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This Is TASTE

This Is TASTE

Written by: Matt Rodbard & Aliza Abarbanel
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If you're a fan of smart and lively conversations about food, home cooking, and culture, this is the place. We interview the most interesting characters in the world of food, media, and cookbooks and release episodes several times a month. The program is hosted by TASTE editors Aliza Abarbanel and Matt Rodbard, and is sometimes recorded live at Rizzoli Bookstore in New York City. Visit TASTE online: tastecooking.com2026 TASTE Art Cooking Food & Wine
Episodes
  • 851: Eric Sze’s Cookbook Puts a Question Mark on Taiwanese Food on Purpose

    851: Eric Sze’s Cookbook Puts a Question Mark on Taiwanese Food on Purpose
    Oct 12 2026
    Eric Sze first joined the show amid research for his debut cookbook, Taiwanese?. The book will be released later this month, and I speak with the Wenwen chef about his deep research around lu rou fan, what “authentically inauthentic” really means on the page versus the plate, and how his sparkling book brings fresh perspective to both Taiwanese food and culture. Also on the show, Matt shares some of his recent restaurant visits in northern California, including stops at Valley, El Molino Central, and Flour + Water Pizzeria. Subscribe: ⁠⁠Apple, ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 850: Clarissa Wei Sells Excellent Soy Sauce and Demystifies Ancient Postpartum Cooking Practices

    850: Clarissa Wei Sells Excellent Soy Sauce and Demystifies Ancient Postpartum Cooking Practices
    Oct 9 2026
    Clarissa Wei is a writer and cofounder of HEYDOH, a single-origin Taiwanese soy sauce brand. Her debut cookbook, Made in Taiwan, was a cultural exploration of the island she calls home. Now she’s following it up with Sitting the Month, a study of postpartum cooking and care informed by Chinese medicine and her own experiences with zuò yuè zi. Clarissa stopped by the studio to go deep on this fascinating ancient practice and its contemporary evolutions as well as to share updates from her life as a single-origin soy sauce founder. Subscribe: ⁠⁠Apple, ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • 849: Where New York Is Actually Eating This Fall with Resy’s Deanna Ting

    849: Where New York Is Actually Eating This Fall with Resy’s Deanna Ting
    Oct 7 2026
    Resy’s managing editor, Deanna Ting, is back to talk all about New York City restaurants. She and Matt work through the Resy Hit List, with stops at a British Indian chophouse in Hudson Yards, the Houseman chef’s seafood follow-up in East Williamsburg, Dominican-Texas barbecue in Bushwick, and a fine-dining vet’s Greenpoint bistro, plus her own guide to 31 tasting and prix-fixe menus under $100. Some of the Resy and Tock restaurants mentioned on the episode: Cynthia Good Time Country Buffet C as in Charlie Kisa Arthur Atoboy Falansai 6 Restaurant Aquavit Dirt Candy Smithereens Zoli Houseman Lei Makina Cafe Ha's Snack Bar 4 Charles Prime Rib Theodora Ambassadors Clubhouse Passerine Kidilum Elder Hommali Narkara Fish Cheeks Bangkok Supper Club Txikito Bar Bête Mắm Zimmi's Bar Chimera The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers – not Resy—and do not constitute professional business advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
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