Matt Rodbard, Author at TASTE https://tastecooking.com/author/mrodbard/ An online magazine for today's home cook, reporting from the front lines of dinner. Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:13:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 This Is TASTE 798: French Training, Japanese Soul: Tadashi Ono’s Long Road Home https://tastecooking.com/this-is-taste-798-french-training-japanese-soul-tadashi-onos-long-road-home/ Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:13:06 +0000 https://tastecooking.com/?p=132955

We talk about the chef's long career and his latest cookbook, ⁠Japanese Comfort Cooking⁠.

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This Is TASTE 796: Founder in the Field with Fishwife’s Becca Millstein https://tastecooking.com/this-is-taste-796-founder-in-the-field-with-fishwifes-becca-millstein/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:17:53 +0000 https://tastecooking.com/?p=132941

Becca Millstein built ⁠Fishwife⁠ into one of the buzziest brands in food, turning a sleepy pantry category into something people actually want to talk about.

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This Is TASTE 795: Toshi Kizaki’s Retirement Project Won Him a Michelin Star https://tastecooking.com/this-is-taste-795-toshi-kizakis-retirement-project-won-him-a-michelin-star/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:04:07 +0000 https://tastecooking.com/?p=132873

Lively conversations with Sushi Den's Toshi and Yasu Kizaki and Aspen's Mawa McQueen of Mawa's Kitchen.

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This Is TASTE 793: Best Cookbooks of the Year So Far. Plus, a Very Early Fall Preview with Maggie Hoffman. https://tastecooking.com/this-is-taste-793-the-best-cookbooks-of-the-year-so-far-plus-a-very-early-fall-preview-with-maggie-hoffman/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:05:28 +0000 https://tastecooking.com/?p=132902

Maggie Hoffman is the writer and host behind ⁠The Dinner Plan⁠, a podcast and Substack about cookbooks.

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This Is TASTE 792: Vibe Coding Your Restaurant Recs Map Is the Worst with Eater’s Nadia Chaudhury https://tastecooking.com/this-is-taste-792-vibe-coding-your-restaurant-recs-map-is-the-worst-with-eaters-nadia-chaudhury/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:52:48 +0000 https://tastecooking.com/?p=132893

Nadia Chaudhury is the deputy editor of Eater New York and Eater Northeast

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This Is TASTE 791: Solid Wiggles Doesn’t Call It a Jell-O Shot https://tastecooking.com/this-is-taste-791-solid-wiggles-doesnt-call-it-a-jell-o-shot/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:39:56 +0000 https://tastecooking.com/?p=132888

Jena Derman and Jack Schramm are the cofounders of ⁠Solid Wiggles⁠, the cocktail jelly company that turned the Jell-O shot into a legitimate art form.

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This Is TASTE 789: Mythical Kitchen’s Josh Scherer Is Food Media’s Unlikely Intellectual Empath https://tastecooking.com/this-is-taste-789-mythical-kitchens-josh-scherer-is-food-medias-unlikely-intellectual-empath/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:01:13 +0000 https://tastecooking.com/?p=132861

Josh Scherer didn’t set out to make an expansive and deeply heartfelt show about mortality.

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This Is TASTE 788: Everybody Has an Opinion About Dean’s with Jess Shadbolt https://tastecooking.com/this-is-taste-788-everybody-has-an-opinion-about-deans-with-jess-shadbolt/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:52:36 +0000 https://tastecooking.com/?p=132820

Jess Shadbolt cofounded King in SoHo in 2016 with almost no money and no restaurant experience. The rest is history.

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This Is TASTE 786: TASTE Travels Colorado https://tastecooking.com/this-is-taste-786-taste-travels-colorado/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:44:45 +0000 https://tastecooking.com/?p=132635

Today’s episode is really special: a deep eating, drinking, and food culture tour of Colorado.

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This Is TASTE 784: A 4.2 Out of 10 Won’t Cut It: Meet Rate My Chives https://tastecooking.com/this-is-taste-784-a-4-2-out-of-10-wont-cut-it-meet-rate-my-chives/ Sat, 30 May 2026 13:50:12 +0000 https://tastecooking.com/?p=132770

The anonymous British chef behind @⁠RateMyChives⁠ has spent years judging the knife skills of home cooks and professional chefs alike

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This Is TASTE 782: Whole Foods Buyers Never Sit Still. We Followed Them to Spain. https://tastecooking.com/this-is-taste-782-whole-foods-buyers-never-sit-still-we-followed-them-to-spain/ Wed, 27 May 2026 10:03:43 +0000 https://tastecooking.com/?p=132754

We follow Whole Foods buyers to Conservas Ortiz, a fifth-generation company working the Basque coast since 1891.

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This Is TASTE 780: David Lebovitz Live From New York. On Chocolate, Acid at Chez Panisse, and Blowing Up on Substack. https://tastecooking.com/this-is-taste-780-david-lebovitz-live-from-new-york-on-chocolate-acid-at-chez-panisse-and-blowing-up-on-substack/ Sat, 23 May 2026 12:03:13 +0000 https://tastecooking.com/?p=132724

This is such a wildly fun conversion with cookbook author David Lebovitz.

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This Is TASTE 779: Mike Colameco Is the Original Food Video Dude https://tastecooking.com/this-is-taste-779-mike-colameco-is-the-original-food-video-dude/ Fri, 22 May 2026 12:02:51 +0000 https://tastecooking.com/?p=132717

Mike Colameco has been inside more New York kitchens than almost anyone alive.

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