Trash Talk: Chefs Are Throwing Flavor Away

Pot Luck Food Talks: Kitchen Stories From Behind the Pass by Chef Phil & Eric | Experienced Cooks & Restaurant Insiders

Episode notes

🎙️ EP166 – Cooking With Trash. This episode is a love letter to the parts we ignore… and the flavor we’re too lazy to earn. If you’ve ever thrown something away and then paid for it again in a different form, this one’s for you.

🎧 Topics Covered in This Episode:

🗑️ Cooking with Trash – Why upcycling is a real chef flex

🥕 The Veg Stock Revelation – Balance, seasons, depth

🧈 Stock Veg Tapenade – Bread-course alchemy

🐟 The Cod Water Crime – Pouring flavor down the drain

💸 Waste Is Expensive – Laziness costs money

🐑 Underrated Cuts – Lamb belly, heads, bone flavor

📛 Menu Mind Games – How naming shapes taste

🥦 Broccoli Stem ... 

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