Armond Joseph (Léon 1909 - Shelter Island, NY)

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Armond Joseph has been with the live-fire restaurant Léon 1909 since it opened on Shelter Island, NY, about four years ago,  first as sous chef and now as chef. Drawing from area purveyors and farms--including the restaurant's own--Armond employs fire as his muse in his never-ending search for what "Shelter Island tastes like." This fascinating conversation, recorded from before the open kitchen at Léon 1909, takes on deeper and deeper meaning as it reaches its coda, with a tour of the restaurant's 15-foot hearth.

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Episode host/producer: Andrew Friedman

Producer: Roderick Alleyne

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:

Andrew is a writer by trade. If you'd like to support him, there's no better way than by purchasing his most recent book, The Dish: The Lives and Labor Behind One Plate of Food (October 2023), about all the key people (in the restaurant, on farms, in delivery trucks, etc.) whose stories and work come together in a single restaurant dish.

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