Podcast Episodes featuring Harold McGee

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A Guide to the World's Sweaty Saddles (feat. Harold McGee)

Cooking Issues - October 22, 2020 14:06 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 407 ratings
Today on Olfactory Issues Dave, Nastassia & The Rest are joined by the one and only Harold McGee. Together they talk all about our sense of smell to celebrate the release of Harold's latest work, Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World's Smells. Important questions are asked and answered: Should ...

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Episode 381: Every Animal You Never Wanted To Eat (w/ Harold McGee, David Karp, Arielle Johnson & Ed Cornell)

Cooking Issues - October 01, 2019 21:14 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 407 ratings
Today on Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastassia are joined by Harold McGee, David Karp, Arielle Johnson & Ed Cornell. Together the crew discuss the merits of tropical vs temperate fruits, edible flowers, nitro-muddled cocktails, and how to eat iguanas, frogs, etc.  Have a question for Cooking Issue...

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Episode 250: The Curious Cook, Harold McGee

Cooking Issues - May 17, 2016 16:38 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 407 ratings
This week on Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastassia are joined by "The Curious Cook" Harold McGee, an author who writes about the chemistry and history of food science, cooking and molecular gastronomy. He is best known for his seminal book On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, i...

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Episode 231: Harold McGee Returns

Cooking Issues - December 01, 2015 22:09 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 407 ratings
The inimitable “Curious Cook” Harold McGee rejoins Cooking Issues to tackle questions on everything from egg nogg to aquafaba. Dave Arnold breaks down the differences between canned and fresh sardines and talks more turkey.     

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Episode 215: Harold McGee!

Cooking Issues - July 22, 2015 00:04 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 407 ratings
This week on Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold sits down with Jack Schramm, bartender at Booker and Dax, and food royalty Harold Mcgee, a California based author who writes about the science behind food and cooking. The breadth of his knowledge of cooking resulted in “On Food and Cooking”, a monumenta...

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Episode 132: Testing Harold McGee

Cooking Issues - June 25, 2013 17:09 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 407 ratings
Harold McGee joins Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez in the studio for today’s edition of Cooking Issues! Harold and Dave team up to tackle some listener questions regarding circulators, food aroma, fruit preservation, and more! Why does orange juice taste so terrible after brushing your teeth? Tu...

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Episode 2: Harold McGee

Evolutionaries - April 24, 2013 05:20 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Meet Harold McGee, the man who literally wrote the book on science & cooking. His career defining book,On Food & Cooking, has been referenced as a cooking bible for a generation of forward thinking chefs and culinary professionals. On Evoluationaries, discover how a question from a friend on bea...

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Episode 106: Live Readings with Harold McGee

Cooking Issues - December 04, 2012 20:47 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 407 ratings
Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez lament the world’s declining champagne consumption on this week’s episode of Cooking Issues. Dave starts the episode by reiterating the safety of liquid nitrogen in cooking applications if used by an experienced technician. Dave also goes on to explain the differe...

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Episode 43: Harold McGee

Cooking Issues - June 07, 2011 17:12 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 407 ratings
This week on Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold is joined via telephone by author and food science expert Harold McGee. Tune in as Dave & Harold tackle some listener questions regarding overcooking grains, country ham storage time, sourdough temperatures and more. This episode was sponsored by Just Foo...

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Episode 33: Harold McGee

Cooking Issues - March 22, 2011 16:43 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 407 ratings
This week on Cooking Issues, Dave welcomes friend of the show Harold McGee back to the program. Dave & Harold answer email questions from listeners about everything from earthy aromas to miracle walnuts. Tune in to learn why you should always brine BEFORE cooking, how to properly smoke sausage, ...

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Episode 3: Harold McGee

Cooking Issues - July 20, 2010 16:01 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 407 ratings
This week on Cooking Issues Dave conferred with science-of-food guru Harold McGee, author of The Curious Cook, On Food & Cooking and frequent contributor to a myriad of publications, food-related and otherwise. Together the dynamic duo solved a heap of listener queries ranging between the high a...

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