We love farmers' markets. They may not be quite as hip as they once were, but they're still a great place to shop, meet people, and try new foods. Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks and been contributing editors to COOKING LIGHT and EATING WELL. If you'd like to check out some of our books, click on THE KITCHEN SHORTCUT BIBLE , THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE , or THE INSTANT POT BIBLE . In this episode, we're t...
Jul 03, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 100
Food allergies. They prove important if sometimes difficult when you've got guests. We've got lots of answers. Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, as we talk about food allergies and how to handle them when you're cooking for others. We've got a one-minute cooking tip for better burgers. Bruce interviews Kayla Cappiello, a cookbook author who specializes in allergy-free cooking. And we let you know what's making us happy in food this week. Thanks for spending...
Jun 26, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 99
We're talking cocktails! We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks, including a few about cocktails, like THE ULTIMATE PARTY DRINK BOOK (which you can find here ). We've got the details on the history of the word "cocktail." We've got a one-minute cooking tip for cooking prep. Bruce interviews the legendary Michael Ruhlman about his book, THE BOOK OF COCKTAIL RATIOS. And we tell you what's making us happy in food this week. We'...
Jun 19, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 98
New, of-the-moment kitchen design trends? We've gathered the best from lots of sources to let you know what's in and what's out when it comes to kitchen design. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks and been contributing editors for EATING WELL and COOKING LIGHT. We've become known for giant tomes like THE GREAT BIG PRESSURE COOKER BOOK with over 500 recipes calibrated for both stovetop and electric pressure cookers and T...
Jun 12, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 97
Let's talk grills. How to tune them up for the summer season. And let's talk to one of the best pit masters in the U. S. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks and developed over 12,000 original recipes in our career. If you'd like to check out some of our work, click on the titles to see our 900-recipe ULTIMATE COOK BOOK or the inventive KITCHEN SHORTCUT BIBLE . We let you know how to tune up your grill for summer. We've go...
Jun 05, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 96
Grandmothers! Some of them are great cooks. And others? Well, there's no nostalgia like "grandmother's cooking." So we've got a podcast episode devoted to it. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We'd like to tell you about our grandmothers' cooking--the good and the bad. We've also got a one-minute cooking tip on spices. Bruce interviews Karla Salinari about her book, Abuela's Plant-Based Kitchen. And we let you know what's making us happy in food this week. Tha...
May 29, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 95
Seasonality. We're talking about in this podcast episode. Everybody talks about eating in season. But what does that really mean? And what happens when you live in a place without all the seasons? Or like us, in a place where winter lasts for six months? Welcome to our food and cooking podcast. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written and published over three dozen cookbooks and been contributing editors to COOKING LIGHT and EATING WELL. Check out one o...
May 22, 2023•34 min•Season 3Ep. 94
Why don't people cook much anymore? We've got some answers, backed up by recent research. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written and published more than three dozen cookbooks. Check out one of our favorites: THE KITCHEN SHORTCUT BIBLE . After we talk through the reasons people don't cook, we've got a one-minute cooking tip about pie plates. Bruce interviews Uyen Luu about her cookbook, VIETNAMESE VEGETARIAN. And we tell you know what's making us happy...
May 15, 2023•37 min•Season 3Ep. 93
We all want to cut down on food waste. We've got great ideas. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published over three dozen cookbooks and been contributing editors for both COOKING LIGHT and EATING WELL. We've written extensively about the Instant Pot with books like THE INSTANT POT BIBLE , FREEZER TO INSTANT POT: THE COOKBOOK , and INSTANT POT BIBLE: COPYCAT RECIPES . If you want to cut down on food waste, we've got three apps you've got to try. They'll ...
May 08, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 92
We love dinner parties. We throw a lot of them, sometimes several times a month. Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, as we offer tips on how to throw a great dinner party. We've also got a one-minute cooking tip on how to keep baked goods fresh. Bruce interviews internet sensation and all-around great guy Max La Manna about his cookbook YOU CAN COOK THIS. And we tell you what's making us happy in food this week. Here are segments for this episode of COOKING W...
May 01, 2023•34 min•Season 3Ep. 91
We're our comfort-food jag on our podcast. We have some ideas about how to make comfort foods better--or at least not so guilt-ridden. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written and published over three dozen cookbooks and developed over 12,000 original recipes in our career. One of our latest books is THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE . We love a creamy casserole but we don't always love the way we feel after we enjoy a serving (or three). Here are som...
Apr 24, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 90
For most of us, our ideas about comfort food have changed dramatically over the years. We've gone from its being "sick food" to now being "blow-the-diet" treats. Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, as we talk about the changing notions of comfort food over the course of their thirty-six cookbook career. We've got a one-minute cooking tip about coatings in an air fryer. Bruce interviews Sena Wheeler of Sena Sea Wild Alaskan Fish about the Alaskan fishing indus...
Apr 17, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 89
Welcome to our food and cooking podcast! We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, the authors of more than three dozen cookbooks. We'd love for you to check out one of our latest, THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE . Or maybe our 900-recipe tome from a while back, THE ULTIMATE COOK BOOK . In this episode, we're talking about why you should eat foods that make you happy. We've got a one-minute cooking tip about cooking times. Bruce interviews food entrepreneur, cookbook author, and longtime ...
Apr 10, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 88
Oysters. Cookbooks. Cooking tips. We've got it all in our magazine-format podcast on food and cooking. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written more than three dozen cookbooks. We've been contributing editors to EATING WELL and COOKING LIGHT. And we once had the longest-standing column on weightwatchers. No wonder we love talking about food and cooking! We're talking today about farmed oysters. Then we have a one-minute cooking tip about better-tasting ...
Apr 03, 2023•34 min•Season 3Ep. 87
Who doesn't get tired of cooking? Sometimes, even for established food writers, the kitchen is just too much to handle. We've got some answers. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks--so we've experienced a lot of burnout! One of our latest, by the way, is T HE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE , with over 700 photos, one for every step of every recipe. We were super burned out after those photo shoots! After our suggestions f...
Mar 27, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 86
Hi! We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, authors of three dozen cookbooks. If you want to check out our latest, it's here . This is our food and cooking podcast. We're delighted you've chosen to spend some time with us. In this episode, we're talking about spicy, hot food, now a global taste, although it wasn't for centuries. We've got a one-minute cooking tip about cooking with wine. Then we debunk some common food myths. And we let you know what's making us happy in food this week. Her...
Mar 20, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 85
Let's talk libations, with and without the buzz. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written and published over three dozen cookbooks including several about cocktails and drinks, like THE ULTIMATE PARTY DRINK BOOK . We're talking about sake, offering you some ways to discover the venerated brewed drink. We've got a one-minute cooking tip about storing potatoes. Then Bruce interviews entrepreneur Jack Hollihan, an owner of Jukes Cordialities, one of our fa...
Mar 13, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 84
Inflation's up. Maybe it's stabilizing. But for now, it's holding steady. Eggs are expensive. So's milk. And ground beef. But there are ways to save. Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks including a terrific resource for cooking know-how, THE KITCHEN SHORTCUT BIBLE (which you can find here ). After we're done talking about how to save money at the supermarket, we've got a one-minute cooking tip about fresh herbs and gre...
Mar 06, 2023•40 min•Season 3Ep. 83
Mushrooms are a super food!They're packed with essential minerals--and pretty sustainable, to boot. Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, as we talk about mushrooms and how you can get more of them into your weekly food routines. We've written a lot of mushroom recipes in our career that's spanned over three dozen cookbooks and countless magazine articles. Beyond mushrooms, we've got a one-minute cooking tip about making substitutions. Then Bruce interviews Sus...
Feb 27, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 82
This week, we're talking about food traditions--not cultural, necessarily, although they might be a part of our discussion. Instead, those from your childhood. Ours, too, of course. Why are these food traditions so important to us? Why do they leave such an imprint on us? Is it just nostalgia? Or more? Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks including one of our favorites THE KITCHEN SHORTCUT BIBLE . After we talk about ch...
Feb 20, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 81
First things first! Bubbles! Our favorite kind of wine. Champagne, prosecco, cava, and pet nat. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We may have written over three dozen cookbooks but we love bubbles! Every day should be a celebration, right? After we're done being enthusiastic for bubbly wine, we've got a one-minute cooking tip about a common kitchen tool. Then Bruce interviews former race-car engineer and now croissant queen Kate Reid about her book LUNE. And w...
Feb 13, 2023•45 min•Season 3Ep. 80
How long do condiments last? Some of us have them in the fridge for years. Should we? We've got the answers. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks in our career, been contributing editors at the likes of COOKING LIGHT and EATING WELL, and were the longest-serving columnists on weightwatchers. We're talking about storing and preserving condiments. We've got a one-minute cooking tip on colander cooking (one of our favorite te...
Feb 06, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 79
There's a lot about gas stoves in the news these days. And the matter is more complicated than you might first think. Don't listen to the screaming pundits. Let us help you make sense of the noise. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks including THE GREAT BIG PRESSURE COOKER BOOK, with over 500 recipes written for BOTH electric and stovetop pressure cookers. (You can find it here .) We're talking about the controversy surro...
Jan 30, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 78
Dry January? What's up with that? We've got some answers. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks, including THE GREAT BIG PRESSURE COOKER BOOK with over 500 recipes proportioned for every size of pressure cooker on the market. (You can find it here .) Besides talking about dry January, we have a one-minute cooking tip about a little considered kitchen staple the waffle iron. Bruce interview Nicole Niman about her book DEFEND...
Jan 23, 2023•42 min•Season 3Ep. 77
We've had a cookbook career together since 1999. We've seen and heard it all. And we want to tell you about some of the most outrageous health, food, and cooking advice we've heard. Hi there! We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We're the authors of countless magazine articles and over three dozen cookbooks. We've developed over 12,000 original recipes in our careers. You can find a lot of them in THE INSTANT POT BIBLE and THE ESSENTIAL AIR FRYER COOKBOOK . We're...
Jan 09, 2023•45 min•Season 3Ep. 76
What's hot? What's not? In food, it's a constant question. Not what's hot off the stove! What's hip? Where's the right vibe? We've got some predictions. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written and published over three dozen cookbooks, including THE ULTIMATE COOK BOOK (with over 900 recipes) and THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE (with over 700 photographs). We look at some of the predicted food trends for 2023. We've got a one-minute cooking tip about...
Jan 02, 2023•37 min•Season 3Ep. 75
What are people searching for on the internet when they're looking for food and recipes? It's an interesting question that we can answer through Google trends. Hey there! We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've published three dozen cookbooks and we're just getting started! Check out some of our favorite titles: THE ULTIMATE COOK BOOK (over 900 recipes!), THE ESSENTIAL AIR FRYER COOKBOOK , and THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE (over 700 photographs!). We're ...
Dec 26, 2022•38 min•Season 3Ep. 74
What do people eat in the morning? It's a global question with a big set of answers! Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks, including THE INSTANT AIR FRYER BIBLE which you can find here . We're talking about breakfast around the world. We offer you a one-minute cooking tip about pepper mills. Then Bruce interviews cookbook legend Rose Levy Beranbaum. And we tell you what's making us happy in food this week. Here are the ...
Dec 19, 2022•38 min•Season 3Ep. 73
If you've been to France, then you've had a true baguette. And you know what a wonder it is. But things are changing. And we're here to talk about it. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks, including THE ESSENTIAL AIR FRYER COOKBOOK (which you can find here ). We want to talk about the changing nature of one our favorite foods: French baguettes. We've got a one-minute cooking tip about shoes in the kitchen. Bruce interview ...
Dec 12, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 72
Holiday stress. It's terrible everywhere--but maybe nowhere near as bad as in the kitchen. We've got some answers. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks including a spate of titles for the Instant Pot including The Instant Pot Bible , Instant Pot Bible: Next Generation , From Freezer To Instant Pot: The Cookbook , and Instant Pot Bible: Copycat Recipes . Although we feel the Instant Pot is a great way to cut down on your ho...
Dec 05, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 71
