Dave Arnold

Eric Medsker

Expertise: Food Science, Food Hardware, Cocktails, Technical Cooking

Founder of The Museum of Food and Drink, as well as the company Booker and Dax.
Author of the book, Liquid Intelligence.
Host of the podcast, Cooking Issues.
Recipient of a James Beard Award and an IACP award.

Experience

Dave Arnold is the former Director of Culinary Technology for the French Culinary Institute in New York (now the Institute for Culinary Education). He is the previous owner and operator of two bars in New York, Booker and Dax and Existing Conditions.

Dave is the founder of the equipment company, Booker and Dax, home of the Spinzall culinary centrifuge and the Searzall handheld broiler. He is the host and source of questionably useful facts for the podcast, Cooking Issues.

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