Food writer and chef J. Kenji López-Alt

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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J. Kenji López-Alt is a food writer and chef. He wrote the books The Food Lab and The Wok: Recipes and Techniques. The holidays are coming up – if you're looking for some new recipes to try, some of our favorites at Bullseye include López-Alt's roasted potatoes, chocolate chip cookies and standing prime rib. Making your own mayonnaise the López-Alt way only takes two minutes! A version of this interview originally aired in March of 2022.

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0:36.9	Hey!
0:37.1	Hey! It's Bullseye. I'm Jesse Thorne. How many times have you roasted potatoes? Maybe 20 or 100 or more. Maybe you're going to roast potatoes this Thanksgiving. Maybe you're going to
0:55.2	make some this weekend. I mean, what's better than roast potatoes? Look, the point is, I don't know
1:00.8	your life. I don't know how many times you've roasted potatoes, but I'm willing to bet that you
1:06.1	haven't done it nearly as many times as Jay Kenji Lopez Alt has. And guess what? He found it, the best way to roast
1:15.2	potatoes. I have made his recipe, and I can confirm, it rules. Kenji Lopez-Alt is a food writer and
1:24.4	chef. He's the child of two scientists, and he approaches cooking with a
1:28.5	methodical and careful approach. His recipes often perfect the staples, steak, potatoes, beans,
1:34.8	eggs, mayo, mushroom soup. If you're a home cook, the odds are you have a recipe from Kenji,
1:40.5	by which you swear. In 2015, he compiled a bunch of his signature recipes into his award-winning
1:46.5	book, The Food Lab, Better Home Cooking Through Science. When I talked to Kenji Lopez-Alt in
1:52.4	2022, he had just followed up the food lab with a very different kind of cookbook. The Walk,
1:58.0	recipes, and techniques has a straightforward enough title. It's a book about walks.
2:03.8	But in its nearly 700 pages, you'll find not only recipes, but also a guide to acquainting
2:09.3	yourself with, understanding, and eventually mastering one of the most versatile pans in the kitchen.
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