Charles Phan, Budae Jjigae, The Best Cookbooks of 2014

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Dec. 06, 2014 Food & Drink

San Francisco chef Charles Phan shares his personal journey, from leaving Vietnam in 1975 to opening The Slanted Door twenty years later. Plus, Celia Sack of Omnivore Books shares her top cookbook picks of 2014, and we explore the complicated history of the Korean stew budae jjigae.

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From this Episode:

Charles Phan and The Story of the Slanted Door

Charles Phan is the chef and owner at The Slanted Door in San Francisco. His new cookbook is The Slanted Door . We’ve got a recipe for his Sticky Rice with Sweet Potato...

14 min

Budae Jjigae - A Stew with a Murky Past

Grace Cho teaches sociology and anthropology at the College of Staten Island. She is also the author of Haunting the Korean Diaspora : Shame, Secrecy and the Forgotten...

8 min

Jonathan Gold Reviews Kazu Nori

Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times. This week he reviews Kazu Nori , the latest outpost of the Nozawa empire.

7 min

The Best Cookbooks of 2014

Celia Sack is the owner of Omnivore Books in San Francisco. Find her list of the year’s top cookbooks on the Good Food Blog .

7 min

The Kitchn Cookbook: A Guide to Optimizing Your Kitchen

Sarah Kate Gillingham is the co-founder of The Kitchn , an award winning cooking website from Apartment Therapy. She co-wrote The Kitchn Cookbook with Faith Durand....

8 min

The FDA’s New Calorie Count Requirements

Marion Nestle teaches at the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at NYU. She joins us to discuss details of the new FDA calorie count requirements and...

7 min

Behind The Scenes at the Santa Monica Farmers’ Markets

There are three type of farmers’ market shoppers: table customers, chefs and produce companies who shop for restaurants, hotels and cruise lines. This last group is less...

6 min