Episodes
Chef, author, and TV personality Carla Hall joins host Kristen Miglore to talk abut the genius buttermilk biscuits she's spent decades perfecting.
Published 03/30/23
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.
Published 03/27/23
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.
Published 03/23/23
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.
Published 03/20/23
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.
Published 01/18/23
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.
Published 01/11/23
Whether its recreating the iconic moon pie cookie in bar form or using tahini to elevate your go-to recipes, Joy the Baker is chock full of incredible baking tips and tricks to bring into a new year of better baking.
Published 01/04/23
Sharing an episode of our Play Me a Recipe Podcast featuring rugelach, is beloved Jewish treasure originating from Eastern Europe. The cookie-pastry hybrid can be filled with anything from jam to chocolate and is the perfect two-bite treat fit for any holiday spread. This version, a classic chocolate rugelach bolstered with the flavors of creamy milk chocolate and malted milk powder, has a nostalgic flavor and tender, melt-in-your-mouth texture that will shine at any cookie swap.
Published 12/28/22
A look back at some of our favorite genius recipes of the year with Food52 co-founder and CEO, Amanda Hesser
Published 12/21/22
We're sharing an episode of our other podcast Play Me a Recipe so you can cook along with Jesse Szewczyk while he makes these crunchy, perfectly spiced, and understated shortbread cookies that are as delicious dunked into hot coffee as they are eaten all on their own.
Published 12/14/22
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.
Published 12/07/22
It's time we take stock of whats in our fridge and make some soul-filling stock for the winter with Food52's food editor, Emily Ziemski on this bonus episode featuring our sister-show Play Me a Recipe
Published 11/30/22
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.
Published 11/23/22
Lemon Lumpies? Cuddle Cookies? It's rare to find treats who's names are as exciting as the confection themselves. Luckily on this episode we speak with Rose Levy Barenbaum, author of The Cookie Bible, about how she perfects her recipes and makes their names come to life.
Published 11/16/22
This episode, Kristen Miglore sits with the incomparable Nigella Lawson to discuss her latest cookbook Cook, Eat, Repeat.
Published 11/09/22
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
Published 11/02/22
Every vegetable has infinite possibilities. Is it the main course, a side, a component, a snack? In Hetty McKinnon's upcoming book, Tenderheart, she explores not just how we can make the most out of the vegetables in our pantry but how using them can connect us to the people and the world around us.
Published 10/26/22
This week we're sharing an episode of another Food52 podcast, Play Me a Recipe featuring bartender and writer Harper Fendler mixing a Penicillin, and tracing its origins to the famed Manhattan cocktail bar Milk & Honey.
Published 10/19/22
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
Published 10/12/22
Today we're revisiting when food editor and Smart Mouth host Katherine Spiers joined Kristen for a Genius Session— they discussed mayo's (unsurprisingly) hot origin story, the absolute best cookies Katherine's ever eaten (and where to find them), and whether QR code menus are around to stay.
Published 10/05/22
The Simply Genius Cookbook is out now!! To celebrate, we're talking all about one of the featured recipes from the book, Tara O'Brady's Basic, Great, Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Published 09/27/22
This week on the podcast we are joined by host of Borderline Salty, Food52's Sweet Heat, and best-selling author of the new cookbook Mi Cocina. He tells us all about the incredible travels he had during the pandemic that laid the foundation for his book, as well as giving us details on his voracious sweet tooth and his simply genius cafe de olla recipe.
Published 09/21/22
An episode of Food52's podcast, Play Me a Recipe featuring bartender and writer Harper Fendler where he whips up the classic Sloe Gin Fizz, sharing insight into the cocktail's 19th century history along the way.
Published 09/14/22
With the release of the Simply Genius cookbook right around the corner, this week we wanted to share a particularly simple and genius recipe from the book. And because every great chef needs a partner, in this episode Kristen is joined by a very special sous-chef, her daughter Mari, as they cook their way through Heidi Swanson's 5-minute tomato sauce (in maybe a few more than 5 minutes).
Published 09/07/22
With Food52's revival of the Burnt Toast Podcast on the horizon, we wanted to sit down with the shows future host, Food52's current executive producer of Podcasts, and avid food consumer, Harry Sultan.
Published 08/31/22