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Thursday, March 18, 2010

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Cooking the Books: Sam Lipsyte and Ceridwen Morris Make Momofuku Pork Buns

Sam Lipsyte, the author of Home Land, whose new book is The Ask, and Ceridwen Morris, whose latest is From the Hips, were interviewed by Emily Gould. Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier!

The books they wrote

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Kataphraktos
Kataphraktos (#226)

Please to stop making me hungry.

PropSword
PropSword (#2,870)

Nothing like some poop talk to make me hungry.

brianvan
brianvan (#149)

I'm guessing this is one of those non-observant things?

Bittersweet
Bittersweet (#765)

Once I got over the whole 'omg people eat their placentas/now I'm going to hurl' thing, this was great. Can we get the pork bun recipe? Pretty please with afterbirth on top?

Emily
Emily (#20)

I'd feel a little dirty putting it online, since we followed the Momofuku cookbook's recipe to the letter. This is definitely a cookbook worth buying if you enjoy making or eating or looking at food at all ...

Choire Sicha

GOOD NEWS!

http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/diaryofafoodie/2008/04/porkbellybuns

Emily
Emily (#20)

Nah, this one isn't as good.

Emily
Emily (#20)

It's also HARDER. Buy the cookbook! Stop trying to get everything for free from the Internet!

TerseNursePornstein

This cookbook is good readin'!

Choire Sicha

Right? The comment there that "You'd need a whole backroom full of prep cooks to make this!" IS SO ACCURATE.

Bittersweet
Bittersweet (#765)

Thanks, Emily, I will get the cookbook.

macartney
macartney (#1,889)

Getting things free is what the internet was invented for!

http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/2009/08/momofuku-exclusive-recipes-octo-vin-pork-buns-pickles/

NicFit
NicFit (#616)

"directed by"?

Choire Sicha

Oh gosh yes. Nonfiction film and TV also employ "directors"! Their duties are somewhat different from the duties of fiction directors obviously (for instance, in nonfiction, one doesn't give line readings, nor does one tell people what to do) and yet nevertheless, they have a job to do too, one that is at least as important as craft services.

NicFit
NicFit (#616)

Mean-spirited comment withdrawn.

kitten_witawip

Nic she's the one who pulled the shade down and put up that black out screen.

Valcatraz
Valcatraz (#2,131)

I did, and do, A LOT more than that for these things, but thank you for thinking so highly of my contributions.

kitten_witawip

Val, those are not a small contributions. This is the first time someone thought to do that on one of these vids.

Valcatraz
Valcatraz (#2,131)

Actually, not true! The windows were blocked out for both Marisa Meltzer and Julie Powell's vids. It just looks a lot better because we are using fancier equipment. Props to our new crew member Andrew for hooking us up!

Andrew Gauthier
Andrew Gauthier (#3,713)

Of all the work that Val and Emily put into this episode, I never thought people would be talking about the end credits.

Lionel Mandrake

I appreciate that it was a pretty seamless multi-camera shoot. The cut-aways seemed to be perfectly in-sync.

ReginalTSquirge
ReginalTSquirge (#3,286)

I've said it a million times and I'll say it again: Never trust a woman with color tattoos.

Andrew Gauthier
Andrew Gauthier (#3,713)

Wait, are we talking about Michelle McGee now?

ReginalTSquirge
ReginalTSquirge (#3,286)

Related: Never trust a man that buttons his shirt all the way to the top but doesn't wear a tie (see: douchebag).

Maevemealone
Maevemealone (#968)

I spent a couple days making these and after various degrees of binging on pork buns, I can tell you the perfect number for one sitting is 3, 4 if you're making a meal of it. Of course, at the restaurant they only sell two at a time, which is an evil way to get another $9 out of your wallet.

garge
garge (#736)

My kind of servicey!

NotAndersonCooper

This episode makes an excellent late night snack.

The Dewd
The Dewd (#3,929)

mmm sriracha. I like your style

dailyny
dailyny (#3,326)

I just learned something that I really want to unlearn. Help me vodka!

worst_1_yet
worst_1_yet (#681)

Abort.

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