Special Sauce with Ed Levine

Ed Levine

Booking Overview

This is a weekly food-culture interview show featuring intimate conversations with notable figures from food, journalism, and adjacent cultural fields. Credible pitches include established food writers, chefs and restaurateurs, farmers and producers, journalists, and public figures with a substantive food connection; booking difficulty is medium because guests are typically accomplished professionals or recognizable personalities.

Metrics

Episodes: 475

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.1/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

edlevine27@gmail.com

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Host

Ed Levine - Food writer and founder of Serious Eats.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Established food writers, journalists, chefs, restaurateurs, farmers, and producers, along with recognizable public figures who have a meaningful connection to food culture or a timely food-related perspective.

Required Achievements:

Bylines or editorial roles at established food or news publications, Ownership or leadership of a notable restaurant or food business, Recognized expertise in farming, food production, or culinary culture, Published writing, podcasting, or other public work connected to the discussion topic

Recent Guest Discussions

Marcos Carbajal - The Treatment Of Chicago Chef Carlos Cantatore And Immigration Issues Affecting Food Professionals.

Ashok Selvam - The Treatment Of Chicago Chef Carlos Cantatore And The Impact Of Immigration Enforcement On Food Professionals.

Adam Chandler - Restaurant Reservation Demand And The Factors Driving Reservation Scarcity.

Heather Haddon - The Reasons Restaurant Reservations Have Become Increasingly Difficult To Secure.

Amy McCarthy - Dolly Parton's Relationship With Food And Her Contributions To Food Culture.

Recent Topics

Food, Food Culture, Restaurants, Food Writing, Chefs

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Special Sauce with Ed Levine

Meherwan Irani: Indian Street Food Evangelist

September 25, 2026

James Beard Award-Winning chef and restaurateur Meherwan Irani has written 'Number 1 Best Indian Cookbook in the World', a book that celebrates the Indian street food he serves at his restaurants Chai Pani and Botiwalla. On Special Sauce Irani insisted that Indian street food is the best street food in the world. Bold claim! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

ICE in Chicago: Still Destroying Food People's Lives

September 18, 2026

After reading about ICE's ongoing appalling treatment of an Argentine-born Chicago chef Carlos Cantatore in the new online food publication Ravenous, I invited Ravenous' Ashok Selvam and Marcos Carbajal, Chicago-born restaurateur-chef and owner of the esteemed Carnitas Uruapan, on Special Sauce to bring us up to date. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Restaurant Reservation Insanity

September 11, 2026

This week on Special Sauce, reporter Heather Haddon and columnist Adam Chandler of The Wall Street Journal give us the lowdown on why securing a restaurant reservation is damn near impossible these days. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Publicly listed emails

edlevine27@gmail.com

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