The Rouxde Cooking School Podcast

John talks with Chef Sebastian Sweeney. Sebastian is the chef for a fraternity house and cooks for a house full of young men every weekday while school is in session. The discussion covers what his days are like, what say he has in the menu and how the guys he cooks for deal with the variety of cuisine prepared for them on a daily basis. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Evan catch up on New Years eve dinners, eating at the same korean restaurant, dry january vs dampuary and then hit the news items of potatoes being reclassified, cheap ( to rich people) Costco wine, and food trend predicitions for 2024 (spoiler: they're crazy and ridiculous). Thanks for watching!!

John and Jeni talk about their Christmas dinners as well as whats to come up for New Years Eve before they get into the evolution and history of holiday traditions and foods. Thanks for listening!

John and Jeni talk about cooking for Christmas, not cooking for Christmas, pillows, buying gifts holiday hams, pinapple-fish sauce caramel and whether or not John is going to do the full English for Christmas morning breakfast. Thanks for listening and Happy Crimble!!!

John and Evan talk about a Chipotle Karen getting her comeuppance, wild & woolly Wonka bars, a High Life Xmas and Panera's insane energy lemonade. Thanks for listening!!! Rate and Review us if you can. 

John talks with Jason Perlow. He's an OG food blogger, gourmand, writer and co-founder of eGullet. They talk about the early days of food internet discussions, how it's changed and how toxic the current dialog has become. Also there is hope.  Jason also talks about being on no reservations with Anthony Bourdain.   Stick around after the end for a fun story about Bourdain and Eric Ripert. Thanks fo...

John an Jeni answer listener questions about cooking Thanksgiving dinner. After ranting about a terrible turkey roasting product and then what they're making for the big day, they answer questions about dressings, alternative meats, timing your cooking, sides and many more. They end with a look back 100 years to see what was on the Thanksgiving menu in 1923. Thanks for listening!

John and Evan talka bout all the food news fit to be spoken about. They talk about recalled chicken nuggets, brandy old fashions in Michigan, fees for parents who's kids are deemed bad, pickle ketchup, free nuggets at Wendy's, Thanksgiving pizza and a cake company warning about dangerous cake pranks. Thanks for listening!!!

John has a chat with Amy Myrdal Miller. She's a chef, an educator, a public speaker and the owner of Farmer's Daughter Consulting. They talk cooking, eating, educating, the importance of knowing your food, why it's important to know a potato is a vegetable and more. You can find her through her website https://www.farmersdaughterconsulting.com/ . She is great and we can't wait to have her back. Th...

John and Jeni (she's baaaaack.. for this episode) catch up on what Jeni has been doing the last year including her mental health journey, fly fishing and a trip to New Orleans. Then they talk all about your favorite and mine, candy corn. They talk about it's history, best ways to eat it and cover some fun facts. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Evan talk about the food news of the week. Peppers got hotter, bye bye to a Girl Scout favorite, frozen food advent calendars and more. Thanks for listening!!!

Welcome to season 7! John has a chat with Kara Mae Harris about her new book Festive Maryland Recipes . They talk about her amazing book got made, why giant cookbooks kinda suck and a bunch of digressions the best of which is about egg nog. You can buy her book here:  https://oldlineplate.com/fmrsp/ . It's great to be back and thanks for listening!!!

Celebrate episode 300 with John and Evan and say all of the cuss words in honor of Gordon Ramsay. From his time as a kid who just wanted to be a footballer to his rise and domination of the restaurant and TV world, we try to honestly cover as much of his determined life as we can. It's a fun epsiode about a facinating and controvertial chef. Also, please ignore Evan's slander. Thanks for listening...

If you have Q's then we have A's!! John answers some great questions about cooking and food. Hopefully he gets them right this time. Listen and find out! Thanks!

John and Evan talk about all of the food news that will get you through your week. We talk about Anchor Brewing closing, Thailand Burger King Cheese Burger, DC Bars go 24/7 for the World Cup, a 600K Wine Heist and Costco Cracking down on membership sharing. Thanks for listening!!

John and Evan give you the news you need to chew. Pepsi makes ketchup, chicken grown in a lab is now available in America, Ina Garten needs to change her Facebook password and the Brits are getting less ABV for their money. Thanks for listening!

John and Evan talk about this week's topics including Instant Pots parent company filing chapter 11, food brands weirdly advertising in video games, Frankenberry finds out about his long lost sister, Croco Bell shoes, pizza wine paring with Francis Ford Coppala and Axis Deer in Hawaii need to die. Thanks for listening!!!

In what will surely be a series, John and Evan taste two MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) and find themselves with lots of opinions (hint surprised) about the quality of said pre-packaged food. We also give a brief history and theres a giant glitch. Sorry but it all works out. Thanks for llistening. 

John and Evan talk about news involving Canada, France, England and Japan featuring Gloucester cheese run knock outs, world's most expensive ice cream, ketchup mixing machines, The King's biocar and Champagne is at it again with destroying drinks? Thanks for listening!

John and Evan stalk around Celery! From how it was used in ancient times until it's most high culinary use as the log for ants on a log, we cover it all. Listen to find out about how allergic people are to it. Thanks for listening!!!!

John and Evan cover the best food news of the week. The Wienermobile changes its name, the pasta crisis in Italy, Spider-Man Whoppers, Fruit Roll-Ups being snuck into Israel and Dutch Nun wine surpluses. Thanks for listening!

John and Evan break down the gadgets more than likely to break down after the first use. From electric cocktail shakers to the individual grape slicer, we cover all of the gadgets that could have replaced with simple knife skills. The end of the episode where we find an assortment of insane cookie cutters could been it's own episode. Thanks for llistening!!!

John and Evan talk about having dinner in a hot air balloon, a thieving moose that likes popcorn, suspicious color-changing marshmallows and the champagne of beers gets the European treatment. Thanks for listening!!!

This week a grumpy John and Evan shake their fists out clouds, baseball food, wedding expos, hot dog fights, AI fortune cookie fortunes, cadbury creme egg subs and sushi terrorism. We apologize ahead of time. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Evan talk about how Maple Syrup is made. From Tree to table we discuss our favorite tree blood syrup. We also do a shallow dive into Exotic Meats and where to buy them as well as Evans disdain for the Canadian Maple Syrup Cartel. Thanks for listening!!!!