Despite a bicycling ticket, Dave Arnold speeds into the studio and joins Nastassia Lopez for another week of Cooking Issues! Dave gives some tips about making a a creme anglaise, and tackles the gluten-free trend. Why are so many Americans limiting the gluten in their diets, and does it really make sense to do so if you don't suffer from celiac disease? Hear what grains Dave learned about in Senegal that hold promise for gluten-free bread lovers. Find out ways to use leftover eggs, and hear about The Museum of Food and Drink's new cereal puffer! Dave and Nastassia wrap up the show by discussing the thermal death temperatures of pathogens, and carbonation. Thanks to William McGee for becoming a member of the Heritage Radio Network.org! This program has been sponsored by ChefSteps.

"When you're heating something, there are three things that you're trying to do- you want to make it taste good, you want to prevent bacteria from growing, and you want to kill the pathogens that are present." [45:15]

-- Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues

On this episode of Hot Grease, Nicole Taylor is talking all about lard. When you were growing up, do you remember your family collecting bacon fat drippings in a jar? Nicole talks with Hank Will of Grit Magazine about the advantages of eating food that is cooked in lard. Also, Alana Chernila of The Homemade Pantry chats with Nicole about making foods at home, including tortillas and yogurt. Hear about the benefits of keeping your freezer organized! This program has been brought to you by Edwards.

"Leaf lard is a very dense, very pure deposit of fat that typically accumulates in the kidney area...when you render it, it comes out very pure and without flavor." --Hank Will on Hot Grease

"In terms of cost, there are a lot of foods that save so much money [when you make them at home] because when we're buying food at the store, we're paying for packaging, we're paying for transport." --Alana Chernila on Hot Grease

This week on Snacky Tunes the sweet genius pastry chef behind Momofuku Milk Bar Christina Tosi stops by. From her beginnings as an apprentice to Wylie Dufresne then to working at wd50 to working with David Chang and developing the Milk Bar and it's sweet goods such as the famed crack pie. Tune in to learn about safeguarding your intellectual property in the restaurant world and how restaurant apprenticeship is on the decline. Later on Craig Pfunder from VHS or Beta does DJ set and talks about how the music industry has recycled back to a self-distributed singles market. This episode is sponsored by Fairway Market.