The Morning After

Episode 163: J. Kenji López-Alt of Serious Eats and The Food Lab

Episode Summary

On todays episode of The Morning After, host Sari Kamin welcomes J. Kenji López-Alt, the Managing Culinary Director of Serious Eats, and author of the James Beard Award-nominated column The Food Lab. They start with tips on how to get deported from Kyrgyzstan (by insulting its national dish), and later discuss how you can apply food science to everyday cooking in a fun and approachable way. Plus, we delve deep into Kenjis knowledge about Benji the dog on The Morning After quiz. Im making a living doing basically what I would be doing in my spare time if I had another job. [18:30] – J. Kenji López-Alt

Episode Notes

On today’s episode of _The Morning After, _host Sari Kamin welcomes J. Kenji López-Alt, the Managing Culinary Director of Serious Eats, and author of the James Beard Award-nominated column The Food Lab. They start with tips on how to get deported from Kyrgyzstan (by insulting its national dish), and later discuss how you can apply food science to everyday cooking in a fun and approachable way. Plus, we delve deep into Kenji’s knowledge about Benji the dog on _The Morning After _quiz.

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“I’m making a living doing basically what I would be doing in my spare time if I had another job.” [18:30] – J. Kenji López-Alt