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Salt & Spine

Brian Hogan Stewartsaltandspine.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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Episodes

One last call with drinks writer Brad Thomas Parsons

Today, we're excited to welcome BRAD THOMAS PARSONS to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks, in our first-ever DRINKS WEEK . This week, we're releasing four all-new episodes with some of the leading authors of recent cocktail and wine books. Brad is the author of several cocktail books, including Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, which won both the James Beard and International Association of Culinary Professionals cookbook awards. He also wrote Amaro: The Spiri...

Oct 31, 201941 min

Alice Feiring on the natural wine movement and fighting a male-dominated industry

Today, we're excited to welcome ALICE FEIRING to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks, in our first-ever DRINKS WEEK . This week, we're releasing four all-new episodes with some of the leading authors of recent cocktail and wine books. Alice Feiring is the James Beard-winning author of seven books on wine, including her latest, Natural Wine for the People: What It Is, Where to Find It, How to Love It. She has been the leading voice of natural wine for nearly two decades. She is ...

Oct 30, 201936 min

Christiaan Röllich // Bar Chef [Drinks Week 2019]

Today, we're excited to welcome CHRISTIAAN RÖLLICH to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks, in our first-ever DRINKS WEEK . This week, we're releasing four all-new episodes with some of the leading authors of recent cocktail and wine books. Christiaan Röllich oversees the bar program for Suzanne Goin's Lucques restaurant group, which includes Los Angeles spots A.O.C., Tavern, and Lucques. His first cookbook is Bar Chef: Handcrafted Cocktails . In today's show, we'll talk with Ch...

Oct 29, 201938 min

Lazarus Lynch on early success, family recipes, and breaking the cookbook mold

This week, we're excited to welcome LAZARUS LYNCH to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. Lazarus is a two-time winner of Chopped and host of Snapchat's first-ever cooking show. His first cookbook is Son of a Southern Chef. In today's show, we'll talk with Lazarus about how he got his start (and his foot in the door at Food Network), where he finds inspiration, and how he approached his first cookbook. Plus: We'll play Salt + Spine game with Lazarus. ALSO IN TODAY'S SHOW: > ...

Oct 22, 201958 min

'Mac-n-cheese maven' Allison Arevalo on bringing people together over pasta

This week, we're excited to welcome ALLISON AREVALO to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. This week's show was recorded live in front of an audience at The Civic Kitchen in San Francisco. Allison is the so-called “Mac-and-Cheese Maven” behind Homeroom, the Oakland, CA restaurant she co-opened in 2010. After seven years, she stepped back—selling off her shares to spend more time with family and friends—and found herself hosting weekly Pasta Friday dinners at her home. Allison’...

Oct 15, 201943 min

For cookbook author Adeena Sussman, ‘everything is awesome’

This week, we're excited to welcome ADEENA SUSSMAN to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. Adeena is the author of Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors from My Israeli Kitchen and has co-authored or collaborated on a dozen other cookbooks, including Chrissy Teigen's books and The Spinkles Baking Book with Candace Nelson—all New York Times best sellers. In today's show, we're talking with Adeena about how moving to Tel Aviv and living steps from the historic and bustling Carmel Market i...

Oct 01, 201950 min

East Bay Cooks LIVE

This week, we're excited to welcome CAROLYN JUNG , NORA HARON , JEN BIESTY , and ANGELO SMITH to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. Carolyn is the author of East Bay Cooks: Signature Recipes from the Best Restaurants, Bars, and Bakeries , which features 40+ chefs including Bijan's Nora Haron , Shakewell's Jen Biesty , and Pizza Antica's Angelo Smith. In today's live show, we joined Carolyn and the chefs at the book launch party at Neyborly in Oakland's Jack London Square. We ...

Sep 24, 201938 min

Stacy Adimando on the state of grazing in America (and her antipasti to improve it)

This week, we're excited to welcome STACY ADIMANDO to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. Stacy is the author of Piatti: Plates and Platters for Sharing, Inspired by Italy and former executive editor of Saveur , Food Editor of Every Day with Rachael Ray, and recipes editor for Food Network. She co-authored the James Beard-winning cookbook, Nopalito: A Mexican Kitchen . GET COOKING: Bookshop | Amazon In today’s show, we’re talking with Stacy about her approach to antipasti, the...

Sep 18, 201940 min

How prolific writer Maria Zizka is working to modernize newlywed cookbooks

This week, we're excited to welcome MARIA ZIZKA to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. Maria is the author of The Newlywed Table: A Cookbook to Start Your Life Together . She has worked on around a dozen other cookbooks, including Tartine All Day , Everything I Want to Eat , and This Is Camino . In 2018, Forbes named her one of the 30 Most Influential People In Food & Drink Under 30. In today’s show, we’re talking with Maria about what led her from thinking she would becom...

Sep 10, 201946 min

Aleksandra Crapanzano on chronicling LA's restaurant scene

This week, we're excited to welcome ALEKSANDRA CRAPANZANO to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. Aleksandra is the author of Eat. Cook. LA. Recipes from the City of Angels. She's a screenwriter and food writer, penning a food column for the Wall Street Journal. Her first cookbook was The London Cookbook: Recipes from the Restaurants, Cafés, and Hole-in-the-Wall Gems of a Modern City. She’s the recipient of the MFK Fisher Award for Distinguished Writing from the James Beard Fou...

Sep 03, 201943 min

Sarah Copeland // Every Day is Saturday

This week, we’re excited to welcome SARAH COPELAND to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories on cookbooks. Sarah is the author of Every Day is Saturday, Recipes + Strategies for Easy Cooking, Every Day of the Week She also wrote The Newlywed Cookbook: Fresh Ideas and Modern Recipes for Cooking With and for Each Other and Feast: Generous Vegetarian Meals for Any Eater and Every Appetite. The former Food Director of Real Simple magazine, Sarah has also worked for Oprah Magazine and helped launch Foo...

Aug 27, 201938 min

Memorializing the recipes and stories of immigrant women with Anna Frances Gass

This week, we’re excited to welcome **ANNA FRANCESE GASS **to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories on cookbooks. Anna is the author of Heirloom Kitchen: Heritage Recipes and Family Stories from the Tables of Immigrant Women . Anna was born in Italy and grew up in the United States. After going to culinary school and working for major food companies, she realized she didn’t know how to make her mother's meatballs—a recipe that wasn’t written down, but held in her mothers’ memory. And that launche...

Aug 20, 201938 min

Atlanta chef Todd Richards on what his cookbook taught him about family, soul food

This week, we’re excited to welcome TODD RICHARDS to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories on cookbooks. Todd is the chef-owner of Richards' Southern Fried in Atlanta's Krog Street Market and culinary director of two fo the most lauded airport restaurants in the country: One Flew South and Chicken+Beer, both in Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Todd's first cookbook, Soul: A Chef's Culinary Evolution in 150 Recipes , explores his culinary roots and shares his inventive takes on classics. Todd...

Aug 13, 201941 min

Elizabeth Minchilli is hosting an Italian dinner party—and you're invited

This week, we’re excited to welcome ELIZABETH MINCHILLI to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories on cookbooks. Elizabeth is the author of nine books, including three cookbooks. Her latest cookbook, The Italian Table, is a resource for entertaining the Italian way. Chronicling a dozen unique menus and dinners Elizabeth created across the country, the book is a guide to hosting Italian-style dinners in your own home. In today’s episode, we’re talking with Elizabeth about her latest book, about Ital...

Aug 06, 201934 min

Kausar Ahmed // The Karachi Kitchen

This week, we’re excited to welcome KAUSAR AHMED to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories on cookbooks. Kausar is a chef, educator, and food stylist. She was born in Karachi, Pakistan and her debut cookbook, The Karachi Kitchen: Classic and Contemporary Flavors of Pakistan, explores the flavors of her hometown. She is also the founder of Kitchen Craft, an organization that offers nutrition/cooking classes to women and youth in Karachi's high-risk communities. In today’s show, we’re talking with K...

Jul 30, 201937 min

Redefining ice cream flavors with Salt & Straw's Tyler Malek

This week, we’re excited to welcome TYLER MALEK to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories on cookbooks. Tyler is the head ice cream maker (and co-founder) of SALT & STRAW , the ingredient-focused scoop shop from Portland, Oregon. Tyler opened Salt & Straw with his cousin in 2011. Working with local farmers, chefs, chocolatiers, and brewers, Tyler has invented hundreds of ice cream flavors (many of them award-winning combos.) His first cookbook is the Salt & Straw Ice Cream Cookbook . I...

Jul 23, 201945 min

Remembering the early days of Serious Eats with Ed Levine, Kenji López-Alt, Maggie Hoffman, Carey Jones

This week, we’re excited to welcome ED LEVINE and the STARS OF SERIOUS EATS—J. Kenji López-Alt, Maggie Hoffman, and Carey Jones —to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories on cookbooks. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at The Civic Kitchen in San Francisco . Ed Levine is the founder of Serious Eats , the James Beard-winning food website, and author of Serious Eater: A Food Lover's Perilous Quest for Pizza and Redemption . J. Kenji López-Alt is the chief culinary consultant for ...

Jul 16, 201946 min

Priya Krishna // Indian-ish

This week, we're excited to welcome Priya Krishna to SALT + SPINE, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. Priya is the author of Indian-ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family with Ritu Krishna and a contributor to the New York Times , Bon Appetit , and The New Yorker . Bonus Salt + Spine Features: Recipe: Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Green Pea Chutney Recipe: Roti Pizza Get the Cookbook: Amazon Read More: Why I'm Writing a Cookbook About My Mom, an Indian Food Genius [ Saveur ...

Jul 09, 201937 min

An exploration of Asian chili sauces with Diana Kuan

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May 21, 201931 min

Gabriela Cámara on her trailblazing seafood restaurants and her debut cookbook

This week, we're excited to welcome Gabriela Cámara to SALT + SPINE, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks, in our first-ever live podcast taping in front of an audience at Omnivore Books in San Francisco. Gabriela is the chef-owner of the famed seafood restaurant Contramar (Mexico City) and Cala (San Francisco). Her first cookbook, My Mexico City Kitchen, brings her “vegetable-forward, legume-loving, seafood-centric style” to your home kitchen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out in...

May 14, 201942 min

Ruth Reichl // Save Me The Plums

This week, we're excited to welcome Ruth Reichl to SALT + SPINE, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. Ruth was the final editor of Gourmet magazine and is the author of Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir and My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life Ruth is also the author of Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table, Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Restaurant Critic in Disguise, For You, Mom. Finally., Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table, and Delicious!...

May 07, 201936 min

Chronicling the foods of Palestine with cookbook author Yasmin Khan

Today's Episode: Yasmin Khan This week, we're excited to welcome Yasmin Khan to SALT + SPINE, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. Yasmin is the author of two cookbooks: The Saffron Tales: Recipes from the Persian Kitchen and Zaitoun: Recipes and Stories from the Palestinian Kitchen . We sit down with Yasmin at our studio in San Francisco's The Civic Kitchen Cooking School to discuss her cookbooks, traveling through Israel and the West Bank to chronicle Palestinian cuisine, and her love of p...

Apr 09, 201935 min

Andrea Nguyen champions Vietnamese homecooking, from pho to grocery-store finds

Today's Episode: Andrea Nguyen This week, we're excited to welcome Andrea Nguyen to SALT + SPINE, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. Andrea Nguyen is the author of six cookbooks, including Vietnamese Food Any Day and the James Beard-winning The Pho Cookbook . We sit down with Andrea at our studio in San Francisco's Civic Kitchen Cooking School to discuss her lifelong interest in cookbooks, grocery shopping, and play a pho/bahn mi game. Plus, as always we check in with Celia Sack at Omnivor...

Apr 02, 201946 min

How Ellen King is leading a heritage grain baking revolution

**Today's Episode: Ellen King ** This week, we're excited to welcome Ellen King to SALT + SPINE, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. Ellen is the author of *** Heritage Baking: Recipes for Rustic Breads and Pastries Baked with Artisanal Flour from Hewn Bakery ***. We sat down with Ellen at our studio inside San Francisco's The Civic Kitchen to discuss how heritage grains can make baked good more tolerable and enjoyable for those with gluten sensitivity, what drew her to bread baking, her in...

Mar 19, 201941 min

Eating camel hump and preserving recipes with author Anissa Helou

**Today's Episode: Anissa Helou ** This week, we're excited to welcome Anissa Helou to SALT + SPINE, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks. Anissa is the author of nine cookbooks, including her most recent, Feast: Food of the Islamic World . We sat down with Anissa at our studio inside San Francisco's The Civic Kitchen to discuss the process of creating this comprehensive book, what led her to cookbooks after a career in the art world, and her mission of preserving recipes for future generatio...

Mar 12, 201937 min
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