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Katherine Lewin (Big Night) & NO ICE

Snacky Tunes - April 28, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Darin sits down with Katherine Lewin, the founder of the store Big Night and the author of the upcoming cookbook Big Night, which is all about dinners, parties and dinner parties. He talks to Katherine about the opening of her store, how you don't need to be perfect to throw a dinner party, and ...

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Jess Damuck (health nut) & TOMI

Snacky Tunes - April 21, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Darin welcomes Jess Damuck back to the show to celebrate her new book health nut which is currently out on Abrams. They chat about the journey from the first book to the second book, the vibrations she finds in food, creating a community around her, and some of the music that pops up in the page...

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Sasha Zabar (Glace) & Prima

Snacky Tunes - April 14, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Today we are talking with Sasha Zabar, from the legendary Zabar family and owner of Glace, one of the most exciting new ice cream shops in New York City. We talk about growing up in his family’s grocery store, his heading out to hospitality school, and him coming back into the family fold to sta...

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Dan Kluger & Matt Costa

Snacky Tunes - April 07, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
We're hitting both coasts for this week’s episode, kicking things off in New York City with Chef Dan Kluger. We talk about him cutting his teeth in the local culinary scene, him opening up his first restaurant, and what it's like to open in Hudson Yards. Then we dip into the archives for a perfo...

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Hanna Raskin (The Food Section) & Kid Wave

Snacky Tunes - March 31, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Today we sit down with Hanna Raskin, the editor and publisher of The Food Section, an incredible indie food publication/newsletter that covers the American South. We talk about her journey in the world of editorial writing, her time as a restaurant reviewer, and how the south is tied together by...

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Snacky Tunes Salon: Majordōmo & Pijja Palace (Live at ChowNow)

Snacky Tunes - March 24, 2024 20:30 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Join us for another live recording of Snacky Tunes Salon from the ChowNow HQ in Culver City. For this roundtable, Darin chatted with Corporate Chef of Momofuku, Jude Parra-Sickels, and Pijja Palace’s owner, Avish Naran, about the direct connection between food and sports. Snacky Tunes: Music is...

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Fire The Menu & Hatis Noit (Live)

Snacky Tunes - March 17, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
We have an all new episode today, and we are so excited to be kicking it off with two of our good friends, Antonio Diaz and Casey Felton, who launched a Kickstarter for their new series Fire The Menu. We chat about the current landscape of cooking shows, how they met, and what they hope to do an...

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Cody Pruitt (Libertine) & Champion Chills

Snacky Tunes - March 10, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
This week we head over to New York to chat with the beverage director and managing partner at one of the city's best new bars, Libertine. That's right, we're sitting down with Cody Pruitt to chat with him about his love for the city, him coming up in the culinary scene, how food played a big rol...

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Kat Turner (Highly Likely) & Rid of Me

Snacky Tunes - March 03, 2024 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Darin heads to Highland Park to chat with Kat Turner, chef and partner of Highly Likely. She shares her story of being a personal chef, doing laundry for the Smashing Pumpkins in Tokyo, and building her community around regulars. Then we head to our hometown, Philadelphia, to chat with Mike McGu...

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Tyler Akin & HEIDEMANN

Snacky Tunes - February 25, 2024 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Darin heads over to the east coast today for a chat with Tyler Akin, Chef and Founder of Form-Function Hospitality. They talk about Tyler’s culinary adventures up & down the eastern seaboard, his mentoring of the next generation of chefs, and how he supported the culinary community during the pa...

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Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare & Håbe

Snacky Tunes - February 18, 2024 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
We are heading back to Brooklyn today to chat with Max Natmessnig and Marco Prins, the new Co-Executive Chefs at The Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare. They were given the reigns to the legendary tasting menu and have taken it to new heights. It is a fantastic chat about their start in Europe and ho...

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Quarter Sheets & Wilderado

Snacky Tunes - February 11, 2024 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
This week Darin chats with Aaron and Hannah of one of our favorite pop ups turned permanent, Quarter Sheets. We chat about the cute story of how they met, how they pivoted during the pandemic, and the vibe they put together every night at their restaurant. Then it’s a classic performance from th...

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Holey Grail Donuts & Snacktime (Live)

Snacky Tunes - February 04, 2024 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
We are kicking things off in Kauai with founder and chief business officer of Holey Grail Donuts, Hana Dreiling, who started the business with her brother, Nile, in a trailer in Hawaii back in 2017. We talk about how they use local ingredients to change up the take on the classic treat, how the ...

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Amiga Amore & OddKidOut

Snacky Tunes - January 28, 2024 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Darin sits down with the owners of one of his favorite new restaurants in Los Angeles, Amiga Amore. Co-owners Chef Danielle Duran-Zecca and Alessandro Zecca opened up this Highland Park neighborhood spot, serving up their own genre of Mexitalian food. They chat about their time cooking in New Yo...

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Meetinghouse & Jocelyn Mackenzie

Snacky Tunes - January 21, 2024 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
This week we're heading back to Darin’s hometown of Philadelphia to chat with Colin McFadden and Chef Drew DiTomo, two of the founders of the new restaurant /  bar /  tap room, Meetinghouse. It is a beautifully designed space and they chat about that design, why they wanted to open up a spot in ...

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Angelo Sosa & Frances Rose

Snacky Tunes - January 14, 2024 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Today we are sitting down with chef Angelo Sosa whose new restaurant Kembara just opened in Phoenix at the end of last year. We talk about his time cooking in New York, his travels all over the world, and his obsessive nature when it comes to the playlists at all of his restaurants. Then it's a ...

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Fermín Núñez & Native Sun

Snacky Tunes - January 07, 2024 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
We are kicking off 2024 with our good buddy Fermín Núñez, who you may know from Este, Suerte, and Bar Toti if you've been to Austin. He's a great chef and an even better guy. We talk about his childhood in Mexico, learning how to cook when he came to the states, and what brought him back to Aust...

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Bill Addison & Nadia Sirota

Snacky Tunes - December 17, 2023 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
For this year’s season finale, Darin sits down with Bill Addison, the LA Times Restaurant Critic, for a look back on the year that was 2023.  They chat about the stories that the culinary scene shared, the evolution of new restaurants, and the 101 Best Restaurant List that just came out. Then we...

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Steve Schwartz (Art of Tea) and Starchild & The New Romantic

Snacky Tunes - December 10, 2023 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
On today’s episode, Dairn sits down with Steve Schwartz, the Founder, CEO, and Master Tea Blender at Art of Tea. They have an incredibly insightful conversation about Steve's travels around the world, how he started hand mixing tea in his living room, and how he has shared his vision of what tea...

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Vin Mon Lapin & Saunder Jurriaans (Live)

Snacky Tunes - December 03, 2023 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Today, Darin heads to his homeland of Montreal to sit down with two of his favorite people, Vanya Filipovic & Marc-Olivier Frappier of Vin Mon Lapin. They talk about their time in the local food scene, how they met, and what it means to be the number one restaurant in Canada. Then it's a live pe...

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Adam Keita (Daughter) and Desert Sharks

Snacky Tunes - November 26, 2023 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Today we are chatting with Adam Keita, one of the owners of Daughter, a cafe, coffee shop, wine bar in Brooklyn. We chat about the social pact that all  New Yorkers agree to when living in the city, his time spent as a barista in some of the great cafes of New York, and how he went from a barist...

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Thanksgiving Throwback! Episode 209 with Mom Bresnitz & A Bunch of Dead People

Snacky Tunes - November 19, 2023 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
This week we're throwing it all the way back to Thanksgiving 2014 when Momma Bresnitz called into the show. Darin, Greg, and Mom (Gloria) have a wonderful conversation about the traditional family Thanksgiving, including Mom's culinary background and timeline for the turkey day prep. She gives t...

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Alex Kemp (My Loup) and Miami Drive

Snacky Tunes - November 12, 2023 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Darin dips into Philadelphia to chat with Alex Kemp, the Chef and Co-Owner of My Loup. They chat about Alex’s culinary adventures across Montreal, San Francisco, New York, and eventually the City of Brotherly Love. They talk about his restaurant, which recently was on Eater’s best new restaurant...

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Shin’s Pizza & Alex Rose

Snacky Tunes - November 05, 2023 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Today Darin sits down with Shin Irvin and Melissa López of Cypress Park’s Shin’s Pizza, Creative Partner and Chef & Partner of the restaurant, respectively. These two, along with Last Word Hospitality, have created a deeply personal Pizza spot serving up East Coast style slices. Shin chats about...

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Benjamin Brown (Porchlight) & GABI

Snacky Tunes - October 29, 2023 20:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Today Darin sits down with Benjamin Brown, the beverage director at Porchlight. We talk about the parallels between his love of music and bartending, his entry into the New York bar scene, and how he worked his way up to be the beverage director at Porchlight. Then it's a dip into the archives a...

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Kitchenette (Sophie McNally) & The Winstons

Snacky Tunes - October 22, 2023 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
On today's episode, Darin welcomes restaurant royalty, Sophie McNally, who is the Founder and CEO of Kitchenette. We talk about growing up in the New York restaurant scene, her eventual move to the West Coast and the founding and incredible mission behind her company Kitchenette. Then it's a div...

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Kate Miller Spencer (Cherry Bombe) & She Keeps Bees

Snacky Tunes - October 15, 2023 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Darin welcomes the CEO of Cherry Bombe, Kate Miller Spencer, to chat about the brand’s recently launched WeFunder which is currently in the community round. They talk about how digital media has been shifting into the physical side to support the community's wants and desires, how to marry the b...

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Salad Pizza Wine (Elena) & 3 Question Marks

Snacky Tunes - October 08, 2023 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
This week we are dialing into two of our favorite cities, Montreal and New York, to chat with Stephanie Mercier Voyer & Ryan Gray, the co-authors of Salad Pizza Wine, the delicious cookbook from the team behind Elena. We chat about how they incorporated both the recipes and mission of the restau...

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Brad Metzger (LA Chef Con) & Bad Girlfriends

Snacky Tunes - October 01, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
We welcome Brad Metzger, founder of BMRS and LA Chef Con, for a fun chat about his decades' long work in the restaurant industry and the upcoming conference. Celebrating its fourth iteration, the event takes place on October 30th and features some of our favorite chefs in the city. Brad also sha...

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Snacky Tunes Salon Live at ChowNow with Yangban & Freedman’s

Snacky Tunes - September 24, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
We are so excited to be sharing our second edition of Snacky Tunes Salon, our live food and round-table event, hosted by ChowNow at their incredible headquarters in Culver City. Held the Monday in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we brought in two of our favorite Jewish restaurants, Yangban...

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