The Mind of a Chef

Instant ramen dishes and tsukemen; noodle factory; alkalinity.

Pork bushi; pork belly and tonkotsu; Wilensky's fried bologna sandwich in Montreal. With guest Aziz Ansari.

David Chang discusses dishes from his childhood, summer eating, visiting Japan and golf.

Fideos; salt cod omelet; chef Albert Adria makes spongecake.

Katsuobushi; XO sauce; rotten bananas with chef Christina Tosi; kimchi.

Hanging out with chef René Redzepi.

Yakitori and sushi in Japan; chef Daniel Patterson prepares beets.

Foie gras sandwich; whiskey tasting with chef Sean Brock; hot brown served up three ways.

Preparing eggs with chefs Wylie Dufresne, Daniel Patterson and René Redzepi; Ko egg.

Street market in Tokyo; three-star restaurant Kikunoi.

Oysters, carrot dashi and farming; a visit with Ivan Orkin in Tokyo; ramen.

Instant broth; pea agnollini; fresh and aged steak with Chef Tien Ho; ikejime with Dave Arnold and Chef Yoshihiro Murata in Kyoto, Japan.

Tofu and miso factories in Japan; chef Christina Tosi makes burnt miso apple pie; Laurent Gras takes on tofu; corn miso.

Christina Tosi makes corn cookies and a three-layered Arnold Palmer cake; ice cream; strawberry picking.

A barbecue tour of North Carolina, Texas and Kansas City.

Cooking with friends in Japan and Copenhagen. Guests include Peter Meehan, Laurent Gras, Sat Bains and René Redzepi.