# Arnold Myint: Writer, Chef, Dad, Gorgeous Drag Queen Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-with-mark-bittman-3927682/arnold-myint-writer-chef-dad-gorgeous-drag-queen Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-with-mark-bittman-3927682/arnold-myint-writer-chef-dad-gorgeous-drag-queen.md Podcast: [Food with Mark Bittman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-with-mark-bittman-3927682) Published: 2026-03-05T17:04:45+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/markbittmanfood/episodes/arnold-myint-writer-chef-dad-gorgeous-drag-queen Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6216896fd584d100134d4d24/e/69a9b7adf6d1583bb87e698b/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/food-with-mark-bittman-3927682/episodes/arnold-myint-writer-chef-dad-gorgeous-drag-queen Duration seconds: 2129 ## Resource The Nashville-based chef talks to Kate and Mark about how and why he finally feels recognized, how his drag has served as both a crutch and a hindrance—in the food world and elsewhere, and the priceless support he grew up with from his hippie parents (and why so much of what he does comes from that).  Read an excerpt—and get some recipes—from Arnold's book,  Family Thai , on  The Bittman Project :  https://bittmanproject.com/my-way-or-the-thai-way/ Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Subscribe to The Bittman Project at  www.bittmanproject.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/food-with-mark-bittman-3927682/episodes/arnold-myint-writer-chef-dad-gorgeous-drag-queen/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-with-mark-bittman-3927682/arnold-myint-writer-chef-dad-gorgeous-drag-queen.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.