After our initial catch-up about holiday dishes and nuclear go plans, Dave and Nastassia dive into how to make Jianbing - a dish that caught Dave's eye on their last visit to China. Also, brief forays into what's appropriate to wear in a home kitchen, how kids mess up basic...

On today's season finale, Dave and Nastassia talk ROM hacking, cold brew coffee, wine zombies, low temperature cooking, pre-batched cocktails, the divinity of deep frying, and more! Also calling in is Karen Bornarth, Program Director of Bakers in Training at Hot Bread Kitchen. Cooking Issues is powered by Simplecast

This week on Cooking Issues, Dave pays tribute to his recently deceased grandfather, and shares some food-related memories of him. Plus, he and Nastassia discuss his forthcoming book on low temperature cooking, why he always ends up in the middle seat on airplanes, and answer questions about Japanese fish sauce...

On a Thanksgiving themed episode of Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold is joined by friend Chris Young of ChefSteps to talk about their latest product, Joule. Joule is, according to ChefSteps, the most powerful sous vide tool you can buy. But it’s also the smallest. In fact, it fits in a...

This week on Cooking Issues Dave Arnold answers more listener questions about making a simple syrup with lactose (you can't), the Roger Moore martini recipe, low temperature cooking with a circulator, whether or not bringing gelatin to a boil can ruin your home brew, and how to thicken a pasta...

Dave survives a cement-dust ridden bike ride through Bushwick yet again to host a hilarious and information-packed episode of Cooking Issues. Find out which one food item Dave & Nastassia agree on, what his thoughts are on nutrition, health and diets & his thoughts on slow cooking vegetables. From Steve...

This week on Cooking Issues, Dave takes question after question. First soy milk, then low-temperature cooking, then salting meat, etc. How does salting your meat longer before you cook it affect its taste and texture? What is the problem with low-temperature wings? Tune in for the answers to these and...

This week on Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastasha bring in Rebecca Palkoviks from Booker & Dax and Lara Speier from Days App. They explore the idea of hooking up a tube to a santa robot and pumping fake vomit through his mouth. Then Dave takes a few caller questions about...

After an unexpected two-week hiatus, Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez are back with another episode of Cooking Issues! Tune in to hear Dave talk about his recent trip to Harvard University, and why he almost had a disastrous experience involving propane torches in his car on the way to Cambridge...

The phones are off the hook on this week's episode of Cooking Issues! Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez are talking about new dishwashing formulas that use sodium carbonate instead of phosphates. How tough are these soaps on scum? Learn how to preserve salt crystals in ice cream applications, and find...