Karen Akunowicz, chef & owner at Fox & the Knife in Boston, MA says she can eat cacio e pepe (Italian for cheese and pepper) every day becauese it's so easy to make. So we asked her to make it in the MUNCHIES Test Kitchen, however with a massive twist: she needs to do it wearing mittens, in 5 minutes or less. Can this skilled pull it off without the use of her fingers? Or will she…

Henry Cai, the owner of 3 Little Pigs Chi in Chicago, has no signs, no sit-down, and takes orders over Instagram DMs for his BBQ Chinese and fried chicken. He preps his meals in a 200-square-foot shared kitchen area, yet has people taking a trip for hours out of state to get a taste of his menu. Cai informs MUNCHIES how he discovered to prepare without any restaurant experience, how he sees success, and how he prepares…

Invite to brown butter heaven. Nicholas Stefanelli of Philotimo in Washington, DC swung by the test cooking area to make his signature mantia: veal and sweetbread-filled dumplings draped in brown butter and served over yogurt. Initially, we watch the truly, really, satisfying visuals of Stefanelli blending dough while he provides us a handy suggestion on how not to make our dough too dry … which would end in catastrophe. He then cooks the sweetbread and makes the…

The One-Armed Chef is a travel and food reveal like no other, fronted by a host like no other. Giles Duley is a photographer, humanitarian and chef, and he indulges all of those enthusiasms in this documentary series. In it, he meets or reunites with individuals around the globe who have lived through amazing struggles or experiences, and periodically he simply meets people making fantastic food. Register for Munchies here: All Munchies videos release a complete week…

Nicole Allen is the chef and owner of Nic's Shrimp House, an up-and-coming food truck that provides southern style shrimp meals all around Las Vegas. You may not associate Las Vegas with cajun inspired seafood, however Nicole has defied the expectations of the Las Vegas food truck scene by dishing out her 3-foot-long jumbo shrimp skewers, and other dishes that provide her original take on shrimp. Discover more from the VICE guide to Las Vegas here: vice.com/guide-to-travel-las-vegas…

Regional Alaskan musician Nick Carpenter of Medium Build takes the team around his favorite areas to consume in Anchorage, Alaska. He begins the night at Anchorage Developing Business, where Nick can periodically be seen putting beverages for other clients. He and his partner get some beer on tap and order meatball subs from Familia restaurant inside. From there, Nick heads to Wild Scoops to meet his nephew, mom, and brother and try specialized ice cream tastes such…

Hidden in a street in among Amsterdam's most circus-like locations, there's a small family restaurant serving Caribbean and Japanese soul food according to Rastafarian concepts. Izaba and Tomomi started TerraZen Centre together after living in Tokyo for 25 years, and combine their backgrounds with meals like vegan jerk, karaage, and crispy dragon rolls. Regardless of its chaotic surroundings, individuals discover their way to this vegan utopia by an 'organic pull'. Register for MUNCHIES here: All MUNCHIES videos…

Pitmaster Hery Acosta loves cigarette smoking meats. A lot so, he serves 50-60 individuals his well-known BBQ every Sunday– and it's all done on a first-come, first-serve basis from his moms and dad's backyard. During the weekdays, Acosta works as a school custodian. Rather of unwinding on his weekends off, he's pulling all-nighters preparing to share his labor of love with his neighborhood. We trailed Acosta, owner of "Tio Rozay's barbeque," for a weekend in North Bergen,…