Trump is prohibiting all discussions on his MOU with Iran.Then, on the rest of the menu, former National Park rangers are organizing a national pushback against Trump's order that stripped dozens of historical exhibits from federal land; California will vote on a “one-time” Billionaire's Tax this November and the Billionaires are not happy; and, a federal judge blocked part of a Trump plan that would limit loans for students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and other professional fields.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Venezuelans in the US rush to send aid to earthquake victims, but Caracas airport is closed; and, those dreamy Paris zinc rooftops have become a heat-trapping nightmare.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Recorded live before an audience at Sunken Harbor Club in Brooklyn.Why This Episode MattersGage & Tollner's revival is more than a preservation story. St. John Frizell and Garrett Richard show how historic restaurants and classic cocktails can be restored, reinterpreted, and made relevant. The ConversationThe live conversation opens with Mark admitting that it took him several meetings to realize writer St. John Frizell and bartender “Sinjin” Frizell were the same person. Francis recalls Garrett recognizing The Restaurant Guys at Tales of the Cocktail, back when being recognized in public was still a notable event.From there, St. John tells the improbable story of finding Gage & Tollner's landmarked interior beneath the remains of a TGI Fridays, an Arby's, and a makeshift mall. He explains how 450 crowdfunding investors helped revive the historic Brooklyn oyster and chophouse and how the restaurant was preparing to open when COVID closed New York.Garrett traces Sunken Harbor Club from a weekly pop-up to one of the country's most distinctive cocktail bars. He explores forgotten tropical formats, historic steakhouse drinks, the challenge of creating serious non-alcoholic cocktails, and the timelessness of the Martini. The conversation also reaches Charles H. Baker Jr., his amazing life and the idea that a great drink can be built as much on story and context as on the recipe itself.Timestamps00:00 Live from Sunken Harbor Club02:00 St. John, Sinjin and a James Bond pronunciation lesson04:00 Garrett's first encounter with The Restaurant Guys05:30 The opening cocktails and Sunken Harbor's menu philosophy08:30 Gage & Tollner prepares to open as COVID closes New York11:00 How the Sunken Harbor Club began as a weekly pop-up14:00 Finding Gage & Tollner behind false walls17:00 Raising $450,000 from 450 crowdfunding investors20:00 Reconstructing forgotten cocktails and the Cross Current25:30 Historic steakhouse drinks meet tropical cocktails30:30 Why serious non-alcoholic cocktails are so difficult42:00 Martinis, Charles H. Baker and cocktails built around storiesBiosSt. John Frizell is a writer, restaurateur and co-owner of Gage & Tollner and Sunken Harbor Club in Brooklyn. His work has appeared in publications including Bon Appétit, Saveur and Punch, and he is also the founder of the acclaimed Red Hook restaurant and bar Fort Defiance and a noted authority on cocktail writer and adventurer Charles H. Baker Jr. Garrett Richard is the Chief Cocktail Officer of Sunken Harbor Club and the co-author, with Ben Schaffer, of Tropical Standard. His career includes acclaimed cocktail programs at Existing Conditions, Slowly Shirley, ZZ's Clam Bar and Exotica, and VinePair named him its 2024 Next Wave Bartender of the Year.InfoSunken Harbor ClubBrooklyn, New YorkGage & TollnerBrooklyn, New YorkTropical StandardBy Garrett Richard and Ben Schaffer Subscribe: Restaurant Guys' Regularhttps://restaurantguysregulars.buzzsprout.com/Magyar Bankhttps://www.magbank.com/Stage Left Wine Shophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/Our PlacesStage Left Steakhttps://www.stageleft.com/Catherine Lombardi Restauranthttps://www.catherinelombardi.com/Stage Left Wineshophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/Reach Out to The Guys!TheGuys@restaurantguyspodcast.com

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Four Star General Chris Donahue suddenly resigned as Hegseth and Trump continue to destroy the military.Then, on the rest of the menu, the USPS cancelled appearing just hours before a hearing with a Washington state House panel on Trump's onerous mail-in voter rules; Surrender Monkey Pete Hegseth was forced into a humiliating u-turn after his recent military anti-vax rules caused a flu outbreak at an Air Force base that has sickened hundreds, hospitalized scores and caused the deaths of several recruits; and, the billionaire MAGA-friendly owner of the LA Times is struggling to pay his bills.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where German authorities carried out raids in a probe investigating Russian sabotage to disrupt the country's gas supply; and, the Lithuanian government stepped down after a coalition reshuffle that has pledged to pursue a more pragmatic relationship with China after years of strained ties.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” – Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

In this episode, Caroline, Taryn, and Liz talk with kitchen expert Cyndy Cantley, principal designer of Cantley & Company. Cyndy joins the show to share her wealth of knowledge on building bespoke, beautifully functional kitchens that stand the test of time, drawing from a legendary career that includes a Bon Appétit magazine cover feature early in her business. The hosts pick Cyndy's brain about shifting kitchen trends—from the cringe-worthy pink laminates of the past to modern hyper-functional layouts—and get her top recommendations for cabinetry, countertop materials, and space planning. Embrace the English Inset: To design a kitchen that looks gorgeous decades later, stick to timeless styles like simple English flush inset cabinetry. Limit your options rather than getting overwhelmed by hundreds of trendy door styles. Prioritize Drawers Over Doors: Base cabinets with deep drawers are far superior to standard doors for storage because they eliminate the need to move items in the front to get to the back, making heavy pots and pans completely accessible. The Case for Clear Islands: If space permits, aim for a clean kitchen island devoid of sinks, cooktops, or appliances. An uninterrupted surface creates an ideal multi-use environment for meal prep, serving, homework, and entertaining. Design for Reality, Not a Dream: Avoid tailoring an expensive kitchen remodel around an idealized version of your lifestyle. If you only host formal dinners twice a year, don't sacrifice daily functionality for features meant only for entertaining. The Magic of Real Stone: Don't let builders scare you away from natural marble. It's far more resilient than people think, ages with a beautiful European patina, and chips can easily be blended because it is solid rock. 00:34 – Introduction to kitchen expert Cyndy Cantley. 01:17 – Cyndy's serendipitous start: Designing a show house kitchen that led to a project for award-winning chef Frank Stitt and a Bon Appétit cover. 03:24 – The history of kitchen design trends, from pink Corian and pickled wood to painted finishes. 06:04 – Falling in love with English inset cabinetry and keeping a portfolio timeless. 09:17 – The anatomy of a cabinet door: Rails, styles, and maintaining perfect proportions. 11:16 – Understanding the standard 4-inch toe kick and aligning it with major American appliances. 12:24 – The functionality of wide drawers vs. standard doors and pull-outs. 14:48 – Smart corner solutions: Why swing-out organizers beat old-school lazy Susans. 16:35 – High-value internal inserts worth your budget: Alphabetical spice drawers, dual cutlery organization, and tray dividers. 25:00 – Designing for pets: Incorporating custom dog bowl cubbies built with slab scraps. 28:39 – Smart alternative storage: Utilizing ceiling-height cabinets and 12-to-15-inch deep floor-to-ceiling dish cabinets. 30:36 – Appliance garages, coffee stations, and pocket door mechanics. 36:38 – The truth about microwave placement, microwave drawers, and hidden panel-ready fridges. 47:36 – Countertop deep-dive: Falling in love with marble, managing budgets, and color matching slabs. 55:34 – Choosing kitchen flooring: The warmth of wood vs. traditional cold tiles. 56:45 – Kitchen hardware layout tips: Mixing knobs, drop pulls, and custom backplates. 01:00:06 – Functional spatial rules: Why right-handed cooks should always place dishwashers on the left and trash pull-outs on the right. Mentioned in This Episode Cantley & Company: Cyndy's custom design studio specializing in bespoke cabinetry and space design. Frank Stitt's Kitchen: The career-launching project featured on the cover of Bon Appétit. Calacatta & Carrara Marble: The pros, cons, and budgeting realities of high-movement stones. Instagram: @cantleytoulman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!  Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump had his regular 12:01am meltdown that lasted for several hours.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump DOJ's plot to imprison ICE protesters for life was hit by a last-minute blow; Stephen Miller is in peril as uncovered FBI docs put his secret deeds in a judge's crosshairs; and, the Justice Department has withdrawn subpoenas that forced reporters from the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post to appear before a federal grand jury in Virginia.  After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Romania's political crisis deepened as lawmakers rejected a new government; and, Guinness crowned the Canberra, Australia town crier as the world's loudest person at 122.4 decibels.  All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.  Bon Appétit!  The Netroots Radio Live Player  Keep Your Netroots Radio Beaming 24/7/365 “As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” – Ernest Hemingway “A Moveable Feast”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump turned the Reflecting Pool into a toxic sludge that is killing wildlife and pet dogs, so he's arresting members of Algaetifa for vandalizing the monument.Then, on the rest of the menu, a secretive MAGA PAC finally comes clean after getting busted ‘meddling' in Democratic primary elections in several states; the Trump-controlled Kennedy Center says it isn't required to reschedule shows after a federal judge blocked its two-year closure; and, Utah marks a year of battling measles, with no clear end in sight.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a former South Korean justice minister was sentenced to 25 years in prison after a court found him guilty of helping carry out the brief declaration of martial law in 2024; and, Australia and Canada signed a $1.75 billion export agreement to build an Australian-designed long-range radar system in Canada.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.” — Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's guest is Rachel Karten, the social media strategist, writer, and creator of the must-read Substack newsletter Link in Bio. Rachel, a Bon Appétit alum and Cherry Bombe 2026 Power List honoree, is one of the smartest people thinking about social media today. Rachel joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about what's happening on Instagram right now, why follower counts don't mean what they used to, and why short-form video matters so much for brands, restaurants, and media companies. She breaks down how social platforms have changed, and how doing less—but doing it with intention—can be a smarter way forward. Plus, Rachel shares her thoughts on Substack, Facebook's possible comeback, the pressure to be everywhere, and some of the brands and restaurants doing social media right today. Click here for the 2026 Cherry Bombe Power List  Thank you to American Express and Resy for supporting our show. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers – not of Resy – and do not constitute professional advice. Thank you to Whole Foods Market for supporting our show. Click here to sign up for the Supper Club Series waitlist in Miami on June 23rd.   Click here to order The Game Changers issue of Cherry Bombe magazine. Sign up for our free Radio Cherry Bombe newsletters at cherrybombe.substack.com More on Rachel: Instagram, Link in Bio More on Kerry: Instagram, “So You Want To Open A Restaurant” Substack series

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, three federal judges, in three separate cases, are evaluating evidentiary filings to appoint a special prosecutor against Todd Blanche and the MAGA DOJ for prosecutorial misconduct and defrauding the court.Then, on the rest of the menu, a fourth postal worker since 2024 has died at the flagship Georgia USPS facility that has no phones; a South Dakota man whose life sentence was commuted by Kristi Noem is now implicated in his niece's death; and, a MAGA appeals court ruled Trump can disappear the George Washington House slavery exhibit in Philadelphia because it “inappropriately disparaged” white slave owners, “past or living.”After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Pete Hegseth's insulting and critical “job” review is out of step with what NATO allies are already doing; and, diplomatic hell is unleashed as Italy's Prime Minister Meloni went ballistic over a “completely fabricated” Trump story at the G7.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!tarting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump had a 12:15am meltdown on Air Force One after partying at Versailles like it was 1919.Then, on the rest of the menu, Tommy Tuberville's own words could get him disqualified from the Alabama governor's race; the Florida Attorneys General celebrated an appeals court panel lifting the forty-year ban on concealed carry for eighteen to twenty-year-olds; and, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers said the Trump administration removal of ocean observatories is a ‘direct threat' to the Oregon coast.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Brazil's top court convicted son of ousted President Bolsonaro for coercion; and, a British yacht owner who was fired on by a Russian warship in the English Channel, criticized the UK government for downplaying the incident.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue their own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” — The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the MAGA feds charged fifteen Minnesotans for being part of an Antifa conspiracy to impede ICE officers from violating constitutional protections.Then, on the rest of the menu, evidence buried deep in the Epstein files named Trump Tower as a sex recruiter hunting ground for the guy in the penthouse; a federal judge ruled that transgender people won't face criminal charges for using Idaho public restrooms that match their gender identities; and, MAGA senators blocked a War Powers Resolution, again.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Polish Prime Minister Tusk said the killing of a Russian artist who was critical of Vladimir Putin, has the hallmarks of a political assassination; and, a chilling Romanian exhibition replays videotaped secret police interrogations from 1989.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” – Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Trump DOJ was very chatty when putting the spin on killing US citizens in the street, but clammed up when confronted on the Newsom prosecution.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Supreme Court declined to revive the Carter Page lawsuit against James Comey; Trump is now blaming Obama for the massive algae bloom that erupted days after refilling his $14 million dollar American Flag Blue paint job; and, in far West Texas, the continuing threat of land seizures for Trump's border wall has families on edge.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the man who set fire to homes linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in jail, but his Russian-speaking handler slipped away; and, the online portal used to send US deliveries to Cuba's most vulnerable has stopped taking orders, as Trump turns the screws tighter on the Cuban government.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” – Ernest Hemingway “A Moveable Feast”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the ghost of Pam Bondi continues to scar the proud reputation of the US Attorney Office's around the the US.Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction that halts the Trump administration's effort to erase historical and scientific facts on signs in national parks; Eric Trump faced withering criticism after he fiercely denied accusations he had contacted an Ultimate Fighting Championship commentator about whether any of the fights at the White House event were “rigged;” and, a group of bipartisan lawmakers fight to stop Trump dismantling a $386M ocean observatory project.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a Haitian aslyum seeker's hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide; and, Swiss voters rejected the right-wing's bid to cap the nation's population at ten million.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.” — Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

This week on The LA Food Podcast, Luca and Father Sal kick things off with a listener Q&A covering some of the most pressing issues in Los Angeles dining: where to find a trendy but affordable sit-down meal, whether LA has its own pizza style, how much power food influencers really have, what makes a restaurant creator trustworthy, and why Brazilian pizza at Sampa's in Marina del Rey might be one of LA's most underrated World Cup-adjacent food experiences. They also discuss Holy Basil, Cafe Telegram, Roshna Bilash, KurryPinch, Asadero Los Angeles, Naughty Pie Nature, Dudley Market discourse, chef behavior, and the eternal question of whether Reese's peanut butter cups have always been this chalky.Then, James Beard Award-nominated journalist Mona Holmes of Eater LA joins the show for a deep conversation about how 2020 changed food media forever. Mona and Luca revisit the collision of COVID, the George Floyd protests, the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen reckoning, Adam Rapoport's resignation, Alison Roman, Peter Meehan and the LA Times Food section, the James Beard Awards overhaul, and the shrinking of food newsrooms across the country. They also dig into what has been lost as food journalism has shifted toward video, engagement and influencer culture, why LA remains one of the strongest food media cities in America, and how outlets like Eater LA, LA Taco, LAist, the Los Angeles Times, independent newsletters and local creators are still telling the story of the city's restaurants in a brutally difficult era.--Come to the Pizza Run Club in Mar Vista to Venice!Donate to my Soccer Without Borders fund

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, MAGA Mike Johnson shut down the House of Representatives for two weeks as nineteen MAGA Members revolted.Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge smacked MAGA Jeanine Pirro with a second beat down over one of Trump's vindictive criminal cases; a MAGA DOJ agency claims it has no records of Trump's shady IRS settlement; and, an Arizona MAGA county attorney, who endorsed Trump for president, begged the court to stop Stephen Miller's group from an election ‘power grab.'After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where in a gift for Vlad, Trump wants to pull a third of the fighter jets and war ships the US provides to NATO; and, Italian prosecutors are investigating charges foreign workers were paid less than two dollars an hour by an Alabama construction firm to build a new US Consulate in Milan.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!   Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, if Biden was the cause of all the inflation, why does Trump suddenly “love the inflation?”Then, on the rest of the menu, the Pentagon's deputy secretary of defense worked closely with the CIA agent found with $40 million worth of gold bars; the Southern Baptist Convention moved to strengthen its prohibition on women as preachers; and, one day after filling Trump's dark blue reflecting pool, large swaths of algae blooms appeared along the water's edge, just as they were warned.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the MAGA administration ordered two women who fled execution in Iran be deported to a Central African country; and, Haiti is still being punished for its 1803 slave revolt, so FIFA ordered their national flag and a badge honoring the Battle of Vertières removed from their jerseys before their World Cup matches begin.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue their own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” — The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is likely waiving his immunity by traps he set for himself in cases he filed.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's $10 Billion dollar BBC lawsuit is about to backfire spectacularly; mismanagement at a massive ICE facility in Texas contributed to detainee deaths even as millions of wasted tax dollars enriched contractors; and, police are investigating a large burning cross at a Chicago park.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where after the troubled lead-in to the World Cup, the UN human rights chief urges a ‘rethink' of US immigration policy; and, adding more turmoil to a chaotic World Cup buildup for Iran, FIFA is accused of revoking the ticket allocation for fans at the team's three group-stage games in the United States.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” – Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Arizona attorney general is filing criminal charges against Trump's lawyers over his 2020 election fraud scheme.Then, on the rest of the menu, plantation coach and Alabama governor candidate Tommy Tuberville has threatened to sue a publication after it revealed details of his tax returns, which he had sent to them by mistake; the Trump Justice Department will not seek the death penalty for the man who assassinated Minnesota state legislator Melissa Hortman; and, a high-risk pregnancy doctor is suing Idaho, saying the state's abortion ban is unconstitutional.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a crackdown by Afghan authorities on a protest against the arrest and detention of more than a dozen women over dress code violations, left at least three people injured; and, China's exports jumped almost twenty percent in May from a year earlier, boosted by demand for tariff-free autos and tech goods.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” – Ernest Hemingway “A Moveable Feast”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the New York Knicks watch party outside Madison Square Garden has been cancelled for Trump's staged assassination attempt, but you can watch it at home.Then, on the rest of the menu, the MAGA DOJ has quietly wiped out election security safeguards in a ‘scary' move to steal elections; the CIA employee who was caught with $40 million of gold bars in his house had created a secret intelligence program to funnel millions of dollars from the federal government to himself; and, Trump has been ordered to remove his name from the Kennedy Center and abandon plans to close it for two years, but critics are concerned he may try to sabotage the iconic arts institution in retaliation.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Armenians voted in a general election Sunday under Russian pressure aimed at preventing a drift toward the West; and, Iran's World Cup players, banned from staying in the US while competing in the World Cup, arrived in Mexico wearing pins honoring the school girls and teachers blown to bits on the first day of Trump's war.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.” — Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's guest is Anna Stockwell, a recipe developer, food stylist, writer, culinary consultant, and video host. Anna has been a senior food editor at Epicurious and Bon Appétit, and is the author of two cookbooks, “For the Table” and her newest, “The Butter Book.” Anna joins host Jessie Sheehan to talk about growing up in a food-loving family, baking birthday cakes with her mom, and how she found her way into the kitchen professionally. She also does a little deep dive into butter—its history, why she loves cultured butter, when the brand really matters in a recipe, and more. Anna also walks Jessie through her Birthday Butter Cake recipe from “The Butter Book.” She explains why she loves the reverse creaming method, why she coats her cake pans with butter and sugar (instead of flour), and how boiling water helps create a glossy chocolate American buttercream.  Click here for Anna's Birthday Butter Cake recipe from “The Butter Book.” Subscribe to our Substack for more baking news and recipes. Click here to pre-order The Game Changers Issue of Cherry Bombe magazine. Click here for tickets to our upcoming Supper Club Series in Miami on June 23rd.   Visit cherrybombe.com for magazine subscriptions, tickets to upcoming events, and more. More on Anna: Instagram, “The Butter Book” More on Jessie: Instagram, “Salty, Cheesy, Herby, Crispy Snackable Bakes” cookbook

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's California election denialism makes as much sense as his claim of a giant California water valve.Then, on the rest of the menu, a New Jersey police sergeant was charged with stealing a journalist's camera bag at the Delaney Hall protests; secret donors pumped millions of dollars into the MAGA groups behind the gutting of Black voting rights; and, no bank in the United States is willing to lend money to the Trump family, so how did a startup in North Carolina, financially backed by Junior, obtain a $620 million loan from the Department of Defense and a $50 million investment from the Department of Commerce?After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Russia is flooding Armenia with disinformation ahead of the EU-leaning nation's parliamentary election; and, the brutal killing of a 14-year-old girl gives new energy to Argentina's massive femicide protests.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Senator Van Hollen trapped Markwayne Mullin into agreeing to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, exactly what Trump does not want his DOJ to do.Then, on the rest of the menu, Idaho health officials are investigating how nearly sixty people got sick after drinking raw milk in the past two weeks; Texas braces for a ‘full-blown disaster' as flesh-eating ‘flying piranha' arrives, after DOGE cut the monitoring program last year for being ‘woke;' and,Todd Blanche's DOJ rewrote its Southern Poverty Law Center indictment to fix a problem, and exposed an even bigger one.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a British lawmaker is suing Elon Musk for invasion of privacy after fake Grok bikini images of her were posted online; and, acclaimed Iranian-French artist, graphic novelist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women's rights, has died at age fifty-six.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue their own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” — The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, corrupt Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche crumbled under cross-examination at yesterday's House hearing.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's budget would eliminate the agency investigating the Longview, Washington paper mill chemical disaster that killed nine workers; the artist whose mural in Dallas of whales was painted over last month ahead of the World Cup, filed a lawsuit against FIFA that seeks $25 million in damages; and, the Justice Department's number three official briefly admitted on social media that the agency was moving to revive the controversial “slush fund” to compensate January 6 defendants, then deleted the post today.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a performance artist sought to display a thin red thread in downtown Hong Kong to remember the victims of Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, but he was quickly stopped by police; and, fear shadows Peru's runoff vote as extortion and killings surge nationwide.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” – Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

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Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Kash Patel's girlfriend filed an “insane” defamation suit against two MSNOW reporters.Then, on the rest of the menu, MAGA world revolts as Trump's ex-national security adviser Mike Flynn is exposed as an agent for a close Putin ally; DUI hire Hegseth is breaking Pentagon rules and lying about purging women and Black soldiers from the military; and, the Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that was put in place a decade ago because it monitors the climate.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where protests exploded after Jared Kushner's luxury coastal resort project in Albania came under investigation by the country's anti-corruption prosecutors; and, Mette Frederiksen starts her third term as Danish prime minister thanks to her firm position on Greenland.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” – Ernest Hemingway “A Moveable Feast”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Supreme Court and the Treasury Department are both working overtime to cover up for the fact that Justice Sam Alito's lawyer son is secretly working as a senior attorney in the Treasury Department.Then, on the rest of the menu, America's most powerful TV networks have been handing out coveted congressional press credentials to people Congress has strictly barred from eligibility; Trump ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to cut the number of vaccines recommended for every American child by half; and, Trump branded the federal judge who blocked his renovation of the Kennedy Center as “an anti Trump Hater” and predicted that the nation's premier performing arts center will “soon be closed, probably never to open again.”After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the Iran war has forced farmers to seek organic alternatives away from chemical fertilizers; and, South Africa's mostly Black World Cup squad will leave for the tournament today after problems with US travel visas delayed their departure.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.” — Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump refiled his $10 billion lawsuit against the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal and wants Ghislaine Maxwell to help cover up his dark past.Then, on the rest of the menu, Memphis residents are the latest to sue over MAGA federal agents' arrest tactics; California sued genetic testing company 23andMe, alleging it failed to protect user data in a 2023 breach; and, local TV stations owned by ABC across the United States blasted the MAGA Federal Communications Commission for launching an “unlawful, arbitrary and unconstitutional” early review of their broadcast licenses.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a criminal court in Thailand acquitted the popular leader of a progressive political movement on charges of defaming the king; and, a Greek national appears in a British court today on charges that he helped the Iranian intelligence service target a journalist working in London.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a federal judge ordered Trump to immediately turn over government documents about his plan to intimidate voters with ICE and other armed federal agents in Blue States.Then, on the rest of the menu, Samuel Alito is hit by a new scandal as his son is found secretly working for Trump's Treasury; a MAGA federal judge declined to halt Trump's executive order creating a federal voter list and limiting mail-in voting; and, Musk's SpaceX Starship launches are grounded pending an investigation into last week's test flight where a first stage booster crashed and narrowly missed several ranch houses in the Texas farmland.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where reversing the decision by the previous administration of Orban, Hungary's parliament voted to remain a member of the International Criminal Court; and, with no help from the United States, aid supplies have finally reached the heart of Congo's Ebola outbreak.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue their own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” — The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

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Our heroes share thoughts on twenty years of achievements, developers responding to player feedback, and whether nail bats count as blunt weapons. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman, episode art by Gilbert Smith. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: Busby Berkeley Bubsy Fatty Arbuckle “You're like free pizza at an anime convention. She can smell you. And she wants to consume you.” Video Game History Foundation 1: When has the appeal of a popular game eluded you? (05:24) Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Mad Libs The Sims series Hank Hill Bocchi Cards Against Humanity Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) Crimson Desert World of WarCraft Final Fantasy XIV Yakuza series Shenmue series The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Credit Report (11:40) Sega Taito The Ninja Kids Raz Karcy OverBlood Discord My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic 2: How have trophies and achievements impacted video games over the past 20 years? (13:39) Xbox 360 SiegfriedX Left 4 Dead 3: Let's talk about that MindsEye DLC (20:21) MindsEye Polygon: I played the MindsEye DLC that was supposed to expose ‘sabotage' and just got a painfully bad mission Tommy Wiseau The Room (2003) Grand Theft Auto series The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography (1998) 4: Give me your dream video game blunt rotation (which is to say, three items to cycle through as blunt weapons in a video game) (25:31) Nail Bat Mace Ice cream sandwich EarthBound R.B.I. Baseball series Dragon Age: Inquisition Wedge of Destiny Undercover Cops The Boon of the Spoon 5: Issac asks, what makes a good sick game? (32:47) The Violence Island Gacha Gauntlet #1 Titanium Court Bejeweled Puzzle Quest The Talos Principle Portal Dragon Quest series Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask NieR The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Chutes and Ladders Ys series For the Frog the Bell Tolls Cookie's Bustle 6: To what extent should a studio consider the feedback of their playerbase, and when should they ignore it? (39:34) BioWare Elden Ring Game Developer Magazine Telltale Games Sam & Max Downwell Overwatch 7: What is the realizing you've been to a restaurant too many times because the workers know who you are by sight of video games? (44:51) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Bonk's Revenge Paradise Killer Dragon Age: The Veilguard LIGHTNING ROUND: Circle K Corral (51:11) Recommendations and Outro (59:34): Brandon: Def By Temptation (1990), Ooh Rap I Ya Ash: Actually don't watch For All Mankind, Titanium Court, Bon Appétit, Your Majesty Frank: Eat a ton of shredded cabbage This week's episode art was done by Gilbert Smith. Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Thanks to everyone who joined for today's Substack live cooking demo — if you couldn't make it, find a full replay above!In the demo, I cooked smoky mole chicken enchiladas with lime crema, a recipe that turns a few humble pantry staples (peanut butter, chocolate chips, tortillas, tomato paste, spices, and chipotles en adobo!) into a delicious weeknight dinner. The only fresh ingredients you'll need are chicken breasts, white onion, a red bell pepper, some shredded cheese, sour cream, and a lime!Recipes that rely heavily on pantry staples are easy to make on nights when the fridge is mostly bare — they can also be more budget-friendly, since the cost-per-use of ingredients like peanut butter and spices is often quite low.Thank you to Thrive Market for sponsoring today's live cook-along, which allowed us to make it free for all subscribers! Thank you also to Thrive for making it so very easy for me to keep my pantry stocked up with high-quality ingredients (at an excellent price point!).In addition to pantry staples, Thrive is my go-to source for kids snacks and clean home products — I love that everything they sell is free from more than 1,000 artificial, synthetic, and GMO ingredients. I also LOVE their app and use it to immediately add ingredients to my cart as soon as I finish them, so that I don't have to write them down or try to remember later.Sign up here to get 30% off your first order (STOCK UP!) and a free $60 gift. Now's a great time because everyone — new and existing members — can get 25% off many products right now during their Friends & Family sale, which runs through Saturday, May 2nd. Also FYI that new-to-Thrive What To Cook Insiders get $100 off their first four orders!While we're talking pantry staples, here are a handful of ingredients that pack a TON of flavor that I always keep on hand. We've linked WTC recipes to cook with each! * Coconut milk — Coconut milk's a great dairy-free sub for cream that you can use in curries, smoothies, and soups. In my house though, it's most often used to make coconut rice! * Chipotles en adobo — We used these smoky, spicy peppers today for our mole chicken enchiladas! You can also use them for chipotle black bean enchiladas and cheesy chipotle shrimp tacos. Rarely does a recipe use the whole can, so store your leftover peppers and sauce in an airtight bag in the freezer.* Creamy peanut butter — My house is never without a jar! Again, we used it here in our mole sauce, but I also love mixing it with soy sauce, rice vinegar, and honey for a peanut sauce to serve on noodles or alongside potstickers. This peanut veggie curry is delightful, as are PB&Js, apples with peanut butter, smoothies bulked up with PB… the uses go on and on!* Curry paste — Curry paste packs SO MUCH flavor into just one spoonful! Keep your pantry (or fridge, once you've opened it) stocked with red curry paste (Mike's is my favorite) and you can cook thai chicken chops, one-pot pumpkin chickpea curry, and thai tofu curry noodle soup! * Jarred marinara/tomato sauce — You could make a homemade marinara… or let someone do it for you! I've written many recipes with store-bought jarred marinara/tomato sauce listed as an ingredient because if you get a high-quality brand (my favorite is Rao's), it really does taste homemade and will save you so much time and effort. Stock up on a jar to be able to cook 30-minute chicken Parm meatballs, messy meatball sliders, shortcut shakshuka, and 5-ingredient eggplant marinara. What flavor-bomb ingredients is your pantry never without?! For a complete rundown on what I consider to be a perfectly stocked pantry, click here. And for a fun take on this topic, read “If My Pantry Were to Disappear, Here's What I'd Restock Immediately” — a Bon Appétit article written by Alaina Chou that I recently weighed in on! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit whattocook.substack.com/subscribe