Snacky Tunes

Sol Han, the chef behind LittleMad, the recently opened Korean-American restaurant in Koreatown in partnership with HAND Hospitality.

Chef Sol was born in Korea and raised in New York, and spent the last decade working in acclaimed New York restaurants, including Michelin-starred Le CouCou, and Ai Fiori under James Beard award-nominated Michael White. LittleMad is chef Sol's debut restaurant. It reflects his unique cooking perspective – a combination of his Korean heritage and favorite nostalgic dishes, with his training in French and Italian kitchens, to redefine what “New American” cuisine can be.

We head back into our archives to share a special performance from one of our faves, THICK.

Snacky Tunes: Music is the Main Ingredient, Chefs and Their Music (Phaidon), is now on shelves at bookstores around the world. It features 77 of the world’s top chefs who share personal stories of how music has been an important, integral force in their lives. The chefs also give personal recipes and curated playlists too. It’s an anthology of memories, meals and mixtapes. Pick up your copy by ordering directly from Phaidon, or by visiting your local independent bookstore. Visit our site, www.snackytunes.com for more info.

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Leslie Merinoff is the co-founder of Matchbook Distilling Co. in upstate New York. This small batch, bespoke distillery comes with the intention of coaxing spirits into being from the ground up.

Art d’Ecco joins us to talk about his new record, In Standard Definition. A concept album about entertainment. Like channels on an old television set - each song presents an episodic look into this world, our obsession with celebrities and the power they hold over us. Joining forces with producer/engineer Colin Stewart (Black Mountain, New Pornographers, Destroyer) in ocean-side studio The Hive, In Standard Definition sees d’Ecco packing his heftiest punch yet. Through Stewart’s vintage set up, a decoupage of authentic sounds was recorded to 2-inch tape on a 50- year-old console, forming a musical reflection of the era it evokes. Snacky Tunes: Music is the Main Ingredient, Chefs and Their Music (Phaidon), is now on shelves at bookstores around the world. It features 77 of the world’s top chefs who share personal stories of how music has been an important, integral force in their lives. The chefs also give personal recipes and curated playlists too. It’s an anthology of memories, meals and mixtapes. Pick up your copy by ordering directly from Phaidon, or by visiting your local independent bookstore. Visit our site, www.snackytunes.com for more info.

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International Pizza Consultant and longtime friend of the show, Anthony Falco, stops by for a hang. We talk about his career, which has taken him from Brooklyn to all over the globe, discuss what makes a great white pizza and get the skinny on his brand new cookbook, Pizza Czar.

In the second half of the show, we dig into our archives and revisit one of our most favorite live in-studio performances of all time. In 2013, Pam Autuori and Jacob Schreiber, better known as the Brooklyn duo, XNY, dropped by the studio to play us songs from their debut album, Orange. (They also brought us some really delicious ribs.) Snacky Tunes: Music is the Main Ingredient, Chefs and Their Music (Phaidon), is now on shelves at bookstores around the world. It features 77 of the world’s top chefs who share personal stories of how music has been an important, integral force in their lives. The chefs also give personal recipes and curated playlists too. It’s an anthology of memories, meals and mixtapes. Pick up your copy by ordering directly from Phaidon, or by visiting your local independent bookstore. Visit our site, www.snackytunes.com for more info.

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In the time before COVID-19, Tommy Brockert had well established himself as a top-flight events photographer. As events and group gatherings ground to halt due to health and safety concerns, Tommy was forced to do the pandemic pivot. He’s temporarily hung up his cameras and photo booths, and fired up the portable pizza oven instead, turning a hobby into a job with the launch of La Sorted's Pop Up Pizzeria. La Sorted’s has quickly gained a cult following in Los Angeles as folks have clamored for Tommy’s creative pizza toppings and focaccia sandwiches.

In honor of La Sorted’s and the 2020 world champion LA Dodgers, we pop into our archives to revisit the musical performance from our first-ever show fully recorded in Los Angeles. The year was 2017, and we taped the show in our friend Cameron Parkins’ backyard home studio in West Hollywood. Our pal Ryan Kattner brought his tiny keyboard to play us songs from his solo project Honus Honus, whose debut album, Use Your Delusion, is a true love letter to the City of Angels. Ryan’s since gotten back to helming the band Man Man who released Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between back in May to rave reviews, it’s their first full-length album in 7 years.

Snacky Tunes: Music is the Main Ingredient, Chefs and Their Music (Phaidon), is now on shelves at bookstores around the world. It features 77 of the world’s top chefs who share personal stories of how music has been an important, integral force in their lives. The chefs also give personal recipes and curated playlists too. It’s an anthology of memories, meals and mixtapes. Pick up your copy by ordering directly from Phaidon, or by visiting your local independent bookstore. Visit our site, www.snackytunes.com for more info and to order your copy. It’s a perfect gift for the holidays.

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Lucas Kwan Peterson introduces us to his new Los Angeles Times Food show “Off Menu.” Traversing L.A. with a camera in tow, Lucas meets up with some of the city’s most notable restaurateurs, and gets an in-depth look at their careers, their lives and their cultures. We visit our archives and pull out a performance from Los Angeles-born-and-bred singer-songwriter Billy Uomo. Check out his latest EP, “All Trash No Love.”

Join Heritage Radio Network on Monday, November 11th, for a raucous feast to toast a decade of food radio. Our tenth anniversary bacchanal is a rare gathering of your favorite chefs, mixologists, storytellers, thought leaders, and culinary masterminds. We’ll salute the inductees of the newly minted HRN Hall of Fame, who embody our mission to further equity, sustainability, and deliciousness. Explore the beautiful Palm House and Yellow Magnolia Café, taste and imbibe to your heart’s content, and bid on once-in-a-lifetime experiences and tasty gifts for any budget at our silent auction. Tickets available now at heritageradionetwork.org/gala.

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