About this episode

Mark Tagnipez shares his culinary journey and insights on food culture in a conversation that spans multiple locations and cuisines.

I sat down with Mark Tagnipez at Marmont to talk truffles, but the conversation very quickly became about much more than that. Mark is warm, funny and wonderfully unguarded, and his story moves from Los Angeles to Hawaii to Melbourne, from Filipino food at home to Chicano neighbourhood cooking, deep fryers, hay fever, fried chicken, monkey bread and the thrill of discovering that maybe truffles aren’t overrated after all. There’s a lovely openness to the way Mark talks about food: where it comes from, who it is for, and how much of yourself you can quietly leave on the plate.

People in this episode

Host: Jo Rittey

Guest: Mark Tagnipez

Topics covered

• truffles
• Filipino food
• Chicano cooking
• food culture
• personal stories
• cooking techniques

Mentioned in this episode

Products: truffles, fried chicken, monkey bread

Places: Marmont, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Melbourne

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