Podcast · Food & Cooking
by Food52 · English · Food & Cooking
Food52's conversations with the chefs, writers and home cooks behind the internet's most shared recipes — stories and secrets behind genius dishes.
13 Dec 2023 · 21 min
There are so many recipes out there to make granola, but then there are recipes that are Simply Genius. Jenné Claiborne's recipe bakes up faster and easier than any recipe out there by thoughtfully omitting what you may have thought was a crucial ingredient.
E123 · 13 Sep 2023 · 29 min
This week, Kristen has a chat with Ali Slagle, recipe developer, New York Times contributor, food and prop stylist, former Food52 editor about her newest book, I Dream of Dinner (So You Don't Have To). Ali talks about what it was like living (and cooking) out of a camper van for the better part of a year. And she shares a few genius tips and surprising ingredients for this week's Genius Recipe, a unique take on chicken caesar salad.
E122 · 26 Jun 2023 · 35 min
There're enough stressors around the holidays to let your dessert be one of them, so we sat down with Erin Jeanne McDowell to get some tips on ways to bring flawless pies to the table.
13 Jun 2023 · 8 min
This week we're sharing an episode of another Food52 podcast, Play Me a Recipe featuring Anna Sulan Masing, host of Whetstone Radio's Taste of Place podcast as she cooks her way through Mandy Yin's incredible Sarawak Chicken recipe
E121 · 22 May 2023 · 22 min
Have you ever wondered how many kneads it takes for dough to feel like a baby's bottom? Or how to eat cinnamon toast crunch the *right* way? In this episode, Kristen sits down with Frankie Gaw to talk all about the food he grew up eating and the recipes found in his new book, First Generation
E120 · 18 May 2023 · 23 min
Author Brian Levy bravely tackled writing a baking book with no added sweeteners whatsoever—no sugar, no honey, only fruit and other whole ingredients. Hear all about his hits, misses, and genius discoveries along the way.
E119 · 15 May 2023 · 18 min
With an abundance of fresh corn over the summer, there's no better time to revisit this genius technique to turn it into a sweet, flavorful butter
E118 · 11 May 2023 · 15 min
Over the years of making this podcast we've heard so much great advice on how to make showstopping breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. But there's nothing we love more than a great snack so this episode we're featuring some highlights of our guests' favorite snacks.
E117 · 8 May 2023 · 26 min
Kristen enjoys a chat and a laugh with Senior Editor at Eater and The One Recipe Podcast host, Jesse Sparks. They discuss his favorite go-to cookie recipe and how a memorable week he spent cooking with his mom, helped shaped his love of food.
E116 · 8 May 2023 · 27 min
Daniela Galarza, recipe developer and staff writer for the Food section at The Washington Post, discusses the power and influence of wordplay in food writing.
E115 · 4 May 2023 · 21 min
Clarkson Potter Editor in Chef and The Splendid Table host Francis Lam wants you to throw eggplant in a pan and let it do what eggplant does.
E114 · 4 May 2023 · 19 min
Andrea Aliseda, writer, recipe developer and poet gets to the bottom of an inherited family recipe with a surprising secret.
E113 · 1 May 2023 · 17 min
Why do we call sweet potatoes "yams"? And why don't we call dinner "supper" anymore? Author Brette Warshaw "makes clear the differences between things that are often confused in the kitchen"—and why those differences matter.
E112 · 27 Apr 2023 · 28 min
'Taste Makers' author Mayukh Sen tells Kristen about the seven women who shaped American cuisine as we know it today—who haven’t all been well-credited for their work, until now.
E111 · 27 Apr 2023 · 21 min
After swearing to his Nana at 18 he'd never return, spending a decade in the military then graduating from culinary school, Gullah Geechee chefarmer Matthew Raiford found himself right back on his family's farm. For this week's Genius Session, Matthew shares with Kristen why that decision was a no-brainer.
E110 · 24 Apr 2023 · 16 min
Author and journalist Joshua David Stein talks about his newest cookbook, 'Cooking for your Kids.'
E109 · 24 Apr 2023 · 28 min
Owner of Tin Roof restaurant on Maui, Top Chef and Cook Real Hawai'i author, Sheldon Simeon reminiscences about growing up in the Simeon household in Hilo. We talk story about the power of deliciousness, how his family inspired his becoming a chef and he shares four Genius recipes! -- including his dad's all-time fave pupu pantry pleasers.
E108 · 20 Apr 2023 · 26 min
Julie Sahni helped shape New York as a city planner, but after a cooking class, she decided to take on something much more ambitious and ended up defining authentic and classic Indian cooking in America. In this episode, Julie sits with Kristen to talk about her early life, the magic of ghee and how she became a true legend in world of culinary arts.
E107 · 20 Apr 2023 · 21 min
With fireworks of juicy, crunchy, herby, tart, and sweet, Reem Assil's simple, California-style fattoush is the salad you'll want to eat all summer. And thanks to its simple pantry dressing, it can be the salad of fall, winter, and spring, too.
E106 · 17 Apr 2023 · 25 min
Jessie Sheehan's newest book, Snackable Bakes, is full of recipes meant to get you from wanting a sweet treat to your first bite as quickly as possible. On today's episode, Kristen and Jessie talk about some essential baking hacks and dive deep on one particularly snackable bake.
E105 · 13 Apr 2023 · 29 min
In this episode, Kristen chats with the incredibly talented founder and head chef of NYC's Mokbar, Esther Choi. Also, host of Food52’s Hotline Offline, a podcast where she answers the most sought after culinary questions from the Food52 audience. Kristen and Esther talk kitchen inspiration from her grandmother, clever pantry hacks and party prep — PLUS she shares her favorite genius ways to make kimchi.
E104 · 10 Apr 2023 · 21 min
There are so many recipes out there to make granola, but then there are recipes that are Simply Genius. Jenné Claiborne's recipe bakes up faster and easier than any recipe out there by thoughtfully omitting what you may have thought was a crucial ingredient.
E103 · 6 Apr 2023 · 25 min
'Coconut & Sambal' author and card-carrying member of the Surabayan Secret Society of Home Cooks Lara Lee joins host Kristen Miglore to talk maximally crispy potatoes, internet-stalking Sri Owen, and whittling vegetables into flowers.
E102 · 3 Apr 2023 · 26 min
Cookbook author, recipe developer, podcaster, and salad-slinger Hetty McKinnon joins host Kristen Miglore to talk aquafaba magic, Hetty's secret double life in Sydney, and why it took a 9000-mile journey away to get closer to home.
E101 · 30 Mar 2023 · 19 min
Chef, author, and TV personality Carla Hall joins host Kristen Miglore to talk abut the genius buttermilk biscuits she's spent decades perfecting.
E100 · 27 Mar 2023 · 18 min
Chef and entrepreneur Whitney Wright joins host Kristen Miglore to discuss the corn butter (yes, as in butter made from corn) recipe she learned while working at Per Se, what it was like working with Ruth Reichl, and how her relationship to food has changed now that she's no longer cooking on the line.
E99 · 23 Mar 2023 · 18 min
This week, Kristen sits down with Yasmin Khan, cookbook author, broadcaster and human rights campaigner to chat about her newest book Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories from Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus. Yasmin shares the inspiration for this week's Genius recipe; a sunshiny, tangy-bright, easy one-bowl citrus cake inspired by her travels in Cyprus.
E98 · 20 Mar 2023 · 29 min
This week, Kristen has a chat with Ali Slagle, recipe developer, New York Times contributor, food and prop stylist, former Food52 editor about her newest book, I Dream of Dinner (So You Don't Have To). Ali talks about what it was like living (and cooking) out of a camper van for the better part of a year. And she shares a few genius tips and surprising ingredients for this week's Genius Recipe, a unique take on chicken caesar salad.
E97 · 18 Jan 2023 · 26 min
Start your mornings or end your nights with this deceptively simple chocolate oats recipe from Samantha Seneviratne that is as genius as it is delicious and as perfect for a quick breakfast as it is for a comforting dessert.
E96 · 11 Jan 2023 · 6 min
Join Chef Farokh Talati on our Play Me a Recipe Podcast as he cooks through Masala Oats, his go-to quick breakfast that brings warmth, tang, and everything else you need for the day ahead from his new cookbook Parsi: From Persia to Bombay: recipes & tales from the ancient culture.
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