Before there was “Top Chef,” Tom Colicchio worked for and launched some of the greatest restaurants in New York. This week, he shares his best stories and takes us inside the kitchens of some of the hottest restaurants of the last 30 years. Plus, Emily Monaco reveals the best places to eat in Paris right now, Tamar Haspel decodes supermarket labels, and we solve the mysteries of Cacio e Pepe.

Questions in this episode:

"I have a potato mystery. The potatoes in my Sri Lankan curry aren’t cooking as well as they used to - what’s going on?"

"I’m trying to invent a new dessert: peach pie with bourbon. How should I go about making it?"