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Tampopo's Tampopo with Food Network Chef and Personality Justin Warner - Part 1
Justin Warner is a chef, Food Network personality, owner with his wife of the ramen restaurant, Bokujo Ramen, cookbook author, and expert in all things Tampopo. Tampopo is the fictional restaurant in the film Tampopo. Justin breaks down Tampopo like no on
From Scratch's Ristorante Vigna Vecchia with Attica Locke
Ristorante Vigna Vecchia is the fictional restaurant from the hit Netflix series, From Scratch. This is our conversation and review of the fictional restaurant with the series showrunner, Attica Locke.
Cooking, Writing, & ChatGPT
In this more personal episode, I (the host) open up on the importance and benefits to using the AI disruptor, ChatGPT.
Ratatouille's Gusteau's with Michael Ruhlman - PART 2
Michael Ruhlman is an acclaimed fiction and culinary nonfiction writer, as well as a TV personality. In this New Year episode, he breaks down the importance of the fictional restaurant, Gusteau's, in Pixar's film, Ratatouille.
Ratatouille's Gusteau's with Michael Ruhlman
Michael Ruhlman is an acclaimed writer both in fiction and culinary nonfiction, as well as a TV personality. In this special end-of-the-year episode he breaks down the importance of the fictional restaurant, Gusteau's, in Pixar's film, Ratatouil
The Menu's Hawthorn with Seth Reiss and Will Tracy - PART 2
This is Part 2 of our chat with Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, the screenwriters behind the fictional restaurant, Hawthorn, featured heavily in the 2022 film, The Menu. This conversation breaks down the importance of the food and how The Menu was brought from
The Menu's Hawthorn with Seth Reiss and Will Tracy - PART 1
Fox Searchlight's 2022 film, The Menu is in theaters on November 18. The fictional restaurant in The Menu is called Hawthorn. We are talking to the writers and creators of Hawthorn, Seth Reiss, and Will Tracy.
Avalon's Thanksgiving Dinner with AE Jones
The most important fictional restaurant scenes in Barry Levinson's film, Avalon, are the Thanksgiving dinner scenes. We bring along literary manager, AE Jones, an expert in all things Avalon Thanksgiving scenes to break an iconic movie and holiday do
Avalon's Thanksgiving Dinner with A.E. Jones
The best and most important scene in Barry Levinson's 1990 classic, Avalon, is its Thanksgiving dinner scene. We chit chat with the literary manager, A.E. Jones to talk all things turkey and Avalon.
The Bear's The Original Beef of Chicagoland with Joanna Calo
The Bear is a 2022 TV series on FX. It's about a former chef from the fine-dining world who is thrust into fictional restaurant dive called The Original Beef of Chicagoland. Restaurant Fiction breaks down the fictional restaurant from The Bear and ta