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Hasan Minhaj and the Struggle to Sit Still
October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minAs 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…
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Telly Justice and the No-Talent Child
September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 3 minBefore 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…
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Malachy Duffy, Erika Adams, and the Secret History of Best New Chefs
September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minHow 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…
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Hunter Lewis, Erika Adams, and the Road to the 2026 Best New Chefs
September 15, 2026 · 56 minFood & 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…
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Lane Regan and the Beaver Sabotage
September 8, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minChef and writer Lane Regan left Chicago for the remote woods of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and built a life beyond their wildest dreams. They joined Tinfoil Swans for a conversation about sobriety, grief, gender, kitchen culture, finding…
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Nina Compton and the Moldy Plum
September 1, 2026 · 57 minNina Compton grew up in Saint Lucia marking time by fruit seasons, dreaming of becoming a chef, and learning to cook alongside her mother and grandmother. The Top Chef fan favorite talked about the intense kitchens that shaped her, why she…
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Alex Stupak and the David Lynch Cheeseburger
August 25, 2026 · 1 hr 5 minAlex Stupak has built a career by questioning what food can and should be. The Empellón chef and restaurateur and 2013 Food & Wine Best New Chef talks about rebellion as a creative force, what pastry taught him about transformation, and…
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Tiffanie Barriere and the Extra-Fancy Kool-Aid
August 18, 2026 · 55 minWhether she was mixing extra-fancy Kool-Aid as a kid, shaking cocktails at Applebee's, helping people forget their airport anxiety, or teaching a cocktail class, Tiffanie Barriere has always known how to make a drink feel special. The 2024…
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Eli Sussman and the Most Miserable Dining Experience Anyone Could Have
August 11, 2026 · 1 hr 7 minChef, restaurateur, author, and satirist Eli Sussman talks about growing up in a food-loving family outside Detroit, the painful mistake of giving away his treasured cookbooks, leaving a comfortable career in advertising to start over as a…
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Encore: Vikas Khanna and the Beautiful Lie That Saved His Childhood
August 4, 2026 · 48 minWhen Vikas Khanna was growing up in a small town in India, he was bullied by the other children for wearing braces on his legs and not being able to play like them. But his grandmother and sister saw him for who he truly was: a lion. They…
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Patrick O'Connell and the Paul Newman Diversion
July 28, 2026 · 1 hr 6 minPatrick O'Connell has spent nearly five decades building The Inn at Little Washington into one of America's most celebrated restaurants. At the age of 80, he is finally sharing his story in the memoir, Main, Middle & Gay. In this…
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Ayesha Nurdjaja and the Beefsteak Charlie's Buffet
July 21, 2026 · 56 minChef and Food Network star Ayesha Nurdjaja shares how one Lidia Bastianich recipe steered her away from law school to the kitchens of Felidia, A Voce, Artisanal, and then her own restaurants Shuka, and Shukette. She opens up about defying…
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Food & Wine has led the conversation around food, drinks, and hospitality in America and around the world since 1978. Tinfoil Swans continues that legacy 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. Tune in for a feast that'll feed your brain and soul — and plenty of wisdom and quotable morsels to savor later. New episodes every Tuesday.