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I'm going to go out on a limb here, or perhaps I should say on a sprig of rosemary:\xa0For those who care deeply about\xa0the state of home cooking today,\xa0the food-journalism landscape, or the Grateful Dead, this week's episode of Special Sauce,\xa0part two of my conversation with\xa0Milk Street\xa0founder\xa0Chris Kimball,\xa0is a must-listen.\xa0Going back over\xa0the transcript, I marveled anew at just how smart and thought-provoking and, yes, persnickety the bespectacled, bow tie\u2013wearing Mr. Kimball really is, on every subject: how Serious Eats culinary director, Kenji L\xf3pez-Alt, was just as science-driven and obsessive about rigorous testing when he worked for Chris at Cook's Illustrated as he is now, the humorous side of Abraham Lincoln, the range of spices found in the cuisine of the Ottoman Empire, and the benefits of not just giving home cooks what they want, to name a few.\xa0It\xa0may\xa0be my favorite Special Sauce ever\u2014it's\xa0that good\u2014and if this podcast weren't already free,\xa0I'd\xa0offer\xa0a money-back guarantee that serious eaters everywhere will feel the same way after listening.\xa0(And if you don't, let us know. We'd love to hear your feedback.)