About this episode

The episode debates the engineering and artistry of burrito construction while featuring discussions on food hacks and tomato storage.

Is the perfect burrito a feat of engineering or art? We debate burrito construction and the Los Angeles/San Francisco rivalry with Jesse Thorn (founder of Maximum Fun and host of Bullseye) and Evan Kleiman (host of KCRW's Good Food). Matt Yglesias (cofounder of Vox Media and author of the Slow Boring newsletter) compares Chipotle burritos to iPhones. And then, Dan and cookbook author/YouTuber Kenji López-Alt take some calls: A wife objects to her husband's embarrassing food hacks, and Kenji explains the science of tomato storage.

People in this episode

Host: Dan Pashman

Guests: Jesse Thorn, Evan Kleiman, Kenji López-Alt

Topics covered

• burrito construction
• Los Angeles/San Francisco rivalry
• food hacks
• tomato storage
• food engineering
• Chipotle

Keywords

• burrito
• food engineering
• Los Angeles
• San Francisco
• Chipotle
• food hacks
• tomato storage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Maximum Fun, KCRW, Vox Media

Books & works: Bullseye, Good Food, Slow Boring

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