Gage & Tollner’s Sohui Kim On The Spirit Of Edna Lewis

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Today’s guest is Sohui Kim, the chef behind Brooklyn’s historic Gage & Tollner and the always-fun Insa. Sohui is one of New York City’s most talented and thoughtful chefs, known for bringing deep respect, creativity, and a personal point of view to everything she cooks. Sohui joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about Gage & Tollner, including the recent benefit dinner she hosted for the Edna Lewis Foundation in honor of the 50th anniversary of “The Taste of Country Cooking.” She shares what it means to carry Edna’s legacy forward at Gage & Tollner, where Edna was once head chef, and how that history shows up today—from the Edna Lewis Room upstairs to the she-crab soup on the menu. They also talk about The Hot Dog Edit, Cherry Bombe’s one-day-only pop-up at Rockefeller Center in partnership with OpenTable and Visa, happening tomorrow, Thursday, May 28th. Sohui is one of the featured NYC chefs, alongside Michelle Palazzo and Angie Rito. Her dream dog that we’ll be serving? A Korean-inspired chili cheese dog with gochujang-spiked chili, classic cheese sauce, crunchy onions, kimchi, and perilla. Click here for Edna Lewis’ She-Crab Soup recipe from Gage & Tollner. Reserve your hot dog for The Hot Dog Edit here Learn more about The Hot Dog Edit Sign up for our free Radio Cherry Bombe newsletters at cherrybombe.substack.com More on Sohui: Instagram, Gage & Tollner More on Kerry: Instagram, “So You Want To Open A Restaurant” Substack series

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody. You are listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond,
0:09.6	coming to you from New Stand Studios at Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City.
0:14.7	Today's guest is Sohey Kim, one of New York City's most talented and thoughtful chefs.
0:20.1	You know So he from the historic
0:21.6	Gage & Tolner in Brooklyn, the always fun Insa, and maybe even from her beloved restaurant,
0:27.0	The Good Fork, which so many New Yorkers still miss. So he joins me for an update on Gage and
0:32.3	Tolner, including the special Edna Lewis Foundation Benefit Dinner, held there recently, to
0:37.3	celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Taste of country cooking, Edna's landmark cookbook.
0:42.9	Edna was the head chef at Gage and Tolner from 1988 to 1992, in case you didn't know that.
0:48.3	And so he talks about what it means to carry her legacy forward, from the Edna Lewis room upstairs to the she-crab soup influenced by Edna
0:56.1	that's been on the menu since the restaurant reopened. We also talk about Sohe's own touches on the
1:01.3	menu, what's happening at Inso this summer, her favorite karaoke song, the vintage airstream
1:06.6	she and her hubby Ben might travel around the country and why her mouth gets bored if there is
1:11.6	nothing crunchy to snack on. And of course, we talk hot dogs because Sohi is part of our upcoming
1:17.3	event, the hot dog edit happening tomorrow, Thursday, May 28th at Rockefeller Center. I'll tell you more
1:23.8	about that in just a minute. Sohi will walk us through the hot dog. She dreamed up for the event. And it is very Sohi. Okay, so here are all the details. This one is for
1:33.3	our New York City friends or any of our friends happening to visit New York City tomorrow. Get ready
1:37.9	for the hot dog edit. Thursday, May 28th, Cherrybaum's very first food truck is pulling up to
1:43.7	Rockefeller Center. We'll be celebrating
1:45.7	our hometown's most iconic street food with three of our favorite local chefs. Today's guest,
1:51.1	Sohi Kim, Michelle Palazzo of La Rock and Franchette, and Angie Rito of Don Angie and San Sabino.
1:58.5	Sohi, Michelle, and Angie have created their dream hot dogs and will be serving them up throughout the day.
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