Episode 80: Reopening Your Mouth

06/25/20 • 68 min

Chewing podcast co-host Louisa Chu talks to chef and Nobel Peace Prize nominee José Andrés during his visit to Chicago about feeding people worldwide during disasters, the pandemic included. Co-host Monica Eng talks to doctors about safer ways to dine outdoors. Sun Wah BBQ restaurant co-owner Kelly Cheng shares what she'll require any diner to sign before they sit down during COVID. Then Louisa dares Monica and producer Iris Lin to try Japanese delicious sticks, but Will They Eat It?

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Chewing podcast co-host Louisa Chu talks to Old Fashioned Donuts owner Buritt Bulloch about the Chicago pastry institution. Co-host Monica Eng talks to pastry chef Gale Gand about her quarantine cooking series, and chef Aaron Patin shares the possibly rosy new future for restaurants and restaurant workers in dining 2.0. Then Monica dares Louisa to eat a lingzhi mushroom cook, but Will She Eat It?

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