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Longer Tables with José Andrés

Longer Tables with José Andrés

José Andrés 80 Episodes Apr 29, 2025

Longer Tables with José Andrés explores how food shapes the world and makes us who we are. In each episode, José talks to friends from worlds of culinary and creative arts, politics and media to show listeners a new side of the most fascinating people on the planet. He asks questions like who taught them to cook, what they crave when times are hard, and what their food stories reveal about their lives. José also takes listeners into his home kitchen and answers their burning culinary questions. New episodes drop every other Tuesday.

Episodes

Fan Fave: Lin-Manuel Miranda Apr 29, 2025 3320 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 fo
Listen Now: Wiser Than Me (featuring Alice Waters) Apr 15, 2025 3718 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 W
One last seat at the table, with Michael Symon Apr 1, 2025 1755 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.
Introducing: Everything Happens (featuring Stanley Tucci) Mar 18, 2025 2466 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 th
Samin Nosrat’s recipe for a good life Mar 4, 2025 2066 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.
Tasting victory: The life (and diet) of Formula One racer George Russell Feb 18, 2025 1497 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.
When the smoke clears: Restaurant critic Bill Addison and WCK's Wendy Escobedo report on post-fire LA Feb 4, 2025 2202 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 Californi
Jacques Pépin says French cooking isn't what you think Jan 21, 2025 2417 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 p
Alice Waters eats with her fingers and so should you Jan 7, 2025 2568 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.
Episode swap! Samantha Bee's Choice Words Dec 24, 2024 2842 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
Holiday 911! Dec 10, 2024 2077 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.
Don't burn down Mount Vernon (and other rules from the White House chef) Nov 26, 2024 2340 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.

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