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Podcast: This Is TASTE
Episode: Bonnie’s Calvin Eng Has MSG Tattooed on His Arm (And All Over His Book)
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Calvin Eng is the chef and owner of Bonnie’s, a very popular Cantonese American restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He’s also the author of a great new cookbook: Salt Sugar MSG, an introduction to his unique style of home cooking, cowritten with his partner, Phoebe Melnick. It’s so fun to have Calvin in the studio to talk about growing up in New York’s many Chinatowns, developing recipes for home cooks (instead of line cooks), and more.Also on the show, Matt has a fun conversation with Substack’s Austin Tedesco. We love Substack and talked abo...