'The Food Guys' Give The Side-Eye To Palm Oil
Greg and Jon take on palm oil, whose associations with environmental destruction and human-rights abuses are increasing as rapidly as its ub...
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The Food Guys
From favorite seasonal recipes, to the roots of our food traditions, to the politics of food, the Food Guys illuminate the culinary world each Sunday, in this 10 minute program produced by M...
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20 episodesRecipe: Falafel With Tzatziki Sauce
Jon: "Greg, I know you publish a lot of recipes, but falafel? Where’d you come up with falafel?"
Recipe: Butterflied Whole Chicken
Food Guy Greg Patent describes how to roast a 3-5 pound butterflied whole chicken, basted with herb-garlic-butter paste:
Nuisance, Or Delicacy? A Food Guy Is Plum Surprised.
Food Guy Jon Jackson has always resented the annual litter of bland little yellow plums on his lawn, a gift from a tree at the top of his dr...
'The Food Guys' Rap About Confit
Cook pork or waterfowl at very low temperature for a long time in fat, and you've got confit, or preserved meat. It's an old specialty of so...
Some Meals Just Taste Better The Next Day
Food Guy Jon Jackson recalls the words of cauldron-stirring neighbor Mrs. Minervini, as she prepared for the weekly invasion of an army of n...
Recipe: Johnny Di Francesca's Neopolitan Pizza Dough
Food Guy Greg Patent writes: "I’ve been pizza crazy lately, and I want to share with you a terrific, authentic recipe for Neapolitan Pizza d...
Recipe: 'Busy Skillet' Strata Of Spinach, Mushrooms, Ham And Macaroni
“It’s just that we still have so much of it," said Dorothy Patent about the leafy bunches of spinach filling the fridge a week after Greg's...
The 'Food Guys' Really, Really Like Pie
Food Guys Jon and Greg take Karen Oberlin's recording of the Renee Rosnes & David Hadju song "I Like Pie" as their jumping-off point to disc...
'The Food Guys' Doubt The Paleo Diet's Historical Accuracy
If you're keeping tabs on the history of human food - and keeping score on modern American diet books - there's a tuber-sized hole in the fo...
Recipe: Apple Cider Gingerbread With Cider Cream
This is a moist and mildly spicy gingerbread with the taste of cider and applesauce. Served plain, it makes a marvelous snack. When offered...
The Food Guys Compare Condiments
You've harbored a stash of cupboard and refrigerated condiments since the last century. Food Guys Jon and Greg suggest novel uses for them.
The Food Guys Get Exercised About Dr. Cate's 'Hateful Eight'
After seeing Dr. Cate Shanahan on television, Food Guy Greg Patent is all-in with her advice about cooking fats and oils to avoid. Greg gets...
Recipe: Tart Cherry Streusel Tart
Greg Patent makes the most of tart cherry season by preserving as much of the fruit as he can while setting aside cherries for this recipe....
Lockdown Cookbooks: Nostalgia Springs Eternal
The Food Guys, Jon and Greg, discuss cookbooks they returned to while staying home during the spring of 2020. They're all old favorites, loa...
Recipe: Bitterroot Valley Strawberry Pie
Food Guy Greg Patent usually enjoys locally-grown strawberries raw and ungarnished, but he makes an exception for this pie recipe. The kicke...
The Food Guys Go Vegetable-Shopping
The Food Guys, Greg and Jon, are always grateful for the chance to prowl the farmers markets for vegetables. In June in Montana, they find f...
Lockdown Baking With The Food Guys
Frequent baker and Food Guy Greg Patent complains about his fellow locked-down bakers buying up all the flour in March and April 2020. "Soun...
The Food Guys Catch Some Fish
There's a salmonfly hatch on. The Food Guys, Jon and Greg, reminisce about fishing and cooking the catch.
Recipe: Salmoriglio Sauce
Salmoriglio (sal-more-EEL-ee-yo) is an Italian lemon and olive oil sauce, marinade and dipping condiment for fish, chicken and practically a...