Hello, citizens of podcastistan. I am Rico Gagalliano. I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and surprise.

Welcome to another dinner party download. You might have thought we'd posted our last DPD, but we've decided to toss out a few more, something we're calling our How to Behave series.

Indeed.

Each week on the dinner party download, of course, we spoke to the biggest celebrities,

turned people on to what's happening in music, movies, and food.

It provided terrible jokes.

That's right.

We did you that, quote-unquote, service as well.

But everyone's favorite part was the etiquette segment,

wherein we and a guest would tell our listeners how to behave.

And not coincidentally, we decided to write a book that does something similar.

It's called Brunch as Hell, How to Save the World by Throwing a Dinner Party,

in bookstores everywhere now,

and it basically lays out minimum standards of behavior

we think people should adhere to when they throw or attend a party.

Right. So as a companion to the book, we've assembled some excellent all-ethicate episodes for you.

Today, the theme is food. And you're going to hear advice from celebrity chef Bobby Flay, the best-selling cookbook author and New York Times contributors Samin Nosrat.

But first, to get us started, it is none other than Alton Brown.

For over a decade, his Peabody winning Food Network show Good Eats, took us down fascinating

wormholes in the food universe, weaving in science and history and humor, and saving us

from overly precious foodism.

Thank goodness.

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