When Wedge Salad Becomes A Wedge Issue With Gail Simmons & Ayesha Nurdjaja
The Sporkful

When Wedge Salad Becomes A Wedge Issue With Gail Simmons & Ayesha Nurdjaja

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 19, 202633 min
  • Interview
  • Food

Is a wedge salad worth the effort of using a knife to eat it? Should you take home the unopened beer you brought to a dinner party? And does your produce really need to be washed? Dan’s taking your calls with Gail Simmons, Top Chef judge and author of the new book Guesting, and Ayesha Nurdjaja, restaurant chef and author of the new book Mediterranean All The Way. The Sporkful production team includes Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Kameel Stanley, and Jared O'Connell. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Th...

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I will go to a place and I like nice champagne and sometimes I'll bring only two bottles because I don't know what the vibe is like. But I always have two more in the trunk just in case you need it. You know what I mean?

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Each week on our show, we obsess about food to learn more about people. And today on the show, we are taking your calls and hot takes and settling your long-running food feuds.

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