Communal Table
Hello beautiful people! Welcome to Food & Wine Pro's weekly Communal Table podcast. Chefs and restaurant workers take great care of everyone else, but often they need a little help themselves. Each week, Food & Wine’s senior editor Kat Kinsman talks with hospitality pros about how they manage their business, brain, and body for the long haul. Some of our very special guests include Samin Nosrat, Angie Mar, Seamus Mullen, David Chang, Pete Wells, and more. Subscribe now.
103 episodes • 0 archived •
Communal Table Presents: Tinfoil Swans from Food & Wine
Jul 7, 2023
Jul 7, 2023
1 min
Nigella Lawson Talks Solitude, Imperfect Housekeeping, Squishy White Bread, and Listening to Your Food
Apr 17, 2021
Apr 17, 2021
1h 29m
Preeti Mistry Is Hanging Out with Puppets, Planning a More Inclusive Food Future
Apr 15, 2021
Apr 15, 2021
1h 54m
Sam Fore Talks Feeding Restaurant Workers in Need, Therapy, and Tomato Pie
Apr 2, 2021
Apr 2, 2021
1h 10m
Sam Fore Will Not Stay Silent, and That's a Very Good Thing
Mar 19, 2021
Mar 19, 2021
56 mins
Pinky Cole Talks About Entrepreneurship, Intentions, and Setting People Up for Success
Mar 12, 2021
Mar 12, 2021
1h 1m
Adrian Lipscombe Talks Black Land Ownership, Texas Tribulations, and Studying Sake
Mar 5, 2021
Mar 5, 2021
1h 21m
Matt Jennings Talks Sobriety, Pivots, Flextaurants, and How Chefs Can Evolve
Feb 26, 2021
Feb 26, 2021
1h 17m
Vinny Eng Talks Mutual Aid, Empathy, and the Art of Hugging Trees
Feb 20, 2021
Feb 20, 2021
1h 34m
Anita Lo Talks Solo Cooking, Throwing Butter, and Constant Reinvention
Feb 11, 2021
Feb 11, 2021
1 hr
Claudette Zepeda Talks Cutting Through White Noise and Becoming the Leader She Needed to See
Feb 5, 2021
Feb 5, 2021
1h 16m
Norma Listman and Saqib Keval Talk Mole, Valuing Mexican Food, and What Restaurant Family Means
Jan 29, 2021
Jan 29, 2021
1h 23m
The Food & Wine Team Talks Dal and Roti, Sopping, Broiling, and Citrus
Jan 23, 2021
Jan 23, 2021
1h 15m
Carl Sobocinski Talks About Investing in People and Closing His Restaurants to Stop the Spread
Jan 15, 2021
Jan 15, 2021
59 mins
Kiki Aranita Talks About Closing Her Restaurant, Collective Trauma, and Selling Sauce
Jan 8, 2021
Jan 8, 2021
1h 32m
How to Holiday in Limbo
Dec 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020
1h 51m
Rocco DiSpirito Talks About Why Therapy Is a Lifesaver and How to Snap Back to Feeling Like a Chef
Dec 11, 2020
Dec 11, 2020
1h 9m
Bryan Washington Talks About Showing Up, Growing Up, and Morning-After Omelets
Dec 3, 2020
Dec 3, 2020
1h 3m
The Food & Wine Kitchen Team Talks About What's on the Thanksgiving Table in 2020
Nov 12, 2020
Nov 12, 2020
1h 27m
Vivian Howard Talks About Southernness, Pride, Pivots, and Politics
Oct 29, 2020
Oct 29, 2020
59 mins
Timothy Hollingsworth Talks About Kitchen Intensity, Belonging, and Cooking for Your Mom
Oct 23, 2020
Oct 23, 2020
1h 14m
Joe Yonan Talks About Beans and Being Seen
Oct 15, 2020
Oct 15, 2020
1h 11m
Dale DeGroff and Julie Reiner Talk About the Cocktail Renaissance and What Comes Next
Sep 22, 2020
Sep 22, 2020
52 mins
Kelly Fields Talks About Writing a Cookbook, Weathering Storms, and Accepting Help
Sep 8, 2020
Sep 8, 2020
1h 16m
Eric Rivera Talks About Pivoting, Selling Plants, and Planning Ahead
Sep 4, 2020
Sep 4, 2020
1h 14m
Erick Williams Talks About Faith, Real Estate, and the Better Future He's Building
Aug 25, 2020
Aug 25, 2020
1h 16m
Jenny Dorsey Talks About Vulnerability, Tough Conversations, and Redefining Restaurants
Jul 29, 2020
Jul 29, 2020
1h 25m
Restaurant Lawyer Jasmine Moy Talks About Reopening, Racism, and Rent
Jul 22, 2020
Jul 22, 2020
1h 11m
The Communal Table Podcast: Justin Burke-Samson
Jun 22, 2020
Jun 22, 2020
1h 16m
Devita Davison Talks About Food Apartheid, Farming, and Fixing a Broken System
Jun 2, 2020
Jun 2, 2020
1h 16m
The Communal Table Podcast: Romy Gill
May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
1h 11m
Paola Velez Talks About the Art and Pleasure of Being an Empathetic Leader
May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020
1h 6m
How Restaurant Editor Khushbu Shah Picked Food & Wine's Best New Chefs 2020
May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
1h 7m
The Joy of Cooking Is Here for You
May 7, 2020
May 7, 2020
1h 19m
Trigg Brown Talks About Taking Care of Vulnerable Workers
Apr 28, 2020
Apr 28, 2020
48 mins
Ellen Yin and Gia Vecchio Talk About a New Mental Health Resource for the Industry
Apr 21, 2020
Apr 21, 2020
33 mins
Rachael Ray Won't Rest Until Everyone—and Their Pets—Is Fed
Apr 13, 2020
Apr 13, 2020
48 mins
Kwame Onwuachi Talks About Restaurant Recovery and Representing Inaudible People
Apr 10, 2020
Apr 10, 2020
37 mins
Hospitality Veteran John Winterman Talks About Opening a Restaurant During a Pandemic
Apr 8, 2020
Apr 8, 2020
43 mins
Edward Lee Talks About Making a Pivot and Feeding His Community
Mar 30, 2020
Mar 30, 2020
26 mins
Everything Restaurants Need to Know About Dealing with Their Landlord
Mar 27, 2020
Mar 27, 2020
32 mins
Angie Mar Talks About Grief, Getting Creative, and Pushing Through
Mar 26, 2020
Mar 26, 2020
40 mins
Steve Palmer Talks About Resources for Maintaining Sobriety in a Crisis
Mar 23, 2020
Mar 23, 2020
24 mins
Ming Tsai Talks About the Fears Restaurant Workers Face and Actions to Take
Mar 20, 2020
Mar 20, 2020
39 mins
How to Use Your Voice and Ask for Help
Mar 18, 2020
Mar 18, 2020
19 mins
Restaurant Workers and Owners Scramble to Figure Out Next Steps As Coronavirus Spreads
Mar 16, 2020
Mar 16, 2020
46 mins
Anxiety, Coronavirus, and Making Sure Your Local Restaurants Stay in Business
Mar 13, 2020
Mar 13, 2020
58 mins
Jay Rayner Talks About Restaurant Criticism, Coronavirus, and Confronting His Own Mortality
Mar 12, 2020
Mar 12, 2020
1h 30m
Sarah Robbins Talks Vulnerability, Celebrities and What the Military Taught Her About Hospitality
Mar 5, 2020
Mar 5, 2020
1h 13m
Emma Bengtsson Talks About Open Kitchens and (Reluctantly) Learning to Sit Still
Feb 27, 2020
Feb 27, 2020
1h 7m
Steve Palmer Talks About Getting and Staying Sober, and the Mission That Fuels Him
Feb 20, 2020
Feb 20, 2020
1h 16m
Famous Food Pros Talk About Failure
Feb 13, 2020
Feb 13, 2020
38 mins
Katie Button Talks About Keeping Employees for the Long Haul and Making Room for Mistakes
Feb 6, 2020
Feb 6, 2020
1h 14m
Sean Brock Talks About Addiction, Recovery, and Working to Fix His Brain
Jan 31, 2020
Jan 31, 2020
1h 14m
Jamie Oliver Talks About How Doing Right Doesn't Always Pay the Bills, Vegetables, and Resilience
Jan 23, 2020
Jan 23, 2020
58 mins
Cassidee Dabney Talks About Appalachia, Grief, and the Power of Positive Screaming
Jan 16, 2020
Jan 16, 2020
1h 9m
Trish Nelson on The Spotted Pig Settlement, Mario Batali and What Comes Next
Jan 9, 2020
Jan 9, 2020
36 mins
Paul Finn Talks About His Brilliant System to Help Hospitality Pros Deal with Stress
Dec 19, 2019
Dec 19, 2019
1h 22m
Jessica Craig Talks About Nurturing Talent, Jamaican Excellence, and Kitchen Dance Parties
Dec 12, 2019
Dec 12, 2019
1h 13m
Paul Kahan Talks About Healthy Boundaries, Humble Leadership, and Corgis
Dec 5, 2019
Dec 5, 2019
1h 14m
Josh Niland Talks About Fish Butchery, Life After Cancer, and His Brilliant Wife
Nov 21, 2019
Nov 21, 2019
1h 14m
Big Gay Ice Cream's Doug Quint Talks About Subway Rats, Mental Health, and Business
Nov 14, 2019
Nov 14, 2019
1h 33m
Kim Severson Talks About Rabbits, Bad Men, and Stories That Stick in Your Soul
Nov 7, 2019
Nov 7, 2019
1h 10m
Sean Brock Talks About His Grandma's Cellar, Leather Britches, and His New Book
Oct 31, 2019
Oct 31, 2019
56 mins
The Avett Brothers' Joe Kwon Talks About Food on Tour and the Pleasure of Silence
Oct 24, 2019
Oct 24, 2019
1h 5m
Nancy Silverton Talks About Restaurant History and the Indomitable Will of Sourdough
Oct 17, 2019
Oct 17, 2019
1h 10m
Philip Speer Talks About Recovery, Notoriety, and Accountability
Oct 10, 2019
Oct 10, 2019
1 hr
Callie Speer Talks About Financing a Restaurant, Sobriety, and Why Tuesday Sucks
Oct 10, 2019
Oct 10, 2019
1 hr
Akhtar Nawab Talks About Unhealthy Stress, Smart Partnerships, and Present Parenting
Oct 1, 2019
Oct 1, 2019
1h 9m
Steven Satterfield Talks About Cancer Recovery, Hiring Smartly, and the Power of Peaches
Sep 26, 2019
Sep 26, 2019
1h 10m
Melissa Rodriguez Talks About Taking Charge, Speaking Up, and Working Out
Sep 19, 2019
Sep 19, 2019
1h 6m
Chintan Pandya Talks About Nostalgia, Art, and Super-Cool Tech Toy
Sep 12, 2019
Sep 12, 2019
1h 17m
Antoni Porowski Talks About ADHD, Surviving the Spotlight, and Proper Mac 'N' Cheese
Sep 4, 2019
Sep 4, 2019
1h 1m
Nina Compton Talks About Finding Home, Standing Up for What's Right, and Winding Down
Aug 29, 2019
Aug 29, 2019
57 mins
Ming Tsai Talks About Food Allergies, CBD, and Why Having Fun Matters
Aug 22, 2019
Aug 22, 2019
1h 4m
Mashama Bailey and Johno Morisano Talk About Developing Trust and Reckoning with History
Aug 20, 2019
Aug 20, 2019
1h 7m
Dave Beran Talks About Athleticism, Discipline, and his Tenure as Toast Boy
Aug 15, 2019
Aug 15, 2019
1h 17m
Kwame Onwuachi and Karen Akunowicz Talk About the Journey to the Top: F&W Classic in Aspen Edition
Aug 12, 2019
Aug 12, 2019
19 mins
Priya Krishna Talks About Cookbook Writing, Working with Mom, and Defying Categorization
Aug 8, 2019
Aug 8, 2019
1h 3m
Pitmaster Carey Bringle Talks Pursuing Passion, Using Humor, and Kicking Ass with One Leg
Aug 1, 2019
Aug 1, 2019
1h 6m
Marco Canora Talks About Taking Risks and Sticking Around for the Long Haul
Jul 25, 2019
Jul 25, 2019
1h 16m
Restaurant Lawyer Jasmine Moy Talks About Opening a Restaurant and Expensive Mistakes
Jul 18, 2019
Jul 18, 2019
58 mins
JJ Johnson Talks About Entrepreneurship, Hustle, and Becoming a Brand
Jul 11, 2019
Jul 11, 2019
1h 6m
Jamila Robinson Talks About Feeling Welcome in Restaurants and Media Inclusion.
Jul 2, 2019
Jul 2, 2019
1h 2m
Isaac Toups Talks About Bullying. Mentoring, Emeril, and His End Game
Jun 26, 2019
Jun 26, 2019
1h 18m
Chefs, Restaurateurs, and Writers Talk About the Impact of Anthony Bourdain
Jun 25, 2019
Jun 25, 2019
36 mins
Marcus Samuelsson Talks About '90s Fine Dining, Rulebreakers, and the Blessings of Blackness
Jun 19, 2019
Jun 19, 2019
1h 24m
Billy Durney Talks About PTSD, Going Into the BBQ Biz, and Feeding a Community in Crisis
Jun 11, 2019
Jun 11, 2019
1h 19m
Laurie Woolever Talks About Life After Anthony Bourdain, Embracing Sobriety, and the Value of Naps
Jun 6, 2019
Jun 6, 2019
1h 24m
Vallery Lomas Talks About Career Pivots, Competition TV, and the Responsibility of Role Models
May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019
1h 12m
Jason Vincent Talks About Anxiety, the Pressures of the Spotlight, and Making Time for Family
May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019
1h 16m
Sam Hellman-Mass Talks About Extreme Opening Stress, Graceful Leadership, and His Masa Obsession
May 21, 2019
May 21, 2019
1h 15m
Yasmin Khan Talks about Palestinian Food, Bearing Witness, and Self Care While Reporting
May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019
54 mins
Bryan and Michael Voltaggio Talk About Working With Family, Top Chef, and Being Young, Broke Cooks
May 9, 2019
May 9, 2019
1h 7m
Julia Sullivan Talks About Kitchen Intensity, Physical Stresses, and Seeking Balance
May 2, 2019
May 2, 2019
1 hr
Pete Wells Talks About Criticism, Sassy Magazine, and Not Taking Things Personally
Apr 25, 2019
Apr 25, 2019
1h 25m
Kwame Onwuachi Talks About Public Pressure, Representation, and Finding Peace
Apr 18, 2019
Apr 18, 2019
1h 4m
George Mendes Talks About Yelling in the Kitchen, Exercise, and Portuguese Egg Tarts
Apr 11, 2019
Apr 11, 2019
59 mins
David Chang Talks Mental Health, Insomnia, and Star Wars
Apr 4, 2019
Apr 4, 2019
1h 15m
Seamus Mullen Talks About Near-Death, Listening to Your Body, and the Road to Healing
Mar 28, 2019
Mar 28, 2019
1h 22m
Angie Mar Talks about Money, Mentorship, and Hustle
Mar 21, 2019
Mar 21, 2019
1h 10m
Samin Nosrat Talks about Television, Traveling And Depression
Mar 14, 2019
Mar 14, 2019
1h 1m
Hello Beautiful People!
Mar 5, 2019
Mar 5, 2019
4 mins