Still got a list for your holiday gifts. We've got even more ideas in this follow-up episode to our previous one about great gifts. Here are five more websites to try out. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks include THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE, with over 700 photos, one for every step of every recipe (and a great holiday gift in itself--which you can find here ). This episode includes part two of our 2022 holiday ...
Nov 28, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 70
Got a list of gifts you need to buy for holiday presents? We've got some answers. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written and published over three dozen cookbooks, including our 900-recipe tome: THE ULTIMATE COOK BOOK (which you can find here ). We have the first part of our 2022 holiday food gift guide: a set of six websites for great gifts. We've also got a one-minute cooking tip about bacon fat. Mark interviews the fabulous David Joachim. We answer ...
Nov 21, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 69
Would you charge friends for a dinner party? It's becoming a trend. Believe it or not. And we want to weigh in. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, the authors of over three dozen cookbooks, including our latest: THE INSTANT AIR FRYER BIBLE which you can find here . We're so glad you stopped by to spend time with us. Thank you for that. We want to share our thoughts on a current trend about VENMO-ing your guests a bill for a dinner party. We've got a one-minute ...
Nov 14, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 68
Throwing food at fine art? We've wanted to a few times. (We're looking at you, late-period Picasso.) But we never have. Yet it's happening now as a global phenomenon. Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, the duo who have published over three dozen cookbooks, not counting those ghost-written for celebs. In this episode, we talk about the current controversy of throwing food on art--but mostly, about small things you can do to help the climate crisis already aff...
Nov 07, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 67
There are recipes online everywhere these days! But many of those were developed by food writers and cookbook authors--and may even be copywritten. Let's dig into the facts. We should know! We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks, including one of our latest, THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE . After our thoughts on the ethics of sharing recipes online, we offer a one-minute cooking tip to make a lot of savory dishes bett...
Oct 31, 2022•27 min•Season 3Ep. 66
Why is the food so bad on airlines? What's happened over the years? Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, with more than three dozen cookbooks to our names, as we share out thoughts on airline food. We have a one-minute cooking tip about making better meatloaf. Then Bruce interviews with Jorge Gavaria, author of MASA and the maker of some of the best masa we've ever tasted. And we tell you what's making us happy in food this week. Here are the segments for this...
Oct 24, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 65
Gin and photo shoots! Two of our favorite things! And we've got them both in this podcast episode. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks. One of our latest is THE INSTANT AIR FRYER BIBLE. You can find it here . In this episode, we take you behind the scenes of one of our cookbook photo shoots. We've also got our one-minute cooking tip about knives. And Bruce interviews Anna Wikner, owner of Stockholm's absolutely fabulous...
Oct 17, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 64
Have you ever used an induction burner? We have! We used to do cooking demos on Holland America cruise ships. You can't have an open flame on a ship! So we got very comfortable with induction burners. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. Although we've never written a book specifically for induction burners, we have written over three dozen cookbooks including one of our favorites, THE INSTANT AIR FRYER BIBLE. You can find out more about it here . We let you in o...
Oct 10, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 63
Have you ever wondered what's served at White House banquets. We're looking at the menus over the years! We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks including one of our favorites, THE ESSENTIAL AIR FRYER BOOK with every recipe sized for every size of machine. In this episode, we've got a look at fancy dinners at the White House over the years. We have a one-minute cooking tip about slow cookers. Mark takes over the interviewer...
Oct 03, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 62
Do you eat in your car? Seems everyone does. We drive down our rural New England roads and see people eating a hamburger as they pass us and cows. What do we think about that? We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks, including a collection of Instant Pot books, like our national best-seller THE INSTANT POT BIBLE ; its sequel, INSTANT POT BIBLE: THE NEXT GENERATION ; and INSTANT POT BIBLE: COPYCAT RECIPES . We're talking abo...
Sep 26, 2022•38 min•Season 3Ep. 61
Is everything pumpkin spice right now? Seems so. And boy, do we have something to say about that! We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks, including T HE INSTANT AIR FRYER BIBLE (which doesn't have a single recipe with pumpkin spice in it). We're sharing our thoughts on the pumpkin spice craze. We've got a one-minute cooking tip on kitchen safety. We run down some of the latest food news. And we tell you what's making us ha...
Sep 19, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 60
We love an air fryer. We think it's one of the greatest kitchen appliances in our culinary lives. We have one on the counter all the time. No wonder we've written three cookbooks on this machine. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've here to introduce you to one of latest air-fryer cookbooks, THE INSTANT AIR FRYER BIBLE . We also have a one-minute cooking tip about baked potato chips. Bruce interviews Australian-Sri Lankan chef O Tama CareyPlus. We tell you ...
Sep 12, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 59
Does anything spell summer more than fresh tomatoes? We doubt it, even though we live in New England where tomatoes peak for about two weeks before fall hits us and the cold begins to build. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks and developed over 12,000 original recipes in our long career. You can some of our favorites in our 900-recipe tome THE ULTIMATE COOK BOOK . We've got a tomato primer in this episode. Then a one-m...
Sep 05, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 58
Julia Child and Ukranian dishes? What do they have in common? This podcast episode! We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks, including a funny take-down of the most popular culinary myths, LOBSTERS SCREAM WHEN YOU COOK THEM . We're celebrating Julia Child on her 110th birthday. Her career allowed ours to happen. Not that we ever met her. Or were even in the same room with her. But she began the industry of trying to increas...
Aug 29, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 57
Ice cream: We've practically made a career out of it after so many books. In fact, we got into the cookbook business in 1999 with THE ULTIMATE ICE CREAM BOOK, which is still in print and has sold almost half a million copies. (You can find it here .) No wonder we want to gush about ice cream! But we've also got a one-minute cooking tip on how to keep herbs and greens fresh. Then Bruce interviews author Yasmin Fahr about her cookbook BOARDS AND SPREADS. Plus, we tell you what's making us happy in...
Aug 22, 2022•27 min•Season 3Ep. 56
Kitchens are getting "smart." And kitchen gadgets, high tech. We're here to fill you in. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks, many of them about gadgets, like FROM FREEZER TO INSTANT POT: THE COOKBOOK and THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE . After talking about new, high-tech gadgets for your kitche, we've got a one-minute cooking tip about Meyer lemons. Bruce interviews culinary legend Nancy Baggett about her love of la...
Aug 15, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 55
We all have culinary journeys: the ways we find what we like, what we don't care for, and what we're passionate about. We certainly do! We made a career out of ours. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks, developed over 12,000 original recipes, and been columnists for several national publications like EATING WELL. We want to tell you about our personal culinary journeys: How did we get to be cookbook authors? We've also go...
Aug 08, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 54
Go to the Fancy Food Show in New York City and you'll learn the latest food trends. Or what manufacturers and marketers hope will be the hot new trends. We checked it out for you. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, the authors of over three dozen cookbooks. Check out one of our favorites: THE INSTANT POT BIBLE . After our news about the hot new food trends (or the hoped-for ones!), we have a one-minute cooking tip for peeling tomatoes and peaches. Bruce intervi...
Aug 01, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 53
We love air frying. You probably know that. We've written three books on it: THE ESSENTIAL AIR FRYER COOKBOOK (with every recipe sized for every size of machine), THE INSTANT AIR FRYER BIBLE (for Instant Brand air fryers), and THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE (with over 700 photos, one for every step of every recipe). We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. Besides air-frying, we've been into things as different as the Instant Pot, ice cream, and party drinks. In...
Jul 18, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 52
There's been some crazy food news lately! Bordeaux wine hijinks, vegan meat labeling problems, and a global shortage of frog legs. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks with several New York publishers, including our latest, THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE, with over 700 photos, one for every step of every recipe. You can find it here . In this episode, we'll talk about some of the latest crazy food news. We have a on...
Jul 11, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 51
Hard seltzer has taken over the market! It's everywhere. And we're doing a live taste test of several brands. Join in the fun! We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough with over three dozen titles to our names, not to mention knitting books from Bruce and a memoir from Mark. Check out one of our favorites: THE ULTIMATE PARTY DRINK BOOK . After our hard seltzer taste test, we've got a one-minute cooking tip on choosing a great watermelon. The Bruce interviews author La...
Jul 04, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 50
How do you find a good restaurant? We've been around the block on this one. For years, Mark wrote the "Report From New York" on the restaurant scene in the city for PASSPORT. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, authors of over three dozen cookbooks, including THE ESSENTIAL AIR FRYER COOKBOOK with every recipe sized out for every size of machine. (You can find it here .) In this episode, we talk about ways to find a great restaurant. We offer a one-minute cooking...
Jun 27, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 49
Food shortages. They were a fact of the pandemic. And then they stuck around. What's the deal? We'll let you know. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, authors of over three dozen cookbooks, including THE ESSENTIAL AIR FRYER COOKBOOK, with every recipe sized for every size of machine. You can find it here . Besides our discussion of the current food shortages, we've got a one-minute cooking tip about making steak fries. We've got a great interview with the sensat...
Jun 20, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 48
Hey there! Let's eat some flowers! You can, if you know which kind. After all, you've been eating flowers for years. Cauliflower, for example. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, the authors of over three dozen cookbooks and former Contributing Editors for EATING WELL and COOKING LIGHT. (Remember print magazines?) We're talking about eating things from your garden: flowers you might grow, as well as the weed we call rhubarb! We also have a one-minute cooking tip...
Jun 13, 2022•27 min•Season 3Ep. 47
Pasta. So beloved. We've got tips, tricks, and secrets to making the best. And an interview with Vicky Bennison of the beloved YouTube show PASTA GRANNIES and her new cookbook. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks. True, none specifically about pasta. But you should check out our recipes for lasagna in every season in our tome, the 900-recipe ULTIMATE COOK BOOK . We're all about pasta in this episode. Plus, some weird pota...
Jun 06, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 46
We love chilis. Not the dish. Nor the restaurant. But the ingredient. That is, the fruit. A chili. Or as some spell it, a chile. We're so crazed about them that we bring an empty suitcase when we travel to Texas or New Mexico. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks, including the best-selling INSTANT POT BIBLE as well as its follow-up, INSTANT POT BIBLE: THE NEXT GENERATION . In this episode, we're talking about chilis. (O...
May 30, 2022•25 min•Season 3Ep. 45
Here's a common ingredient nobody talks about: ice. It's not "just" frozen water. It can make or break some concoctions. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks, including THE ULTIMATE PARTY DRINK BOOK . In this episode, we talk a culinary ingredient most never consider: ice There's more to it than just freezing water. We'll talk about making perfect ice cubes and using ice properly in cocktails. We have a one-minute cooking ...
May 23, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 44
Mayonnaise. It's not just a condiment. It can be an ingredient. Grossed out? Don't be! Mayonnaise is a powerful tool in cooking. We should know we're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks, as well as lots of celebrity cookbooks (no tells--confidentiality agreements!). In all, we've developed over 12,000 original recipes in our joint career. And they say marriage is hard! This episode is all about cooking with mayonnaise. Find out how this condiment is mo...
May 09, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 43
We love apples. And maybe boozy apples even more. That is, hard cider and even vodka distilled from apples. We recently went on a hard cider tasting tour around Ashville, North Carolina. We came back to New England with cases. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks with several New York publishers. Check out one of our latest, THE INSTANT AIR FRYER BIBLE, here . This episode is mostly about apples. Not eating them. Ferment...
May 02, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 42
There have been some wild food scandals--in the past and recently. We've got the low-down on them. Even though we haven't been involved in any! We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen titles, including THE ULTIMATE COOKBOOK with over 900 recipes which still represents the way we cook at home. Join us for this episode in which we talk about some recent scandals in the food world, offer a one-minute cooking tip about reducing wine, tal...
Apr 25, 2022•25 min•Season 3Ep. 41
