Today on Polypropylene Issues, Dave, Nastassia and The Rest are joined by from Joel Gargano of Grano Arso in Chester, CT. After a brief foray into using welding equipment for wine storage, they dive into all things pasta: extruding pasta and meat, dried vs fresh pasta, secrets for making gnocchi...

In the quiet town of Chester, Connecticut, in a former bank building on Main Street, Chef-Owner Joel Gargano--who trained under Jonathan Benno at Lincoln Ristorante in New York City--is turning out sublime and refined spins on classic Italian cuisine at his Grano Arso. Andrew recently (and accidentally) braved a ""snow...

We've got a pork-filled episode of Cooking Issues this week! Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez are back again, and they're talking about the many uses for country ham. Tune in for Dave talking about country ham has a seasoning meat as opposed to a central protein. Hear callers ask Dave...

Smoking bacon, gluing meat, and cooking in bags - Dave Arnold's tackling it all on this week's Cooking Issues! Tune into this episode to hear Dave talk about seasoning cast iron with cooking grade flax seed oil. Learn how to work with different ice cube sizes when shaking and stirring...