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50 Tastes Of Gray

50 Tastes Of Gray

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Aloha!

I’m Matthew Gray, your host of the `50 Tastes Of Gray’ podcast.

Aloha from Hawaii! 🌺


I’m a lifelong chef, radio guy, and your host of 50 Tastes of Gray, a smart long‑form conversation served with warmth, wit, and a dash of mischief. 🎙️🍽️

Each episode is a generous helping of stories, laughter, and unexpected insight as I sit down with fascinating guests from across the worlds of food, art, music, and life itself.

We talk flavor, sure—but also what feeds the soul: curiosity, creativity, and connection. It’s funny, revealing, and refreshingly human—the kind of conversation that lingers long after the last bite.

Pull up a chair. Life’s too delicious not to dig in. 🍰

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  • The Pastry Chef Who HATES Cheesecake

    The Pastry Chef Who HATES Cheesecake
    Oct 31 2026
    ​Pastry chef Melanie Underwood hates cheesecake — and wrote the book on it anyway. A warm, funny, no-filter conversation about teaching cooking, trusting yourself in the kitchen, and why food has no barrier it cannot cross. After 25 years at the Institute of Culinary Education, plus pastry posts at the Four Seasons and the Plaza in New York, Melanie now teaches from her home kitchen. She runs Nourish and Gather, teaches mindfulness and sound baths, and built Tart AF — always fabulous, always flaky — around the permission she gives students to trust themselves. In this 27-minute cut: why "I know" is the worst thing a cooking student can say, the husband who suggested 32 students with knives, the month she showed up at a hotel every day until they gave her an apprenticeship, the mentor who told her to apply for the Four Seasons job — and watched Melanie get it — plus Junior's vs. Cheesecake Factory, a four-ingredient quark cheesecake, the Tart AF origin story, warm vanilla pudding, the potluck war over store-bought food, borrowed spoons, and the most impossible person she ever cooked for. If you've ever stood in your kitchen wondering what to cook, or felt judged for how you cook, this one's for you. Chapters: 00:00 An Egg Any Way She Can Get One 00:14 'I Know!' (No, You Don't) — Blame Shitty Influencers 01:08 32 Strangers With Knives? Absolutely the Hell Not 01:48 Screw Your Gadgets — A Microplane and a Knife Will Do 02:17 Mama's Band-Aid Knife & the Onion-Gravy Rebellion 02:59 Bette, Claire & the Student Who Got Baked (Not the Good Kind) 03:52 Pre-Law Dropout Pestered a Hotel Daily Until They Caved 05:10 The Boys Said She Wouldn't Get It — She Got the Four Seasons Job 05:48 Escape From Cold Prep: Born to Bake, Baby 06:24 No Barrier Food Can't Cross — Dumplings Prove We're All Cousins 07:47 I Hate Cheesecake — So Obviously I Wrote the Book 09:02 Four Ingredients, No Crust, Zero Apologies: The Quark Cheesecake 10:41 Enter Tart AF (Yes, THAT AF) 11:39 Kellogg Would Crush You — and a Teen Called It Cringe 13:01 The Bear: Real Kitchens, Real Meltdowns, Real Humans 14:05 Pudding Is a Sweater You Can Eat 14:37 Dr. Jekyll & Ms. Tart: Sweet by Day, Spicy by Night 16:02 She Dropped the F-Bomb, a Lady Gasped — Then She Doubled Down 17:27 Flat? That's Just Code for Needs More Acid 18:13 Saffron Cheesecake & 'Don't Bring Store-Bought or Don't Come' 20:29 Wanted for Spoon Theft: Stories in Spoons 21:13 Turn the Tables: The Most Impossible Producer She Ever Fed 21:51 Teenagers Are Bankrolling DoorDash — $400 a Week, Salty & Broke 23:05 Cooking at Home Is Cheaper — Close Your Eyes & Trust Your Fridge 24:42 She Married a Chef and Had No Idea — Plot Twist! 25:34 Follow Her, Then Book a Flight to Hawaii: Aloha! FOLLOW MELANIE UNDERWOOD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nourishandgather.co Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/NourishandGatherco/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanieunderwood/ Substack: https://substack.com/@tartaf FOLLOW MATTHEW GRAY 50 Tastes Of Gray: Broadcasting from Honolulu. One guest. No rules. New episodes weekly. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/50tastesofgray Facebook: https://facebook.com/50TastesOfGrayPodcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matthew-gray-hawaii Substack: https://50TastesOfGray.substack.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@50TastesOfGray Subscribe, and tell us in the comments: what's the one thing you were told you "can't" put in a dish? #PastryChef #Baking #50TastesOfGray #MelanieUnderwood #ChefInterview
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    27 Min.
  • ​​​Same Men. Better Chairs. | Morocco Then & Now with Siham Lahmine

    ​​​Same Men. Better Chairs. | Morocco Then & Now with Siham Lahmine
    Oct 21 2026

    Same men, better chairs. Matthew Gray compares the Morocco he remembers from the 1970s with the Morocco Siham Lahmine lives in today, in Fez.

    Siham Lahmine was born in Fez, lives there now, and runs Morocco Travel Organizer, which describes itself as Morocco's first woman-owned culinary and luxury heritage tour company. But this episode isn't about her resume. It's about food as inheritance.

    WHAT WE TALK ABOUT

    Matthew remembers Morocco in the 70s: men squatting on the road, women doing all the visible work, little boys swarming to be his guide. Siham tells him what Fez is today. Sitting, not squatting. A community that is a radar. A 1,200-year-old Medina where you feel it if you don't belong. She's careful not to generalize: she's talking about the men you see on the street, not every man.

    And we talk food the way Siham's mom would want us to. Not just tagine and couscous. - Bissara: fava bean soup thickened in a clay tagine with cumin and olive oil - Pastilla from Fez: shredded chicken, fried ground almonds, caramelized onions, honey, and FIFTEEN eggs, topped with powdered sugar and cinnamon - Tanjia: meat and spices buried in hot ashes for three hours. You know it's done when you shake it and the bone stops sloshing - Medfuna ("the buried"): a nomadic pizza from the Sahara - Berber vs. Amazigh: why Siham avoids the word Berber, and what the original people of Morocco call themselves

    FAVORITE MOMENT: Siham's grandmother called couscous "the royal ball." She'd squeeze the grain with vegetables and meat, roll it in her hand, and feed it directly to her grandchildren. Eating with your hands brings bliss, baraka. That's inheritance.

    And Siham's mom? Her kitchen is her kingdom. She says yes, yes, yes, then pushes you out without realizing it. Aunties, daughter, and a son who cooks for himself in Germany, all kicked out. Matthew wants to steal the technique.

    IF YOU'RE GOING TO MOROCCO: Siham says visit the Marrakech souk by 6 pm, when the carts are coming in and the movement starts. And try timija tea in the High Atlas Mountains, a woolly plant that looks like mint and grows by the rivers. Spiky and sweet.

    Salam means peace. Bislama means goodbye.

    FOLLOW SIHAM LAHMINE https://MoroccoTravelOrganizer.com/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089627667747 https://www.instagram.com/moroccotravelorganizer/

    FOLLOW MATTHEW GRAY 50 Tastes Of Gray: Broadcasting from Honolulu. One guest. No rules. New episodes weekly. 50TastesOfGray@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/50tastesofgray Facebook: https://facebook.com/50TastesOfGrayPodcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matthew-gray-hawaii Substack: https://50TastesOfGray.substack.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@50TastesOfGray

    About Matthew: Grand Diplôme Le Cordon Bleu Paris, cooked on the road for The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, private chef for Robin Williams, Dan Aykroyd and Paramount studio heads. Chef since the '80s, Hawaii since the '90s.

    "I don't care about monetizing. I care about engagement, respect, and making friends. I go for the funny bone, not the jugular."

    #Morocco #MoroccanFood #50TastesOfGray
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    33 Min.
  • Rice, Spice, and Missing Home — Harvard Scientist

    Rice, Spice, and Missing Home — Harvard Scientist
    Oct 7 2026

    Why does a Harvard Medical School scientist miss home the most when he's hungry?

    Dr. Saravanan Thangarajan left Chennai for Boston with a Harvard tag and a suitcase full of spice he couldn't find near Harvard. We talk teeth, temples, Tamil, and what he's eaten today.

    This one is rice, spice, and a lot of heart.

    WHAT WE COVER ON THE CUTTING BOARD:

    00:00 Why a Harvard scientist was tired of smart-people podcasts 00:42 I butcher his name. He fixes it. (Saravanan 101) 02:15 Chennai → Boston: He left everything for the Harvard tag 04:10 Why dentistry? "My sister made it look cool… until I got in" 06:30 WHAT HAVE YOU EATEN TODAY? Rice, spice, and missing home 08:20 No Indians near Harvard Med, so he found the temple 09:30 Caste is your last name — Gen Z says "we care about vibe" 11:00 "Is mother alive? Is child alive? We never ask are you OK" - maternal mental health 12:30 Pandemic phone calls for oxygen beds → art → NYC billboard 13:30 How to say goodbye: Vanakkam to Aloha

    Guest: Dr. Saravanan Thangarajan - Dentist, Artist, Harvard Medical School Researcher Host: Matthew — 50 Tastes Of Gray with Matthew

    #Harvard #harvardmedicalschool #tamil #chennai #boston #dentist #maternalmentalhealth #indianfood #vanakkam #aloha #50TastesOfGray #WhatHaveYouEatenToday #immigrantstory #temple
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    11 Min.
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