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568: Food Writers Talking About Food Writing with Eric Kim & Matt Rodbard

We’re excited to launch a special video podcast series: Food Writers Talking About Food Writing. It’s available on the TASTE YouTube channel, so make sure to subscribe! Every couple of weeks, cohost Matt Rodbard will invite a journalist or cookbook author to talk about some favorite recent food writing as well as their thoughts on the industry as a whole. Our first guest is a special one: Eric Kim is a writer and columnist at the New York Times and a great consumer of food writing. In this episode, we talk about Eric’s media diet, discuss a few favorite stories, Eli Sussman taking over as NYT restaurant critic, and ask the big question: What would you pitch 1997 Graydon Carter? That is, Eric considers his dream no-budget reporting assignment. You can check out the full episode on YouTube now. Featured on this episode:Steak Fries: Deservedly Reviled or Underappreciated Edible Spoons? [NYT]What Can’t Jerk Do? [TASTE]Chef Eli Sussman Named NYT Restaurant Critic [Instagram]Lessons From Germany on a Better Bratwurst [NYT]

By This Is TASTE

3:00 AM EDT on April 5, 2025

Note: this podcast contains explicit content.

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  • Episode568
We’re excited to launch a special video podcast series: Food Writers Talking About Food Writing. It’s available on the TASTE YouTube channel, so make sure to subscribe! Every couple of weeks, cohost Matt Rodbard will invite a journalist or cookbook author to talk about some favorite recent food writing as well as their thoughts on the industry as a whole. Our first guest is a special one: Eric Kim is a writer and columnist at the New York Times and a great consumer of food writing. In this episode, we talk about Eric’s media diet, discuss a few favorite stories, Eli Sussman taking over as NYT restaurant critic, and ask the big question: What would you pitch 1997 Graydon Carter? That is, Eric considers his dream no-budget reporting assignment.You can check out the full episode on YouTube now.Featured on this episode:Steak Fries: Deservedly Reviled or Underappreciated Edible Spoons? [NYT]What Can’t Jerk Do? [TASTE]Chef Eli Sussman Named NYT Restaurant Critic [Instagram]Lessons From Germany on a Better Bratwurst [NYT] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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