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Outside Food
May 5, 2026
32m 45s
Does Lukas Hate Lentils?
Apr 28, 2026
39m 04s
Life Beyond Tupperware
Apr 21, 2026
39m 28s
Living Through Our Salad Days
Apr 14, 2026
38m 09s
Food for Resetting
Apr 7, 2026
34m 17s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 5/5/26 | Outside Food | Welcome to SALT PIG! This week we are talking about eating food outside of home: from the beach to the park, from a car trip to just about every social interaction during COVID. Lukas extolls the virtues of slab sandwiches wrapped in parchment and individual half-pint containers. Ellie makes orzo salad with giardiniera-brine dressing. And we dissect the difference in appeal between a communal trough and a curated sharable spread. (Do you want to share long noodles with anyone??) Plus, hear th... | 32m 45s | ||||||
| 4/28/26 | Does Lukas Hate Lentils? | Welcome to SALT PIG! Buckle your seatbelts everyone, because we are about to break the biggest scandal this side of the East River. Or at least in SALT PIG history, in all three months of its existence. Lukas—cookbook writer extraordinaire, vegetable whisperer, bean club acolyte—has a thing AGAINST lentils. WHaaat? But don’t despair! We break down many ways these sometimes-chalky pulses can be prepared and we dissect the root of his ambivalence. Will he find a lentil dish he truly craves? Wil... | 39m 04s | ||||||
| 4/21/26 | Life Beyond Tupperware | Welcome to SALT PIG! This week, we go beyond the Tupperware drawer of yore to discuss the food storage realities of our kitchens: what containers are best for freezing our ever-present broth, what jars and packaging we wouldn’t dream of recycling, the appeal versus futility of beeswax wraps, and the best receptacles for pawning off leftovers for our husbands’ lunches. It opens up some big life questions, like, why is decanting rice so satisfying? Can gallon-sized ziplocks ever be properly was... | 39m 28s | ||||||
| 4/14/26 | Living Through Our Salad Days | Welcome to SALT PIG! From a nostalgic walk through of Lukas’ family’s Costco paint can of blue cheese dressing, to the maybe French/maybe made-up habit of Ellie’s family eating salad after the main dish, we break down our early childhood salad experiences. Present day, we love it so: raw, cooked, “signature,” with leaves, with no leaves. Lukas tries to convince Ellie to revisit broccoli salads, Ellie tries to convince her husband that her vinaigrette isn’t “too sour” (though maybe it is), and... | 38m 09s | ||||||
| 4/7/26 | Food for Resetting | Welcome to Salt Pig! Given our perpetual professional exposure to wellness culture, this week we discuss what healthier cooking means in our kitchens on a day-to-day basis. Topics range from food hangovers in your 40s and the power of data from wearables, to the pleasures of raw vegetables and the previously scorned superfoods we now consider everyday ingredients. Even when you are enthusiastic about healthier eating, making it stick can be challenging. It comes back to the question we ask ou... | 34m 17s | ||||||
| 3/31/26 | Food Gifting with Jenny Rosenstrach | To mark a dozen episodes(!), this week we have cookbook writer Jenny Rosenstrach joining us as our first ever SALT PIG guest. We discuss all the food we give our friends and family when they have had a baby, are going through something, hosting us, or just because: practical dinners, surprising treats, weird concoctions that need a home, and more. It turns out packaging has a major impact too: Jenny buys cellophane bags and shops from her designated gift closet (we knew she was a pro), Lukas ... | 33m 43s | ||||||
| 3/24/26 | The Kitchen Cleanliness Spectrum | Welcome to SALT PIG! Where are we on the kitchen cleanliness spectrum? And what actually matters when it comes to keeping the germs at bay? We discuss gloves in the kitchen, festering sponges, dishes in the sink, the folly of designating dishtowels for different purposes, and more. We get deep into Ellie’s scarcity mindset and Lukas’ performative cleaning. Plus when you love a cutting board, (how to) treat it well. Discussed in this episode: How Black Gloves Took Over Cooking Videos (via Eate... | 35m 40s | ||||||
| 3/17/26 | Mildly Desperate Dinners | Welcome to Salt Pig! Dinner must be made most nights, but sometimes you have no plan or ingredients lined up. We’re there often! This week, Lukas and Ellie describe some of their solutions to last-minute meals—both the odd and the obvious—and some surprise ingredients that get us over the line. Plus, is it gross or just wildly efficient to squeeze citrus with your bare hands? Asking for a friend. Discussed in this episode: Lotus Foods Brown Rice and Millet RamenLukas’ House Slaw and One... | 33m 37s | ||||||
| 3/10/26 | Water Is the Best Ingredient | Welcome to Salt Pig! This week, we're celebrating the glory of tap water. Ellie and Lukas break down the numerous ways that water is one of the most useful ingredients in our cooking and helpful tool in the kitchen—from controlling temperature in a pan and dispersing flavor, to making the purest-tasting soups, risottos, and more. Plus, catch Ellie’s quick lemon spaghetti and Lukas’ hot take on leftover pasta. Join us, and if you enjoy — please like and subscribe! Discussed in this episode: Vi... | 33m 08s | ||||||
| 3/3/26 | What Recipes Get Wrong | Welcome to Salt Pig! Does our society’s penchant for using recipes broaden the horizons of home cooks, or constrain them? This week, Lukas and Ellie discuss who recipes are written for, what a successful recipe is, and what to do when a finished recipe needs something beyond the page. Plus a hand’s-off technique that is balm to one’s often-overcooked sockeye salmon. Join us, and if you enjoy — please like and subscribe! Discussed in this episode: Calabrian Chili Peppers, the BIG jarSamin Nosr... | 37m 27s | ||||||
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| 2/24/26 | Cast Iron's Mystique | Welcome to Salt Pig! What do Alice Waters, Ellie’s ex-boyfriend, and everybody’s militant neighbor have in common? They all clean their cast iron pans differently than Lukas and Ellie do. We discuss the ways this versatile pan works for us, from searing and baking, to grilling and camping, and how to get and keep that satiny patina. Also covered: ambitious vacation packing, re-using bacon fat, and how Lonesome Dove may have scooped all of our food topics. Join us! Mentioned in this week... | 36m 50s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 | The Hot Drinks We Can and Can't Live Without | Welcome to Salt Pig! This week, we are talking about coffee culture, tea rituals, and all the surprising hot concoctions we drink now as people in our forties. Tune in for Lukas’ gleeful goodbye to his fancy burr grinder and Ellie’s awkward intro to the Seattle Freeze. Pop quiz: Which enthusiastic teen in a big scarf was the first person in line at the first ever Starbucks in Boise, Idaho?? Join us! Mentioned in this episode: Oxo Coffee GrinderDandy Blend Coffee AlternativeStash Earl Grey Dou... | 37m 12s | ||||||
| 2/10/26 | Convenience Food Snobs | Welcome to Salt Pig! This week Ellie and Lukas discuss the convenience foods that we love and the ones we snub. Indian jarred sauces and Trader Joe’s frozen treats are in, but Italian jarred sauces and pre-chopped produce is out. Turns out we are full of contradictions and biased as hell. Plus, are tech companies behind everything? Join us! A Very Good Tomato Sauce (by Alison Roman)Brooklyn Delhi (maker of Tomato Achaar and Cashew Korma)Trader Joe’s Thai Vegetable Gyoza and Orange ChickenFree... | 34m 46s | ||||||
| 2/3/26 | Unfussy Sourdough, for Better or for Worse | Welcome to Salt Pig! This week Ellie and Lukas discuss our sourdough bread baking journeys and all the practical and existential questions it provokes: How many starters has Ellie killed? Can you bake sourdough without being consumed with fussiness? How far is too far when experimenting with sourdough discard? What is a “real” baker anyhow?? Join us! Discussed in this episode: Il Buco: Stories and Recipes by Donna Lennard with Joshua David SteinTartine Bread by Chad RobertsonThe Perfect... | 38m 23s | ||||||
| 1/27/26 | It's Always Spinach | Welcome to Salt Pig! This week Lukas and Ellie detail all the ways we love spinach, and all the ways we hate cleaning it. Plus Lukas shares his secret ingredient for smoothies and Ellie discloses her favorite 3-minute home lunch. Join us! For more information and to get in touch, visit saltpig.substack.com. Mentioned in this episode: Noah Galuten’s Health SludgeLukas’ Smoothie Formula Everyone’s Table by Gregory GourdetCaramelized Fish Sauce Tuna Instagram | Substack | 34m 57s | ||||||
| 1/20/26 | We ❤️ Dishwashers | Welcome to Salt Pig! This week Ellie and Lukas discuss all things dishwashers, which uncovers some personal compulsions. Plus Ellie has a broth disaster and Lukas throws something surprising into the waffle iron for dinner. Join us! For more information and to get in touch, visit saltpig.substack.com. Mentioned in this episode: Deep Cleaning Your DishwasherWhy running a dishwasher even twice a day is better than hand washing dishes Instagram | Substack | 30m 56s | ||||||
| 1/13/26 | Food Waste vs. Recipes | Welcome to Salt Pig! This week, Lukas and Ellie talk about food waste. We discuss the absurd lengths we go to to repurpose ingredients like milk that was left out overnight, leftover cranberry sauce, or even two precious spoonfuls of restaurant biryani. Plus, we debate the pros and cons of following recipes to a T or going rogue. Join us! For more information and to get in touch, visit saltpig.substack.com. Instagram | Substack | 37m 09s | ||||||
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3 placements across 3 markets.
Chart Positions
3 placements across 3 markets.