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Episode 73: Makin’ Mozzarella Feb 21, 2012

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This week Cooking Issues starts a little early and takes on all your chocolate making questions from how to get the best crystals from your cocoa butter to using immersion circulators. From chocolate Dave’s focuses his advice to centrifuges and how you can keep yours clean as well as advising a caller about the benefits of getting a good commercial fryer, even for your household. Then, have you ever wanted to make the perfect homemade mozzarella but it’s not coming out right? Tune in as Dave tells you how getting your pH and starter cultures right is essential! This episode is sponsored by Modernist Pantry.

“The key thing with mozzarella curd is that the pH needs to be just right or it won’t have the proper texture.”

–Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues

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Episode 72: Valentine’s Day Feb 14, 2012

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This week on Cooking Issues Dave and Nastassia get out their Valentine’s Day gripes early in the morning. But moreover, Celiac disease sufferers, rejoice! Tune in for an episode all about how you can cook without gluten using xanthan and guar gums and even eggs! Learn about how you can make delicious non-alcoholic cocktails with coriander syrup, why gluten is important in bread making but not so much in cakes and cookies, the necessity of putting foot pedals on your sink and how you can look like a badass sharpening your knives with a leather strop. This episode is sponsored by Modernist Pantry.

“An easy tip to keeping knives super sharp is get yourself a leather strop and strop your knife, and you can use a little oil or even a little bit of an abrasive.”

“[On cooking with Celiac’s disease] the protein in eggs is fantastic and easy to use and can be used to replaced gluten.”

“When you need hardcore gluten is in a bread, in a cake you don’t need a lot of it. . in a cookie or a cake you can focus on the texture and structure”

“Don’t store anything in your oven, people! It puts you in this mindset that you aren’t going to use it.”

“The coolest thing that you can possibly do for your kitchen is put foot pedals on your sink, so when your hands are disgusting you don’t have to touch anything. And don’t skimp on your sink size!”

–Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues

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Episode 71: Spheres & Circulators Feb 07, 2012

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This week on Cooking Issues with Dave Arnold & Nastassia Lopez, learn why your
spherification process may be going awry and how you can ensure your liquids turn into perfect spheres. Also hear why Dave prefers Ultra-Sperse over Ultra Tex and how one might make vinegar from Sherry. Later, find out why Dave is such a Jesus Christ Superstar junkie and what makes the original Judas irreplaceable. This program was sponsored by Modernist Pantry.

“The problem with Ultra-Tex is that because it’s been pre-hydrated and pre-cooked, when you add it to liquids it tends to glob up the same way if you’d add starch to hot gravy. I recommend going with Ultra-Sperse instead of Ultra-Tex.”

–Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues

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Episode 70: Get To Know Your Knife Jan 31, 2012

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This week on Cooking Issues Dave gets on point in teaching you how to sharpen your fine kitchen knives from all over the world– from Japan to the West. Did you know that Japanese knives are traditionally only right-handed? Later on, all your questions about dry aging fish and poultry, venison sausage, and the usefulness of spherical ice cubes are answered. Learn all about how war made food evolve, Dave’s new bar at Momofuku Ssam, as well as his thoughts on Yelp! reviews. This episode is sponsored by The Modernist Pantry.

“Fish is best when fish is best, not necessarily when it’s the freshest.”

–Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues

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Episode 69: Fried Meatballs, Fish and More Jan 24, 2012

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Dave returns to the studio this week with tales of dog sledding in Sweden and opening up his new bar, Booker and Dax, in New York. Tune in to learn how to keep your meatballs from falling apart, what the Dextrose Equivalent scale is and how to use it, as well as helping those of you with fish allergies find something you can eat. This episode is sponsored by Modernist Pantry.

“When you’re cook meatballs, you have to fry them BEFORE you cook them in a bag with butter. That will keep them from falling apart.”

“I use Dextrose Equivalent 20 glucose syrup when I make ice cream and want to get the texture but not add too much sweetness.”

–Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues

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Episode 68: Say No To Whole Wheat Pasta Jan 03, 2012

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The Cooking Issues team is back! Tune in to the first 2012 edition of the best call-in food show in the world. Do you think whole wheat pasta is disgusting? Dave’s got some advice for that. He also answers questions on low temperature duck breast, exotic fruits, foie gras terrine and more. Find out whether or not brushing your tongue will damage your taste buds and palate and learn more about New York City food destinations. This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

“Rice noodles are great but when you try to pretend it’s Italian pasta, it’s horrible.”

“Pheasants are delicious but very easy to over-cook.”

“Slow temperature cooking with cuts of meat that have multiple muscles can be tricky.”

–Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues

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Episode 67: Flat Tire Holiday Show Dec 20, 2011

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Dave’s bike broke down, so this week’s holiday episode of Cooking Issues is hosted remotely by phone. Hear Dave answer questions and so concerns about granita, thermometers, pressures cookers, fast cook method eggs, and flying with food. Hear some tips for getting through customs with food and find out why butternut squash is problematic for some people. This episode was sponsored by Modernist Pantry.

“I’ve never owned a thermometer that made me super happy.”

“If you’re going to do hydro colloid work you’ll want a scale that goes to a tenth of a gram.”

“Spouts, as we all know, taste like poison.”

–Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues

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Episode 66: Deep Fry Dec 13, 2011

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This week on Cooking Issues, Dave continues plowing through your questions and having some fun along the way. Tune in to learn more about everything from reverse spherification to rotisserie turkey. Find out why Dave loves to deep fry and what he has to say about Carolina rice fields. Hear him answer listener questions on duck liver, pumpkin flan & more! Cooking Issues is brought to you by Modernist Pantry.

“I deep fry EVERYTHING at home” – Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues

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Episode 65: Pecans, Vodka, Brining & More Dec 06, 2011

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This week on Cooking Issues, Dave attempts to sort through a full mailbox of caller and listener questions ranging from dry mouth issues with pecans, brining techniques, filet of cod and corn syrup. Tune in to learn more about vodka and distillation, “brown sauce” and “estrogenic” issues with plastics. This episode was sponsored by Modernist Pantry.

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Episode 64: No Cursing! Nov 29, 2011

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This week on Cooking Issues, Dave answers more of your cooking related questions covering topics such as sous vide crusting techniques, sweet potato fry cooking methods and heat conduction in steak. Find out why Dave thinks chicken hearts are so delicious, why a 10 year old listens to the show and why Nastassia is still against bagpipes at weddings. This episode was sponsored by Modernist Pantry.

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