Vanessa Mota is the founder of My Dominican Kitchen, a bilingual platform that helps busy parents put together tasty, traditional Dominican and Latin-inspired meals. Vanessa is passionate about creating quick and easy versions of the recipes she grew up eating. She loves to share them with those who want to cook meals filled with Latin flavors but that don’t take a ton of time to prepare. It is her mission to show you how to make great, flavorful dishes at home without spending the entire day in...
Mar 16, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 119
Husband and wife Eric and Shanna Jones are the creative team behind the Dude That Cookz food blog. Eric Jones is a Louisiana native and self-taught home cook. He shares Southern and home style recipes using simple, and approachable ingredients. Shanna was born and raised in Houston. She focuses on her passion for baking and food photography. The couple's first cookbook, Healthier Southern Cooking, is scheduled for release on February 15, 2022.
Feb 16, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 118
JinJoo Lee is a passionate advocate and resource for Korean cooking through her food blog, Kimchimari. JinJoo has a PhD in Computer Science and was a computer engineer for 15 years before starting her Korean recipe site Kimchimari in 2011. JinJoo has been blogging full time since 2015. She started blogging at the encouragement of her only daughter when she was going off to college and wanted her mom to share recipes of Korean food she knew she would be missing at school. JinJoo has always loved ...
Jan 12, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 117
Maria Doss is the recipe creator, photographer, and writer behind Kitchen at Hoskins. Maria began her food blog Kitchen At Hoskins in 2016 to share easy baking, gluten free, air fryer, and instant pot recipes that are family friendly and loaded with flavor. Born and raised in southern India, today she lives in California with her husband, two kids, and a dog. Maria loves to create fusion recipes with innovative techniques. She is obsessed with eating healthy but loves to indulge in the occasiona...
Dec 15, 2021•23 min•Season 3Ep. 116
Amy Estes is the owner of Pinch Me Good, a food blog where she shares easy, healthy-inspired, feel good recipes that anyone can make and everyone will love and want to eat. Amy is an experienced home cook who is obsessed with eating healthy food but who also loves a good brownie. As she says on her site, "life without dessert does not work for me"! She started her blog, Pinch Me Good, in 2017. Its primary recipes are focused on produce-inspired meals, snacks, desserts, and more. Amy's goal is to...
Nov 10, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 115
Pina Bresciani began her eponymous food and culture blog in 2015, focusing on authentic Italian cooking with a west coast contemporary twist. Since then, she has steadily grown her following and her audience engagement each year. Pina was born in Canada, but grew up in Canada and Italy, where she spent childhood summers in her mom's hometown of Sperlonga. Deeply steeped in Italian food, language, and culture, Pina's philosophy is centered around creating content that comes from the heart, with a...
Oct 13, 2021•34 min•Season 3Ep. 114
Jeff Hawley is founder of HashtagJeff, where he and his team share a passion for developing tools to make SEO, digital content creation, and digital content management more successful for online publishers. Jeff has always been a free spirit. He realized early in life that he didn’t like to be told what to do without understanding why. That didn’t always go over well with a father in the military. As a kid, Jeff’s self-determination translated to an entrepreneurial mindset. He liked working for ...
Sep 15, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 113
Mirlene and AJ love to create delicious Haitian foods and international dishes they’ve enjoyed from other parts of the world. Their two-fold goals are to introduce their followers to Haitian recipes and to show how Haitian dishes can be used as part of other international cuisines. Both were born in Haiti, and they completed all of their schooling in the United States, where they have been blessed with careers that allow them stability and growth. But Mirlene’s dream and passion is to be at home...
Aug 18, 2021•35 min•Season 3Ep. 112
Christina Shoemaker is the creator of The Whole Cook, a food blog that focuses on quick easy meals for busy weeknights. Christina’s obsession with food started from the moment she was born. Or so she imagines. She never misses a meal and spends an inordinate amount of time fantasizing about the next one. As a mom of two, she understands the desire to feed your family well without spending hours in the kitchen. It’s her mission to show that it can be done. Christina originally started sharing her...
Jul 14, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 111
Monica Lensink is the founder, recipe writer, and photographer behind Nourish and Fete, a website with fresh, fast, everyday recipes tailored for home cooks and busy families. Monica is a former diplomat and intelligence analyst who began blogging as a hobby in 2016. As her career evolved and her family grew, Monica transitioned her website from a casual "mom blog" to its present focus on food -- and got more serious about making it a professional source of income. The recipes at Nourish and Fet...
Jun 16, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 110
Candice Walker is the creator of Proportional Plate, a food and lifestyle blog that encourages readers to educate themselves about their food, learn what foods feel good for them, and to feel proud of the food choices they make. Proportional Plate doesn’t tell you what you should or shouldn’t eat: it tells you to listen to your body and learn what food choices are right for you. Author of the blog, Candice Walker, creates recipes for a nutritious and sustainable diet that inspires excitement, ra...
May 12, 2021•39 min•Season 3Ep. 109
Jenna Passaro is on a mission to help foodies cook up their wildest dreams — in and out of the kitchen. Years ago, Jenna ditched a predictable career path with very few vacation days to pursue a life of fun, food and travel. Along the way, she started Sip Bite Go and wrote The Home Chef’s Sous Vide Cookbook . Jenna also hosts the podcast, My Weird Food Obsession , which explores the fascinating stories behind people who pursue careers in peculiar food niches. Jenna is based in Portland, OR and i...
Apr 14, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 108
Lauren Vavala shares a variety of recipes on her blog, Delicious Little Bites, to help families navigate a multi-diet home. Lauren is a former dental hygienist turned full time food blogger . She is currently attending culinary arts school. Lauren specializes in low carb and keto recipes, gluten free recipes and vegetarian recipes, but still loves to bake and indulge in a well-deserved treat every now and then. She also takes as many courses as possible in food photography with the hopes to even...
Mar 17, 2021•27 min•Season 3Ep. 107
Kevin O'Leary wanted to dedicate a blog that encompasses the food he loves but didn't quite fit in his popular blog Kevin is Cooking. His new blog Silk Road Recipes covers all the cuisine that can be found along the Silk Road. New blog, new lease on life Kevin O'Leary was bitten by the cooking bug as a teenager. He went on to work in restaurants and the catering industry but although life intervened, he never really stepped away from the stove. Now, Kevin lives the cooking life every day, inspir...
Feb 17, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 106
Tanya Harris is a former attorney who started her food blog, My Forking Life, as a hobby in 2016. Her goal is to provide her readers with quick and easy meals that are full of flavor. She wants everyone, even busy people, to be able to cook more often at home. Tanya posts a lot of gadget recipes, pressure cooker and air fryer recipes, because these have helped her get dinner on the table quickly. She has increased her blog traffic to over 100,000 page views in just a few months by providing her ...
Jan 13, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 105
This episode is to relay what I learned while I was on hiatus. It is my introductory episode that kicks off the new season which will begin on January 13th, 2021, so stay tuned. Hello everyone, it's Elaine and I am back at the mic. When I first announced that I was going on hiatus, I was feeling like all I did was toil away and didn't have a good work/life balance. So, when I announced my decision to 'go on hiatus', I actually didn't think I'd get back into podcasting. I thought that was it for ...
Dec 17, 2020•12 min•Season 3Ep. 104
I wanted to publish this episode to let you all know that, after long and careful consideration, I have decided to take an extended hiatus from the podcast. Here are my reasons: This has been a passion project for me and, although I thought I might someday make money from it, I realize now that probably won’t happen. So, it’s time for me to focus my attention on my true money maker, which is my Dishes Delish food blog. Dishes Delish has grown leaps and bounds since I started this podcast. I attr...
Dec 20, 2019•6 min•Season 2Ep. 103
Marye Audet-White is a long-time food writer whose work and expertise are featured in cookbooks, websites, magazines, TV programs and her food blog, Restless Chipotle. With a 40 year focus on the importance of family and a passion for southern comfort food, Marye Audet-White has become an expert in melding the two together effortlessly. She's a NY Times Bestselling author with 10 cookbooks under her belt and her recipes have been featured in Good Housekeeping, Country Living, Today, House Beauti...
Dec 19, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 102
Dennis Littley is a retired chef, live stream show host and producer, social media consultant, and speaker who can be found at his food and travel blog, Ask Chef Dennis. Dennis is a retired chef and culinary instructor who enjoys life by traveling and eating his way around the world, sharing his recipes and adventures along the way. A native Texan who spent most of his life in greater Philadelphia, Chef Dennis now resides in Kissimmee, Florida with his wife Lisa. During the newest phase of his c...
Nov 20, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 101
Suzy Karadsheh (ka-RAH-chee) is a true daughter of the Mediterranean. She was born and raised only two blocks from the Mediterranean shore in Port Said, Egypt; a quick boat ride from places like Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, and Italy. Proximity to the sea’s riches, combined with her family’s fondness for big gatherings, turned Suzy into a passionate cook who lives by the values of the Mediterranean diet. She is all about easy, wholesome recipes with big Mediterranean flavors! To fully levera...
Nov 13, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 100
Melissa Riker is founder, recipe developer, and photographer behind The Happier Homemaker, a lifestyle blog focused on everyday recipes and home management for busy families. Melissa is a former cancer researcher who left her career in the laboratory after having the first of three sons. She started her first blog in 2007 to keep in touch with family as a military spouse living far from home. The blog evolved to DIY and decorating as she and her husband undertook projects in the houses they boug...
Nov 06, 2019•28 min•Season 2Ep. 99
Aneesha Gupta is a lifetime cook and author of the Spice Cravings food blog, where she shares fast, easy recipes that produce consistent results, even for new cooks. Aneesh is a foodie by birth and the mind, body and soul behind Spice Cravings. She shares quick, easy and healthy global recipes that are LOW in effort and BIG on taste or, what she calls, "Everyday Gourmet"! Aneesha's recipes are inspired by her love for spices, her north Indian roots, her global travels and most importantly, her l...
Oct 30, 2019•29 min•Season 2Ep. 98
Manali Singh is the author, recipe developer and photographer behind the Cook With Manali food blog, where she shares easy vegetarian meals. Her debut cookbook, Indian Vegetarian Cooking With Your Instant Pot®, was released in the fall of 2018. Born and raised in India, Manali Singh started her food blog in 2013 when she moved to the US on a visa that didn’t allow her to work. But what started as a way to kill time, quickly became a full-time gig. Her work has been featured on BuzzFeed, MSN, Yah...
Oct 23, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 97
Mike and Patty Hultquist are the power couple behind the spicy food paradise, Chili Pepper Madness, where bold, vibrant flavors of all types come to life. Mike is the cook and crazy wild chilihead, and Patty is the photographer and official taste tester for the Chili Pepper Madness food blog. Together they are the team that brings you zesty fare from around the world. Mike is the author of The Spicy Food Lovers’ Cookbook and The Spicy Dehydrator Cookbook. He considers himself a “gourmet chilihea...
Oct 16, 2019•33 min•Season 2Ep. 96
Bethany Kramer is the recipe developer, food stylist, and photographer behind A Simple Palate - a food blog dedicated to creating wholesome, easy to make recipes that are abundant in flavor. Bethany grew up in a family with a love for Italian food and learned to cook at a young age. She founded her blog, A Simple Palate, in 2014 after marrying her husband Drew and finding her passion for cooking food for the people she loves. Drew is the other half of the brains for A Simple Palate and handles t...
Oct 09, 2019•23 min•Season 2Ep. 95
In her former working life, Sue Ringsdorf worked as a budget analyst for Southwest Airlines. She left the corporate world to be a stay-at-home to her two sons. After her sons were grown and Sue saw the empty nest approaching, she contemplated what the "next phase" in her life would be. She had always loved being in the kitchen trying new recipes and cooking the tried-and-true favorites passed down from her family, so on her 50th birthday, she decided to start her food blog, SueBee Homemaker. Whe...
Oct 02, 2019•30 min•Season 2Ep. 94
Grayson Bell is the founder/CEO of iMark Interactive, a WordPress support company offering businesses and bloggers assistance with technical issues and site development based around WordPress. He's been using WordPress since 2003 and found a passion helping others with issues on their blogs and sites. When he isn't working on WordPress related issues, Grayson loves spending time with his family and traveling around the world to soak in different cultures and lifestyles.
Sep 25, 2019•34 min•Season 2Ep. 93
After making over $150,000 in only her third year of blogging, Kate Kordsmeier launched The Six-Figure Blog Academy to help other creative entrepreneurs make money doing what they love, while keeping their souls intact. For almost ten years prior to founding her blog, Kate Kordsmeier worked as a full-time freelance food and travel writer and recipe developer. Her content has been published in over 125 magazines, newspapers and websites, including USA Today, EatingWell, Cooking Light, Travel + Le...
Sep 18, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 92
Cheryl Malik is the food blogger behind 40 Aprons, where she creates and shares healthy recipes and wellness lifestyle content for real people. In addition to running her food blog, Cheryl Malik is the cofounder and CEO of 40A., a food blogger virtual assistant agency, and Layer Cake, a design agency for food bloggers focused on better user experience and brand development. Cheryl also works one-on-one with food bloggers in a food blogging and photography coaching program, helping bloggers upgra...
Sep 11, 2019•35 min•Season 2Ep. 91
Cassie Heilbron is the recipe creator and food photographer behind Cook It Real Good - a food blog that focuses on quick, easy and healthy recipes, with a bit of indulgence mixed in between for good measure. Cassie Heilbron started her first blog – Be Forever Healthier – in early 2017. The blog focused on healthy recipes, health tips and life hacks. But after a few short months Cassie realized she was really only interested in food, so she narrowed down her focus to healthy recipes. As the years...
Sep 04, 2019•29 min•Season 2Ep. 90
