Episodes

Today I sit down with Chicago chef Michael Torres to talk restaurant beginnings, career choices and work/life balance. Also, he lives in a magical part of Chicago.

Today I sit down with Chicago chef Michael Torres to talk restaurant beginnings, career choices and work/life balance. Also, he lives in a magical part of Chicago.

Today I sit down with Chicago chef Michael Torres to talk restaurant beginnings, career choices and work/life balance. Also, he lives in a magical part of Chicago.

So you're dead. What is everyone going to eat at your funeral? Is that food your legacy? Do you give a shit? Remember, you're dead. Also, we discuss how to run a restaurant into the ground. Or, in this case, the bay.

So you're dead. What is everyone going to eat at your funeral? Is that food your legacy? Do you give a shit? Remember, you're dead. Also, we discuss how to run a restaurant into the ground. Or, in this case, the bay.

So you're dead. What is everyone going to eat at your funeral? Is that food your legacy? Do you give a shit? Remember, you're dead. Also, we discuss how to run a restaurant into the ground. Or, in this case, the bay.

In an effort to tackle some food-related Halloween issues, we struggle through the final culinary (?) frontier: Cannibalism. Spoilers, don't eat a dude.

In an effort to tackle some food-related Halloween issues, we struggle through the final culinary (?) frontier: Cannibalism. Spoilers, don't eat a dude.

In an effort to tackle some food-related Halloween issues, we struggle through the final culinary (?) frontier: Cannibalism. Spoilers, don't eat a dude.

So it seems that restaurants are horrible places to work, especially for women. You know who could have told you that? Women. You know who's GOING to tell you that? Two guys.

So it seems that restaurants are horrible places to work, especially for women. You know who could have told you that? Women. You know who's GOING to tell you that? Two guys.

So it seems that restaurants are horrible places to work, especially for women. You know who could have told you that? Women. You know who's GOING to tell you that? Two guys.

What does it really feel like to be a woman in the restaurant industry? I don't know; I'm a dude. So I asked a woman. Her name's Kelly.

What does it really feel like to be a woman in the restaurant industry? I don't know; I'm a dude. So I asked a woman. Her name's Kelly.

What does it really feel like to be a woman in the restaurant industry? I don't know; I'm a dude. So I asked a woman. Her name's Kelly.

Tonight we talk birthday party pizza, restaurants stalking their customers and New England Culinary Institute duck.

Tonight we talk birthday party pizza, restaurants stalking their customers and New England Culinary Institute duck.

Tonight we talk birthday party pizza, restaurants stalking their customers and New England Culinary Institute duck.

Oh, man, kids. Your Uncle Steve is on a quest to find the best Mac & Cheese that restaurant money can buy. He's launched "Operation Noods"! (noods=noodles. try to keep up) Join us every so often as Steve scours the Eastern Seaboard for excellent, nay, tremendous, nay, good, nay palatable, nay simply edible macaroni & cheese!

Oh, man, kids. Your Uncle Steve is on a quest to find the best Mac & Cheese that restaurant money can buy. He's launched "Operation Noods"! (noods=noodles. try to keep up) Join us every so often as Steve scours the Eastern Seaboard for excellent, nay, tremendous, nay, good, nay palatable, nay simply edible macaroni & cheese!

Oh, man, kids. Your Uncle Steve is on a quest to find the best Mac & Cheese that restaurant money can buy. He's launched "Operation Noods"! (noods=noodles. try to keep up) Join us every so often as Steve scours the Eastern Seaboard for excellent, nay, tremendous, nay, good, nay palatable, nay simply edible macaroni & cheese!

What do you serve at your overly complicated Thanksgiving?

What do you serve at your overly complicated Thanksgiving?

What do you serve at your overly complicated Thanksgiving?