Ep. 676: Jesse Griffiths Earns a Michellin Star

Published: 2025-03-17 09:00:00

Steven Rinella talks with chef Jesse Griffiths, Ryan Callaghan, Janis Putelis, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics discussed: The Hog Book and The Turkey Book; Jesse's restaurant, Dai Due, just won a Michelin Green Star and is Steve's favorite restaurant; why it's illegal to remove a billfish from the water in the US; Randall's love of estate sales; FHF's sweet new EDC pack; Michelin stars and tires; cock fights; how everything served is from around here; cooking aoudad; a new use for an old cut; Jesse's recipe for belly meat remoulade; arguing about star anise; a routine with turkey wings; approachable and creative; heart, liver, gizzard; and more.

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Referenced Books

The Hog Book

by Jesse Griffiths

Steve Rinella introduces Jesse Griffiths as the author of 'The Hog Book' and 'The Turkey Book', describing them as 'very creatively titled' books that tell you exactly what they're about. The Hog Book is described as containing comprehensive information about preparing wild hogs.

Referenced at 00:00:56

The Turkey Book

by Jesse Griffiths

Introduced alongside The Hog Book as Jesse Griffiths' second book, which tells readers everything about preparing turkeys and every part of every turkey. Both books are noted as available at themeatater.com.

Referenced at 00:00:56

None

by None

Steve Rinella mentions he is reading 'a new book about the Battle of Manila' published by Oxford University Press about the Battle of Manila in the Philippines during World War II. He discusses the historical content about MacArthur and Japanese forces, though the specific title is not provided.

Referenced at 00:55:08

The Balinese Cockfight

by Clifford Geertz

Randall mentions this as 'a classic anthropological study' where Geertz goes to Bali and provides a deep analysis of how the cockfight can explain Balinese society and how people behave there. This comes up in a discussion about cockfighting after Steve mentions attending cockfights in the Philippines.

Referenced at 00:58:29