On this week's show, Dave and Nastassia get into late 80s comedy hardcore bands, Dave’s college band Bluto, how many Roberta’s employees it takes to change a lightbulb, the continuing saga of no gas at Dave’s apartment, breaking into the food scene in spite of a disability, pressure cookers, and...

This week on Cooking Issues, host Dave Arnold and Nastassia sit down with David's son, Dax Arnold. Together they discuss Ivy League hokey, pressure cookers, swallowing gum, and carbonara...with crushed red pepper, of course. "At home I can't eat pasta without crushed red pepper, does that make me a bad...

We learn a few things on this week's episode of Cooking Issues: There is a Christmas tree thief amongst the Cooking Issues team, Dave hates Amazon reviewers who don't know what they're talking about and Angostura balls are a real thing. Tune in for another 100MPH blur of culinary science...

Want to learn some different ways to prepare offal? On this week's episode of Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez talk about cooking variety meats sous vide. How can you cook organ meats in a bag without having them get mushy? Dave also talks about heating elements, and discusses...

Dave's bike broke down, so this week's holiday episode of Cooking Issues is hosted remotely by phone. Hear Dave answer questions and so concerns about granita, thermometers, pressures cookers, fast cook method eggs, and flying with food. Hear some tips for getting through customs with food and find out why...

This week on Cooking Issues, Dave answers more of your cooking related questions covering topics such as sous vide crusting techniques, sweet potato fry cooking methods and heat conduction in steak. Find out why Dave thinks chicken hearts are so delicious, why a 10 year old listens to the show...

This weeks episode of Cooking Issues melts down the science behind sugar's decomposition under heat as well as sous-vide and low-temp fish cooking techniques. What do manatees, tissue engineering, tattooing your own fruit have in common? Tune in to find out. This episode is sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

This week on Cooking Issues Dave and Nastassia help an aspiring chef in New Zealand who wants to make the big time in the States, and give him some pointers and a plan on getting across the sea and up the ladder. Dave also talks retrofitted C-Vap ovens and laments...