Tag: food

Find Restaurant Recommendations Based on Your Music Taste With Spotify, American Express, and Resy

November 27, 2024

Dining out for the vibes? You’re not alone. According to Resy’s 2024 Retrospective, ambiance plays a huge role when diners choose a restaurant—and nothing sets the vibe like music. That’s why American Express and Resy tapped Spotify to help music lovers find great places to eat based on their taste in tunes.

“Food and music are deeply connected, which is why we’re thrilled to partner with American Express and Resy to bring the Music Tastes campaign to life,” said Ann Piper, Head of North America Sales at Spotify. “Discovery is such a big part of the Spotify experience, enhancing fans’ daily moments. Now we’re taking that journey a step further by pairing listeners’ music behaviors with personalized restaurant recommendations.”

Available through the end of the year, our new Music Tastes by Amex in-app experience brings Spotify users restaurant recommendations in their areas. Here’s how it works:

Head over to https://open.spotify.com/presents/amexmusictaste on your mobile device or search “Music Tastes by Amex” in the Spotify app.
Select from one of eight cities: Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Francisco, or Washington, D.C.
Based on your streaming behavior, Spotify will suggest a Music Taste profile: Smooth, Hearty, Lush, Fiery, Buttery, Earthy, Saucy, or Fresh.
Just like that, Resy restaurant recommendations are served up based on your city and Music Taste profile. Tap “Book on Resy” to make a reservation.
After you’ve selected a restaurant, you can share your personal Music Taste on social media.

“Both American Express and Spotify provide personalized experiences for our customers that especially resonate with millennial and Gen Z audiences,” said Jill Hamilton, Vice President, Global Brand Advertising, American Express. “Whether it’s Resy’s in-app Discover tab or Spotify’s personalized daylist, we offer a unique opportunity for a customer to make the experience their own. This new digital program combines users’ love of food and music to help them find their next favorite restaurant.”

Bingeworthy Audiobooks and Podcasts to Nourish Your Soul

November 25, 2024

‘Tis the season for gathering with family and friends! As we come together around our communal tables to celebrate, whet your appetite with some of Spotify editors’ favorite audiobooks and podcasts focused on food.

Appetizing Audiobooks

Good Lookin’ Cookin’: A Year of Meals

By Dolly Parton, Rachel Parton George
Narrated by Dolly Parton, Rachel Parton George, Maurice Miner

“Hey, good lookin’—what ya got cookin’?” That’s what Dolly Parton sings to her sister Rachel Parton George whenever she walks into her kitchen. Now you’re invited to pull up a chair to a year of meals, friends, and fun with the Partons, as Dolly and her sister (and favorite cook) share beloved, crowd-pleasing recipes and family stories.

Sobremesa: A Memoir of Food and Love in Thirteen Courses

By Josephine Caminos Oría
Narrated by Julie Gonzalo

We often overlook the soulful nourishment and magic that happens at sobremesa—the time spent talking after a meal—due to busy lives. In this coming-of-age adventure, Josephine Caminos Oría travels to her family’s homeland of Argentina in search of that magic. Steeped in the lure of Latin culture, she pieces together her mom and abuela’s pasts, along with the nourishing dishes that formed their kitchen arsenal.

Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends

By benny blanco and Jess Damuck
Narrated by benny blanco

The debut cookbook from benny blanco—pop music super-producer, artist, actor on FXX’s Dave, and consummate food freak—teaches you everything you need to know about cooking, enjoying life, and throwing the greatest dinner party of all time.

Cooking from the Spirit: Easy, Delicious, and Joyful Plant-Based Inspirations

By Tabitha Brown
Narrated by Tabitha Brown

Tabitha Brown, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Feeding the Soul, presents her first cookbook—full of easy, family-friendly vegan recipes and stories from the spirit, inspired by her health journey and love of delicious food. After living with a terrible undiagnosed illness for more than a year and a half, Brown tried a 30-day vegan challenge—and never looked back.

Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking

By Michael Ruhlman
Narrated by Michael Ruhlman

Michael Ruhlman’s New York Times bestseller takes us to the very “truth” of cooking: it is not about recipes but rather about basic ratios and fundamental techniques that make all food come together. Why spend time sorting through the millions of cookie recipes? Isn’t it easier just to remember 1-2-3? That’s the ratio of ingredients that always make a basic, delicious cookie dough: 1 part sugar, 2 parts fat, and 3 parts flour.

Palate-Pleasing Podcasts

Ringer Food

Juliet Litman and David Jacoby sample various snacks, share personal tales about food, and round up the latest in food news from around the world. And then come hang with Joe House and his culinary comrades on their House of Carbs segments to devour the latest additions to the food universe’s menu with a slate of tasty episodes throughout the year.

The Dave Chang Show

Momofuku restaurant-founder, and creator and host of Netflix’s Ugly Delicious, Dave Chang is also an avid student and fan of sports, music, art, and film. In wide-ranging conversations that cover everything from the creative process to his guest’s guiltiest pleasures, Dave and a rotating cast of smart, thought-provoking guests talk about their inspirations, failures, successes, fame, and identities.

Gastropod

Co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley explore the hidden history and surprising science behind a different food or farming-related topic, from aquaculture to ancient feasts, from cutlery to chile peppers, and from microbes to Malbec. They interview experts, visit labs, fields, and archaeological digs, and generally have lots of fun while discovering new ways to think about and understand the world through food.

Food People by Bon Appétit

Bon Appétit’s Editor-in-Chief Jamila Robinson engages in discussions about how we eat and why food matters. The show includes interviews with renowned voices from the food world, behind-the-scenes details into how the magazine is made, and insight from the latest stories.

The Sporkful

We obsess about food to learn more about people, and The Sporkful isn’t for foodies, it’s for eaters. Hosted by Dan Pashman, who’s also the inventor of the new pasta shape cascatelli, the show is a James Beard and Webby Award winner for Best Food Podcast.

A Hot Dog Is a Sandwich

Mythical Chefs Josh Scherer and Nicole Enayati discuss, debate, and dissect the web’s most hilariously controversial culinary quandaries.

Food Network Obsessed

Host Jaymee Sire sits down with chefs, food influencers, and Food Network personalities to dish on all things delicious in the food world. From exclusive behind-the-scenes stories, first (and worst) jobs in food, to cooking fails and culinary triumphs, no topic is off the menu.

Spotify’s “Turkey Timer” Matches Just the Right Playlist to Your Bird

November 8, 2018

The average Thanksgiving dinner takes seven hours to prepare—and timing is everything. That’s why we created our Turkey Timer, which cranks out a special holiday playlist based on the size of your turkey and your Thanksgiving mood.

It’s simpler than setting the table: Select the weight of your turkey and indicate whether it’s stuffed. Then, choose your vibe from one of our six playlists: Bastin’, All the Seasonings, Deep Fried, Fam Faves, Holiday Countdown, or Sabor de Sangsgiving. Songs are timed to play for exactly how long your turkey should be cooking.

Pro tip: Playlists are best left unshuffled—the final track will remind you to take your food out of the oven, as well as call your hungry guests to the dinner table.

Not sure which option suits you best? Dig in to these:

If you like: Refreshing our Global Top 50 playlist every day like it’s Christmas morning

You should try: Bastin’. For those who like to marinate in today’s hits 24/7, this playlist supplies only the hottest tracks from artists like Ariana Grande, Drake, Rita Ora, and more. You and your loved ones can discover new music together—and maybe even find some fresh favorites that you can all be thankful for.

If you like: Rhythm as smooth as your grandma’s mashed potatoes

You should try: All the Seasonings. A collection of gospel, hip-hop, and R&B tracks like Mary Jane Girls’ “All Night Long,” “That’s What I Like” by Bruno Mars, and “Real Love” by Mary J. Blige will keep everyone dancing until dinner is done.

If you like: Wearing plaid, sitting by the fire and sipping on mugs of hot apple cider

You should try: Deep Fried. The laid-back feel of this playlist featuring country legends like Luke Bryan and Rascal Flatts is sure to bring out your inner cowboy while cooking.

If you like: Multigenerational cooking (your aunt’s secret-recipe apple pie is the stuff of legends)

You should try: Fam Faves. We may come from different walks of life, but everyone is family on Thanksgiving. This mix of oldies and family-friendly tunes from Aretha Franklin to Demi Lovato has ageless appeal.

If you like: The minute blasting Christmas music finally becomes acceptable again

You should try: Holiday Countdown. With ’tis-the-season classics like Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” and more, it’s for anyone who sees Thanksgiving as the perfect pregame to the rest of the holiday season.

If you like: Bringing a little bit of Latin flavor to everything you do

You should try: Sabor de Sangsgiving. This collection of hits from Hispanic greats like Celia Cruz, Bajofondo, and Gipsy Kings will bring the flavor to your dinner table (even if you botch the gravy).

Food coma setting in? We’ve even created a Stuffed Snooze playlist to help you nap once the leftovers are put away.