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You’re White and Own an Asian Restaurant: Let’s Talk
Irene Li, chef and co-founder of Mei Mei restaurant in Boston, wrote about the ways white chefs can show up for racial justice. Li breaks downs each item on her list and talks about the difference between appreciation and appropriation. -
Are Alternative Foods the Future?
Author and journalist Larissa Zimberoff discusses her latest book, “Technically Food: Inside Silicon Valley’s Mission to Change What We Eat” -
ICYMI: America’s Minimum Wage Debate Is Tipping Over
Tipped workers, like servers and bartenders, can be paid as low as $2.13 per hour in some states. But America’s minimum wage debate is more than a “restaurant issue.” -
Food as Love Language
Cooking, eating and delivering food has helped many of us take care of ourselves and each other during tough pandemic times. -
How a Podcaster Designed a New Pasta
Dan Pashman of The Sporkful podcast talks about his creation of a new pasta shape, ‘cascatelli’ -
The Doctor’s Orders
Doctor and cookbook author Linda Shiue takes a radical approach to treating food as medicine: She writes prescriptions for recipes. -
Crying in H Mart
Japanese Breakfast singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner discusses her debut memoir, “Crying in H Mart,” which explores grief, heritage and consolation cooking. -
Cooking REAL Hawai’ian Food
Hawai’ian chef Sheldon Simeon on the relationship between tourism and the mainland’s image of the islands’ cuisine and how chefs like him are on a quest to reclaim it. -
America’s Minimum Wage Debate Is Tipping Over
Tipped workers, like servers and bartenders, can be paid as low as $2.13 per hour in some states. But America’s minimum wage debate is more than a “restaurant issue.” -
Can Chocolate Be Ethical Under Capitalism?
Major chocolate companies are facing child slavery lawsuits in the United States. Simran Sethi, professor and freelance journalist, joins Soleil Ho to talk about how to love chocolate without guilt.
Extra Spicy
By Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips
Join hosts Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips as they attempt to decipher the bizarro happenings of the food world alongside a mix of fascinating folks. They dismantle diet culture and angry chefs, cover the restaurant apocalypse and pandemic pivots, and dish out advice you didn't know you needed. Extra Spicy will stimulate your mind and your appetite.
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