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Tinfoil Swans continues the legacy of Food & Wine with intimate, informative, surprising, and uplifting conversations with the biggest names in the culinary industry and beyond, sharing never-before-heard stories about the successes, struggles, and fork-in-the-road moments that made them who they are today. You'll hear from icons and innovators like Daniel Boulud, Padma Lakshmi, Tristen Epps, and Maneet Chauhan, going deep on their formative experiences, the dishes and meals that made them, their joys, doubts and dreams, and what's still on the menu ahead. You'll get a feast that'll feed your brain and soul — and plenty of wisdom and quotable morsels to savor later.
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- 3 days ago1h 1m
Norma Listman, Saqib Keval, and the Magazines in the Bathroom
Saqib Keval signed a promise not to date his collaborators. Norma Listman had other plans. The now-married chefs behind Mexico City’s Masala y Maíz share their love story, the family histories and cultural context in their food, and why restaurant workers deserve tech-industry perks. Plus, the Pay What You Can Global Restaurant Initiative founders get brutally honest about the challenges of taking care of themselves when work, home life, and principles compete. For more info visit: foodandwine.com/tinfoilswans Episode art courtesy of Food & Wine / Ana Lorenzana Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago56 min
Eric Ripert and the Beauty of Wrinkles
Eric Ripert was throwing plates and losing staff when he realized the problem in his kitchen was him. The Le Bernardin chef and author of Mindful Cooking opens up about breaking the cycle of abuse in restaurants, coping with anxiety, and learning to appreciate his wrinkles. Plus, he delves into the mystery ingredient in his grandmother’s apple tart and the surprising emotional power of soup. For more info visit: foodandwine.com/tinfoilswans Episode art courtesy of Food & Wine / Nigel Parry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago43 min
Ming-Na Wen and the Scent of Midnight Steak
Ming-Na Wen plays indelible characters in the worlds of Marvel, Disney, and "Star Wars," but movie and TV stardom never got her out of clearing tables at her family's restaurant. The actor and self-described nerd opens up about trying to fit in as an immigrant kid in Pittsburgh, imagining herself as Han Solo, and the hospitality work that prepared her for Hollywood. She also shares how writing her new instantly bestselling cookbook, Have You Eaten Yet?, meant sharing family secrets and revisiting memories she'd spent years pushing aside. For more info visit: foodandwine.com/tinfoilswans Episode art courtesy of Food & Wine / Riker Brothers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago54 min
Danny Meyer and the Chocolate Chip Cookie Personality Test
The teenager who had a weed plant on his night table, and was waitlisted at his safety school probably wouldn’t recognize the beloved international restaurateur and bestselling author he is today. However, in his new book, What Could Possibly Go Right? — published 20 years after his influential hospitality manual, Setting the Table — Danny Meyer is ready to open up about the missteps and mess-ups along the way, including having crowed about never having had to close a restaurant. He shares what it meant to shut down the beloved Tabla, the fear he felt relinquishing day-to-day control as his hospitality group expanded, and what it feels like to be underestimated by the people who love you. He also delves into his very particular love of acronyms, why so-called “soft skills” are actually a tremendous source of strength, and that sacred moment when a hot pizza hits your table at a restaurant, and the rest of the world just melts away. For more info visit: foodandwine.com/tinfoilswans Episode art courtesy of Food & Wine / Jeff Wojtasek Vote for Tinfoil Swans in the Signal Awards Listener's Choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Oct 6, 20261h 1m
Hasan Minhaj and the Struggle to Sit Still
As a kid growing up in suburban California in the Lunchables generation, Peabody Award-winning comedian and director Hasan Minhaj dismissed the rajma chawal and dahi chawal his parents cooked at home. Now he craves those dishes, as well as the ritual of chai and commiseration he shared with his grandparents after dinner, and knows it’s up to him to keep that tradition alive for his own kids. He opens up about the teacher who found an outlet for his restless mind, why he wanted to bring the world of collegiate Bollywood dance to the screen in Best of the Best, and why he thinks his wife, Beena, could save him in a zombie apocalypse. Vote for Tinfoil Swans in the 2026 Signal Awards, For more info visit: foodandwine.com/tinfoilswans Episode art courtesy of Food & Wine / Amir Hamja Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Sep 29, 20261h 2m
Telly Justice and the No-Talent Child
Before Telly Justice became a Food & Wine Best New Chef and co-owner of HAGS, she played drums in a self-described "terrible grunge band" called Skaz at all-ages shows where her parents bought everyone pizza. She talks about stumbling into restaurant work through a crew of "punks, weirdos, and queer people," the radical mayonnaise that transformed her cooking, and building a restaurant where every diner receives a "distillate of pure care." For more info visit: foodandwine.com/tinfoilswans Episode art courtesy of Food & Wine / Seth Caplan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Sep 22, 20261h 4m
Malachy Duffy, Erika Adams, and the Secret History of Best New Chefs
How did Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs go from an idea sparked by a chance lunch to one of the culinary world’s greatest honors? The award’s creator, former Food & Wine editor Malachy Duffy, and restaurant editor Erika Adams take you behind the scenes of nearly four decades of scouting, secret deliberations, surprising misses, hard-earned lessons, and the one year there were no Best New Chefs at all. For more info visit: foodandwine.com/tinfoilswans Episode art courtesy of Food & Wine / Russell Maynard (Malachy Duffy) & Celina Colby (Erika Adams) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Sep 15, 202656 min
Hunter Lewis, Erika Adams, and the Road to the 2026 Best New Chefs
Food & Wine editor in chief Hunter Lewis, restaurant editor Erika Adams, and executive features editor Kat Kinsman go behind the scenes of the search for the 2026 Best New Chefs. They reveal what scouts look for in a standout meal, the “goosebump test” that can seal the deal, and the chefs and restaurants that made this year’s class unforgettable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Tinfoil Swans continues the legacy of Food & Wine with intimate, informative, surprising, and uplifting conversations with the biggest names in the culinary industry and beyond, sharing never-before-heard stories about the successes, struggles, and fork-in-the-road moments that made them who they are today. You'll hear from icons and innovators like Daniel Boulud, Padma Lakshmi, Tristen Epps, and Maneet Chauhan, going deep on their formative experiences, the dishes and meals that made them, their joys, doubts and dreams, and what's still on the menu ahead. You'll get a feast that'll feed your brain and soul — and plenty of wisdom and quotable morsels to savor later.
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