Salt & Spine

Brian Hogan Stewart•saltandspine.substack.com

We tell the compelling stories behind cookbooks you won't get anywhere else. Featuring interviews with leading authors, we explore the art and craft of cookbooks, looking at both new and vintage cookbooks and the inspirations behind them … the compelling people who create them … and their impact on home cooks and the culinary world.

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How Preeti Mistry merges identity, activism, and Indian street food

This week, we're excited to welcome chef Preeti Mistry to SALT + SPINE, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. Preeti is the author of The Juhu Beach Club Cookbook: Indian Spice, Oakland Soul, and the force behind the for-now-shuttered Juhu Beach Club restaurant. A graduate of Le Cordon Bleu, Preeti worked in fine dining, and then as executive chef at the de Young Museum and Google before opening Juhu Beach Club. A short stint on the sixth season of Top Chef marked Preeti's national debut. ‍ ‍...

May 23, 2018•33 min

Twenty years after How To Eat, Nigella Lawson is still the home cooking champion

"You cannot be powerful if you're not fed—and you should be able to feed yourself." –Nigella Lawson We're thrilled to have home cook evangelist Nigella Lawson as our first guest on SALT + SPINE, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. You might know Nigella from her 10 hugely popular cookbooks—or from her TV shows like "Nigella Bites" or "Nigella Eats." For 20 years, Nigella has been producing cookbooks geared for home cooks, starting with her first book How To Eat , which is a staple worldwide...

May 15, 2018•34 min

Trailer: Salt + Spine, Stories Behind Cookbooks

Salt + Spine is hosted by Brian Hogan Stewart and produced by Alison Sullivan, with support from Nina Earnest and Clara Hogan. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | GooglePlay Our website is SaltAndSpine.com . Find us on Patreon , Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram . We record Salt + Spine at San Francisco's The Civic Kitchen. Thanks to Jen Nurse, Chris Bonomo, and the Civic Kitchen team. Thanks to Celia Sack at Omnivore Books. Our theme song was produced by Brunch For Lunch. For more music, visit soundcl...

May 08, 2018•1 min

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