Episodes

  • 008 Esculenté: Finish and Leftovers
    Mar 8 2023

    In this edition, Jenn and Alicia discuss how finishing your dishes can help achieve balance, all kinds of leftover hacks, and a peek at our new mini-series.

    Esculentè is a behind-the-scenes conversation podcast hosted by Jenn de la Vega and research producer Alicia Book. For every three culinary words, Jenn and Alicia discuss material from the cutting room floor in a series of bonus episodes. They answer listener questions and dive deep into the words as well as the humanity behind them.

    Hosted by Jenn de la Vega and Alicia Book.

    Knife logo by pixel artist Rachelle Viola

    Links

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 033 Leftovers
    Mar 1 2023

    For further reading, check out,“What to do with Leftover Food” from Choose to Reuse, a program of Hennepin County, Minnesota.

    Hosted by Jenn de la Vega 

    Research by Alicia Book

    Videos edited by Chris De Pew

    Knife logo by pixel artist Rachelle Viola

    Links

    • Buy our knife sticker!
    • Suggest a word
    • Support the show on Patreon!
    • Captioned video versions on Youtube 
    • Share this show with your friends 
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    6 mins
  • 032 Finish
    Feb 22 2023

    Hosted by Jenn de la Vega 

    Research by Alicia Book

    Videos edited by Chris De Pew

    Knife logo by pixel artist Rachelle Viola

    Links

    • Tell us what you learned from season 2 for our mailbag episode
    • Buy our knife sticker!
    • Suggest a word
    • Support the show on Patreon!
    • Captioned video versions on Youtube 
    • Share this show with your friends 
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    3 mins
  • 007 Esculenté: Resting, Residual Heat, and Doneness
    Feb 15 2023

    In this edition, Jenn and Alicia discuss why you should rest meats, a way to optimize your oven, and the subjective nature of doneness.

    Esculentè is a behind-the-scenes conversation podcast hosted by Jenn de la Vega and research producer Alicia Book. For every three culinary words, Jenn and Alicia discuss material from the cutting room floor in a series of bonus episodes. They answer listener questions and dive deep into the words as well as the humanity behind them.

    Hosted by Jenn de la Vega and Alicia Book.

    Knife logo by pixel artist Rachelle Viola

    Links

    • Tell us what you learned from season 2 for our mailbag episode
    • Buy our knife sticker!
    • Suggest a word
    • Support the show on Patreon!
    • Captioned video versions on Youtube 
    • Share this show with your friends 
    • Follow CulinaryWoTD on Twitter
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    50 mins
  • 031 Doneness
    Feb 8 2023

    For further reading, check out Determining Doneness from Beef. It's What's For Dinner.

    Hosted by Jenn de la Vega 

    Research by Alicia Book

    Videos edited by Chris De Pew

    Knife logo by pixel artist Rachelle Viola

    Links

    • Tell us what you learned from season 2 for our mailbag episode
    • Buy our knife sticker!
    • Suggest a word
    • Support the show on Patreon!
    • Captioned video versions on Youtube 
    • Share this show with your friends 
    • Follow CulinaryWoTD on Instagram
    • Follow CulinaryWoTD on Twitter
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    4 mins
  • A Message From Us
    Feb 3 2023

    A quick message from us at Culinary Word of the Day and what to expect from us in the coming months.

    • Tell us what you learned from season 2 for our mailbag episode
    • Buy our knife sticker!
    • Suggest a word
    • Support the show on Patreon!
    • Captioned video versions on Youtube 
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    2 mins
  • 030 Residual Heat
    Feb 1 2023

    For further reading, check out “Go green and use residual heat when cooking” by Sylvia Tan for The Straits Times.

    Hosted by Jenn de la Vega 

    Research by Alicia Book

    Videos edited by Chris De Pew

    Knife logo by pixel artist Rachelle Viola

    Links

    • Tell us what you learned from season 2 for our mailbag episode
    • Buy our knife sticker!
    • Suggest a word
    • Support the show on Patreon!
    • Captioned video versions on Youtube 
    • Share this show with your friends 
    • Follow CulinaryWoTD on Instagram
    • Follow CulinaryWoTD on Twitter
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    4 mins
  • 029 Resting
    Jan 25 2023

    Hosted by Jenn de la Vega 

    Research by Alicia Book

    Videos edited by Chris De Pew

    Knife logo by pixel artist Rachelle Viola

    Links

    • Suggest a word
    • Support the show on Patreon!
    • Captioned video versions on Youtube 
    • Share this show with your friends 
    • Follow CulinaryWoTD on Instagram
    • Follow CulinaryWoTD on Twitter
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    4 mins