913. - Ella Quittner

How Long Gone

Chris Black & Jason Stewart / Talkhouse

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Ella Quittner is a great home cook and writer in New York. Her new book, Obsessed With The Best, is out now. We chat with her about meal replacement, cutting your hair at the airport, life's simple pleasures change during pregnancy, the Bon Appétit heyday, her time working in private equity, a truck driver's diet, eating "goo," her dad's level of whimsy, we make her compare herself to her siblings, her thoughts on some LA restaurants and dining overall, and what happens to her husband once they hit the airport. ⁠instagram.com/equittner⁠ ⁠twitter.com/donetodeath⁠ ⁠twitter.com/themjeans⁠ ⁠howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How long gone?
0:18.0	Chris Black, Daddy's Little Bitch.
0:21.1	I'm back in New York.
0:22.8	The rain, the rain is coming down, but I made it in time to podcast.
0:27.5	It's been a long journey today, but I'm happy to be here.
0:30.9	I had a late afternoon uncut cold brew as soon as I walk through the door, so I'm ready to fucking rock, T.J.
0:37.1	Okay, you ready to settle in and just enjoy the home for a while now?
0:41.3	You've been traveling so much,
0:42.4	or are you going to go on an international flight tomorrow?
0:46.2	Yeah, tomorrow, yeah, tomorrow night, back on road,
0:50.4	I got to shoot at 9 a.m., and then finish that at 3.
0:56.6	Got to hit the gym, repackack and then we're hitting we're hitting gay peri 9 30 p.m from jfk oh the game don't stop baby um petit
1:02.8	red eye flight did you select your meal i need to select my motherfucking meal air france oh
1:09.4	i ain't like air Air France is good.
1:11.2	Air France La Prameree.
1:12.1	I'm sure.
1:12.4	I'm sure.
1:12.6	I'm sure.
1:12.8	I'm sure.
1:13.1	Le Pramil is good.
1:14.5	I'm not.
1:25.2	I will hopefully eat before or bring my own. What I like to do is hit, get a little sushi and bring it to the airport. if time allows it's one of my favorite little little hacks. Since I'm a straight
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