Video: If You Give a Cook a $20

I’d be the guinea pig for the first episode and we go from there

Before Covid, we had this idea to launch a video series called If You Give a Cook a $20. The gist is that Daniel would find someone interesting, hand them $20, have them shop wherever they want, cook whatever they want, and see what happens. The “subjects” could be food people or not: chefs, cooks, tamale ladies, writers, artists, musicians, actors, elected officials, activists, grandmas, grandpas, moms, dads — whoever. If it might be fun or compelling or unexpected or illuminating or educational or entertaining or horizon-expanding to cook with you, we’re interested.

We figured I’d be the guinea pig for the first episode and then go from there. We did the guinea pig part, which was totally fun, but then were forced to press pause while we wait for shooting non-essential videos out in the world to be a thing again. We can’t wait to pick it back up, hopefully with some guests who are far more exciting than me.