Longer Tables with José Andrés

This week we revisit one of our favorite episodes featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda. Before a live audience, José doesn't waste his shot, asking the legendary playwright/songwriter/actor/filmmaker for the backstory behind beloved lines, his culinary secrets -- even an on-the-fly songwriting seminar. Sorry, you're gonna have "Hamilton" lines in your head for another month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we're playing an episode from one of our favorite shows, Wiser Than Me, hosted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Each week, she has funny, touching, personal conversations with iconic older women who are brimming with the kind of unapologetic attitude and wisdom that only comes with age. On today’s episode of Wiser Than Me, Julia welcomes legendary chef, author, and farm-to-table pioneer Alice Waters. They discuss Alice’s incredible career at her groundbreaking restaurant Chez Panisse and turning 80. Together, they explore the philosophy of age, food, and beauty. Julia also asks Alice about the meaning she finds in moments of pause, and later talks with her 90-year-old mom, Judith, about the victory garden she grew up with during World War II. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Longer Tables is going on hiatus! We fired up the microphones one last time for a live conversation with the popular chef and restaurateur. From backyard cooking to nearly averted poultry catastrophes (always count your chickens), José grills Michael about his years working in food. Enjoy the show -- and keep in touch, people! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you like Longer Tables' exploration of food and culture, we know you'll enjoy Everything Happens. Hosted by Duke Professor Kate Bowler, an expert in the stories we tell about success, failure, suffering, and happiness, this podcast offers deep, insightful conversations. After surviving Stage IV cancer, all Kate wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens. In this episode, Kate chats with Stanley Tucci, a total foodie—known for his role in Julie & Julia and his mouth-watering CNN special Searching for Italy. But when Stanley was diagnosed with oral cancer, he faced the possibility that his love for food might be forever changed. To hear more episodes of Everything Happens, head to https://lemonada.lnk.to/everythinghappensfd, or listen wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat author talks with Longer Tables producer Chris Colin about her next book, her new life philosophy, and how to find good things in times of upheaval and strain. (Also: Shout-out to chia pudding and psychedelic children.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recorded live at the Cayman Cookout, José grills the legendary driver about what fuels his remarkable career -- and how to lose eight pounds in a little over an hour. (Hint: Drive in circles at 200 mph.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've all seen the effects of the recent wildfires in broad strokes. But what does life look like up close, through the eyes of a World Central Kitchen response director and one of Los Angeles's great chroniclers of the restaurant industry? Executive producer Jane Black interviewed Addison and Escobedo on January 22, 2025, two weeks after the historic blazes began ripping across Southern California. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Personal chef for French President Charles de Gaulle. 16 James Beard Awards. France's Legion of Honor. At 90, Jacques Pépin is fully synonymous with French cooking — a cuisine that’s frequently misunderstood in the popular imagination, he tells José. The two talk about his early days in America, cooking with Julia Child and a chef’s most important tool. Bienvenue! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The legendary founder of Chez Panisse and the Edible Schoolyard Project talks to José about beauty, our senses and the trip that changed everything — for her and for American cuisine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re introducing you to one of the shows we love: Choice Words with Samantha Bee. We make a lot of choices, every single day. Some explode, some implode, most we barely remember. Each week on Choice Words, Samantha Bee sits down with people she admires to examine the biggest choices they’ve made in their lives and the ripple effects those decisions have had. In this episode, Samantha Bee joins renowned restaurant critic, food writer, and magazine editor Ruth Reichl to talk about why taking a job as the editor-in-chief of Gourmet Magazine was such a hard decision, and how it ended up changing her life. For more episodes of Choice Words, listen wherever you get your podcasts or head to https://lemonada.lnk.to/choicewordsfd See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, José answers listener questions about how to do Christmas right. Plus: tales of Mexico’s Wonka-esque chiles en nogada, and José’s brief but intense relationship with a Oaxacan turkey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After almost three decades as White House chef, Cristeta Comerford is hanging up the presidential spatula. She chats with José about cooking for a queen, growing up in a huge Filipino family and ending up in a famously tiny kitchen. Elect to listen! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, the New Yorker contributor, "Gastropod" co-host and all-around wonderful storyteller talks with Jane Black about her fascinating — fascinating! — new book on refrigeration. Frostbite tells the remarkable story of how the invention of, well, cold transformed food, our planet and ourselves. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Home stretch, people. Process your election anxieties this week with José, who’s joined by his old friend Richard Wolffe — also his longtime co-writer and managing director of José Andrés Media. The two discuss Kamala Harris’s culinary prowess and take questions from listeners on everything from Thanksgiving turkey prep to rising restaurant prices. Elect to listen! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, José swaps stories with the brilliant host of Pati's Mexican Table. Among the topics discussed: Narnia, the dual life of the immigrant, a border town full of dentists and the most Mexican dish you've never tried. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Not her career, not the state of the world since she and José last spoke, nothing. The beloved comedian, host, social critic, author, lifelong cookbook lover and longest-serving regular Daily Show correspondent ever talks with José -- her fellow immigrant -- about all of it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you like Longer Tables' exploration of food and culture, we know you'll like About the Journey, a travel show about connecting more deeply to the places we visit -- and, in turn, to ourselves. On this episode, host Oneika Raymond visits three culinary spots in Mexico City that serve up a taste of the city's layered flavors and history: a sunrise float through historic Xochimilco, a tour of the city's taco stands and a private mezcal tasting at the JW Marriott Mexico City Polanco. Buen provecho! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ready or not, here he eats. The legendary rapper, producer and Fugee talks with José about food, music and his misunderstood native country. Recorded live at the Nassau Paradise Island Wine and Food Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2022, the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history landed a remarkable new role, as Ambassador to Belize. In her conversation with José, she describes her transformed life, growing up in a Chinese restaurant -- and what she's discovered about food since arriving in Central America. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you become president and CEO of the world's largest hotel company? Tony Capuano recalls his earliest lessons in hospitality, amidst countless quasi relatives at his family's sprawling Sunday dinners in Little Italy, Baltimore. Before a live audience in Cannes, Tony and José discuss travel, parenthood -- and a major announcement from Marriott. Sales and distribution by Lemonada Media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.