James Beard Award-winning author Carla Lalli Music talks with us about her latest cookbook, That Sounds So Good: 100 Real-Life Recipes For Every Day Of The Week. Carla describes how the book came together during the pandemic—her family served as captive recipe testers—and offers tips for everything from stocking a pantry to reducing food waste. She also explores the ways in which cooking during the week for family is vastly different from the way we cook on weekends. Both should be a source of joy, not stress. We dig in to a few recipes from the book and unpack what works for Carla so we might streamline our own weekday and weekend cooking.

This show was produced by Robyn Doyon-Aitken and Catie Talarski

Guest: Carla Lalli Music is the author of That Sounds So Good: 100 Real-Life Recipes For Every Day Of The Week.

Featured Recipes:
Fat Noodles with Pan-Roasted Mushrooms and Crushed Herb Sauce
Sheet Pan Chicken with Tomatoes and Chickpeas

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Get to know local chef and entrepreneur Chrissy Tracey. Chrissy owns a catering company, a healthy meal-prep service, and she’s just been hired by Bon Appétit to host cooking videos for their Test Kitchen series. We talk with Chrissy about what inspires her cooking and her quest to perfect the vegan pizza. She’s working on it! Plus, Charlotte Druckman’s anthology, Women On Food, amplifies the voices of women chefs and food writers. The anthology includes essays, interviews, and Q&As from more than 100 writers, chefs, critics, and TV stars. . .all women in the food world whose experiences truly run the gamut.

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Zshekinah Collier and Joseph Vazquez contributed to this show. Robyn Doyon-Aitken and Catie Talarski produced this show.

Guests:
Chrissy Tracey – Owner of Chrissy’s, a plant-based catering company, and Vegan Vibes Meal Prep. She’s also a video host for the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen series.

Charlotte Druckman – Journalist, food writer, and creator of Food52’s Tournament of Cookbooks (a.k.a. The Piglet). She’s the author (and co-author) of several cookbooks, and the editor of the anthology Women On Food.

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We’re mixin’ it up with some serious bakers this week on Seasoned! “Pie Whisperer” Kate McDermott shares the tips and tricks you need to bake any pie this holiday, as well as how to use all your senses to bake great pies. Yes, bubbling fruit does make a sound you’ll learn to recognize. And, we highlight two new local bakeries you may not have heard of yet. Le Bánh Patisserie delivers French cakes and pastries to your door, and Kneads in Westport mills its own flour.

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Guests:
Kate McDermott – Author of Pie Camp
Kim Hoàng Wood, Pastry chef and owner of le Bánh Patisserie
Brittany Moreno – Head baker and owner of Kneads Bakery • Café • Mill in Westport
Daniel Moreno – Chef and owner of Kneads Bakery • Café • Mill in Westport

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Tune in for a very special conversation with the cooks at Bloodroot, a restaurant in Bridgeport run by two feminists that have been serving vegetarian meals for more than 40 years. We’re also checking in with chefs from some of our favorite spots in Waterbury, New Haven, and Seymour to see how they’re doing at this phase of the pandemic. Plus, cookbook author and food writer Melissa Clark talks about her article “The Meat-Lover’s Guide to Eating Less Meat” and shares tips for home cooks who want to make more room on their plates for beans, grains, and tofu.

Bloodroot at the movies! Selma and Noel “star” in a documentary about Bloodroot showing at Remarkable Theater, a drive-in theater in Westport, September 20 at 7:00 pm. Order tickets on Remarkable Theater’s website.

Robyn Doyon-Aitken and Catie Talarski produced this show.

Guests:

Selma Miriam and Noel Furie – Owners of Bloodroot, a feminist vegetarian restaurant in Bridgeport

Michone Arrington – Chef and co-owner of The Art of Yum in Waterbury

John Brennan – Chef and owner of Olives and Oil in Seymour and New Haven and Elm City Social in New Haven

Melissa Clark – New York Times columnist and author of more than 30 cookbooks

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