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Our friend Jamie Oliver returns to the show, this time live from Rizzoli Bookstore in Manhattan as part of our TASTE Live at Rizzoli reading series. It was so great catching up with the chef and healthy eating advocate to discuss so many topics, and to dig into his great new book: 5 Ingredients Mediterranean: Simple Incredible Food. Do you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on Apple, or star us on Spotify. We’d love to hear from you.  MORE FROM JAMIE OLIVER:Jamie Oliver Does Mediterranean [All Of It]Jamie Oliver Shares 5-ingredient Meals [GMA]How Long Gone: Jamie Oliver [Apple]

Pizza Week continues! On this episode, we chat with the one and only Daniel Holzman, the chef and owner of Danny Boy’'s Famous Original Pizza in Los Angeles. Daniel is a good friend of TASTE and Matt’s longtime writing partner (they wrote Food IQ together). Here they catch up about all things pie, including what Los Angeles was missing when Danny Boy’s jumped into the scene a few years back. We find out about Daniel’s detailed approach to bring New York City slices to the West Coast, his upcoming expansion plans, and what excites him about pizzas around the world. It’s good catching up with our friend, as always. Do you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on Apple, or star us on Spotify. We’d love to hear from you.  MORE FROM DANIEL HOLZMAN:This Is TASTE 69: Daniel Holzman [TASTE]The Dish: Daniel Holzman [CBS]One of LA’s Best New York City-Style Pizza Shops Expands to Westwood [Eater]Are You Team Ranch on Pizza? [TikTok] 

With the Grammy's just over a week away, host Carmel Holt welcomes back the extraordinary multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, poet, and activist Allison Russell, who is up for four Grammy's this year for her second solo album, The Returner, making her an eight-time nominee in three short years. Allison's career spans over two decades, and over a dozen albums recorded with her bands Po' Girl, Birds of Chicago, and Our Native Daughters - her collaborative project with Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, and Leyla McCalla. But it was Outside Child, Allison Russell’s critically acclaimed, and four-time Grammy-nominated 2021 solo debut, that set off what has been a whirlwind three years of awards, accolades, touring, headlining Newport Folk Festival, collaborating, activism, and building what she calls “the Rainbow Coalition”. In today's conversation, Allison reflects on the last couple of years, discusses what awards mean to her, and shares the story of making The Returner as a second chapter of a trilogy: Outside Child was a chronicle of her escape from childhood abuse and trauma, to finding healing, love and chosen family in art, music, and community, and The Returner is the next chapter: a celebration of survivor’s joy.

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Pizza Week continues! Noam Grossman is the founder of Upside Pizza, an NYC slice shop that breaks all the rules in the best possible way. The pizza is very legit and is made with 100-percent naturally leavened dough, with a sourdough starter that has a 72-hour rise time. It’s not your typical slice joint! On this episode, we hear about Grossman’s journey to pizza and about how Upside—along with soup and ice cream offshoots Soupside and Softside—brings personality and voice to the sometimes bland world of the NYC slice.  Do you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on Apple, or star us on Spotify. We’d love to hear from you.  MORE FROM NOAM GROSSMAN:The Kings of the Dollar Slice Build a Better Pizza [NYT]Where I Work: Noam Grossman [6sqft]

Pizza Week continues! Franny’s is a world-class pizzeria and restaurant located at the northern tip of the Jersey Shore in Highlands, New Jersey. When the shop’s chef and owner, Mya Anitai, left a successful restaurant career in Richmond, Virginia (Mamma Zu, Dinamo) to move to New Jersey, she didn’t know exactly what to expect. What she built over the past few years is pretty extraordinary. The best grandma slice in Jersey? Some would say. In this episode, Mya shares her journey and the pizza style that has earned her the attention of many in and around the New York metro area. Do you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on Apple, or star us on Spotify. We’d love to hear from you.  MORE FROM MYA ANITAI:A Conversation with Mya Anitai [Pizza Today]Franny’s Off the Beach [TikTok]