This is a very special episode of Food, Wine & the Culinary Mind. We recorded several culinary camps at 2019 Burning Man including Abstininthe, Black Rock Bakery, Lovin' Oven, BaoChickaWowWow, Dust City Diner, Feed the Artists, Midnight Poutine and a special appearance by Awful's Gas and Snack.

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Native New Yorker Chef Chris Cheung joins us on this episode of Food, Wine & the Culinary Mind. Owner of the delicious East Wind Snack Shops, Chef Chris tells us about growing up first generation in Chinatown, family food memories and pulling noodles on the Martha Stewart show. Chef Cheung's early days touted working along side Jean-Georges Vongerichten at Vong, the original Nobu with Morimoto Masaharu and Ruby Foo's. He later traveled extensively throughout China honing his culinary skills. This restauranteur has been featured on television many times including Chopped and Food Fight. He also formed the chefs group “Asian Food Mafia” to have a voice in the evolution of Asian cuisine. Check out the podcast socially @culinarymindcast or www.canelasf.com/podcast for more info. Don't forget to rate us if you like us.

In this episode of Food, Wine & the Culinary Mind, we are talking with food writer Priya Krishna. Priya is regular contributor to The New York Times, Bon Appétit and The New Yorker, and the author of the cookbook Indian-ish., She shares about her inspirational mom, the thrill of food writing and why she hates the term "curry." Enjoy! Check out our podcast socially @culinarymindcast or www.canelasf.com/podcast for more info. Don't forget to rate us if you like us.

We are talking with chef Alex Raij, who together with her husband Eder Montero, own and operate El Quinto Pino, Txikito, La Vara and St. Julivert Fisherie restaurants in New York and Brooklyn. In this episode of Food, Wine & the Culinary Mind we discuss Basque and Spanish cuisine in the United States, kitchen wisdom and as per usual, our fears! Check out the podcast socially @culinarymindcast or www.canelasf.com/podcast for more info.

We are talking with Chandra Ram, editor of Plate Magazine and chef and restauranteur David Lawrence on the state of the restaurant industry on this episode of Food, Wine & the Culinary Mind with Mat Schuster. See if you agree or disagree with this conversation on mental health, staffing, technology, environmental responsibility and of course...fears. Check out the podcast socially @culinarymindcast or www.canelasf.com/podcast for more info.

We are talking with Chef Elizabeth Falkner on this episode of Food, Wine & the Culinary Mind with Mat Schuster. We get into Elizabeth's impressive culinary career, sustainability, being fit to cook and why soccer always helps in the kitchen. You won't want to miss Chef's views on fears and ego as well. Check out the podcast socially @culinarymindcast orwww.canelasf.com/podcast for more info.

Chef JJ Johnson is our guest on this episode of Food, Wine & the Culinary Mind with Mat Schuster. We talk about chef life, opening restaurants, diversity hiring, rice and life advice. Chef JJ also talks about one of his greatest fears (one of my favorites to date). Take a few moments and get inside JJ's head. Check out the podcast socially @culinarymindcast or www.canelasf.com/podcast for more info.

The wonderful Sara Moulton is the guest on this episode of Food, Wine & the Culinary Mind with Mat Schuster. Sara is a chef, cooking teacher, TV host, podcast host and cookbook author. We talk about her mentor Julia Child, live TV, life advise and more. She appears weekly on Chris Kimball’s Milk Street Radio and is also the author of the Associated Press column “Kitchen Wise” and the monthly Washington Post column, “Sunday Suppers.” Check out the podcast socially @culinarymindcast or www.canelasf.com/podcast for more info.