On the Overthinking It Podcast, we discuss how we came to cook food, and what it means to us to know how to cook.

Episode 636: Corn and Eels originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

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Peter Fenzel, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather are too many chefs in the kitchen, overthinking—but not overcooking!—how they learned to cook, what it even means to “know how” to cook, and how cooking has changed in isolation.



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Further Reading

Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat
Ratio: The Simple Codes behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking by Michael Rhulman
The Joy of Cooking
Alton Brown on Amazon
Cook’s Illustrated
Townsends and Professed Cookery

Episode 636: Corn and Eels originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]