I'm Aiton Weinstein.

And I'm Naor Menninger.

And you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.

This podcast is made in collaboration with the Jewish Journal.

Think about your favorite food.

Whatever it is, it's probably safe to say you think it's

tasty, unless you're some sort of foodie masochist. But do you think it's really tasty, objectively

tasty? How much of our taste is biological and how much is constructed, culturally,

socially, maybe even morally.

It's exactly questions like this one that have accompanied Ruti Rousseau on her lifelong

journey to discover food.

Ruti Rousseau is a well-known Israeli chef and food journalist.

She's the daughter of Nero Rousseau, who you might call Israel's Julia Child, and she has just released her first cookbook, Ruti Rousseau's Kitchen.

Ruti joins us today to talk about her personal love story with food.

Thank you so much for being here.

Thank you for having me.

Okay, so we're going to, before we get to the episode, guys, the Chosen One card game,

these guys are our sponsors. Check them out at the

chosen one game.com. We're going to play a little bit of it. It's really, really funny. Basically,

it's question and answer cards that you match up and you get these hilarious combinations. So we're

going to do a little bit. I've I've given you all answer and question cards

Okay, and we're gonna hope that it's not too embarrassing. Okay, so you grab the white one. Okay, so you ask us a question and then we'll see which one's the funniest answer. Okay, no, this is not good.

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