720: Dads and Kids: J. Kenji López-Alt, David Chang, & Chris Ying
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This week, we hear from three papa bears who take on the challenge of making mealtime just right. J. Kenji López-Alt of The Food Lab answers your questions about getting kids excited about food and clues us in on techniques and the research behind them. His new book is Every Night is Pizza Night. Then Momofuku chef and Ugly Delicious star, David Chang and writer Chris Ying join Francis to share their own experiences of fatherhood and how they’ve taken on the toddler mealtime battle. David Chang’s new book is Eat a Peach, A Memoir. Chris Ying’s latest with Ivan Orkin is Gaijin Cookbook: Japanese Recipes From a Chef, Father, Eater and Lifelong Outsider.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- October 2, 2020 (originally aired)
- October 1, 2021 (rebroadcast)
- September 1, 2023 (rebroadcast)
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| 1:13.6 | Hey, it's Francis. |
| 1:15.6 | You know, the other day I was making pancakes from my kid, and she started complaining that there |
| 1:19.7 | weren't chocolate chips in them. |
| 1:21.3 | And so I'm like, yeah, but can't you taste the love in them? |
| 1:24.9 | And she goes, no. |
| 1:26.9 | Anyway, Daddy, love is not a kind of food. |
| 1:30.6 | She really wanted her chocolate chips. |
| 1:32.9 | And I'm laughing about it now, but honestly, it was one of those days where I really couldn't |
| 1:35.9 | tell if feeding your kids is the greatest thing or the worst thing in the world. |
| 1:38.9 | So that's pretty much what this episode from last year was about. |
| 1:42.9 | Check it out. |
| 1:47.5 | I'm Francis Lamb, and this is The Splendid Table from APM. |
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