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Prepared Foods editor participates as guest chef on the Mark Alyn Cooks show

March 27, 2025

Prepared Foods Network’s Executive Editor–Technical David Feder was invited to be the guest chef on the “Mark Alyn Cooks” cooking show to discuss the Dallas Kosher Chili Cook-off, which Feder helps judge every year. As a bonus, Feder included his own recipe for chili.

Watch the episode of the Mark Alyn show.

Learn more about the annual cook-off by checking out this 2012 profile of the show in “A Bowl of Red, Hold the Bagel." The event is one of the largest chili cook-offs in the US in spite of its esoteric grounding.

David Feder, RDN, has been a food, nutrition and health journalist for 26 years. In spite of an academic background that began with psychology and biblical archaeology, David cut his teeth as a celebrated chef in Texas during the 1970s and 1980s, helping pioneer haute-health & fusion cuisines in high-end restaurants and hotels. In the 1990s he became a registered dietitian while completing research and coursework toward a Ph.D. in nutrition biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. Along the way he taught food science and nutrition while practicing as a nutrition counselor.