Recipe Club

Recipe Club is a panel-format food podcast produced by The Ringer, hosted by Chris Ying and built around chef David Chang and a recurring cast of professional cooks, including Mark Johnson, Becky Joyner, and Mandy Roberts. Each week the group tackles a specific eating occasion or scenario — Valentine's Day, tailgates, packed lunches, cookie swaps, picnics — and each member arrives having tested a recipe tied to that theme, often sourced from outlets like The New York Times, Food52, Serious Eats, or Once Upon a Chef. The format is competitive and conversational: members present what they made, defend their ingredient and technique choices, and the table argues over results, sometimes settling on a favorite. Guests outside the regular club rotation also appear, such as cookbook authors and bakery owners, who bring in a dish or professional perspective tied to that episode's theme. Recurring subject matter includes cooking technique (poaching, aging cookie dough, soufflé timing, sauce reduction), recipe-source comparison, and the tension between scratch cooking and shortcuts like store-bought sauces. Conversations often widen into food memory and identity, touching on childhood lunches, family food traditions, and how a guest's cultural background shaped a dish. The tone is casual and unscripted, with disagreement and cross-talk treated as part of the format rather than something to resolve neatly. Episodes carry ad reads for sponsors such as Whole Foods Market, TaxAct, The Home Depot, and TELUS Online Security. Listeners who enjoy hearing professional cooks argue over specific recipes and techniques, rather than straightforward tutorial-style cooking content, are the core audience. New episodes are released weekly and typically run just over an hour.