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Christmas salad is perhaps too elevated. "Cheery as Santa's chuckle" seems accurate tbh.
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Big thanks to @katemcdermott.bsky.social for joining us on the pod last week! She recounts her pie whisperer origin story, we talk about geoduck pie (her fam's favorite), why you should be listening for the "sizzle-whump," and how to get the tallest and fluffiest meringue.

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Smartphone playing episode 44 of the Joy of Cooking Podcast. Headphones are nearby. a VERY toasty lemon meringue pie. We got a little enthusiastic with the blowtorch. Italian meringue on the tines of a stand mixer's whisk attachment. There's one tendril-like peak. Kate McDermott, smiling at the camera, wearing an apron emblazoned with "Art of the Pie" and a papercut illustration of a pie resting on a windowsill.
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Our recipe pick for this week does not fall neatly in either category. We did not grow up eating apple dumplings, nor do we bake them when we're feeling low, but they are very old-timey and deeply comforting to eat. We tested the recipe ~8 years ago and have been making them ever since.
Moody overhead closeup of apple dumplings
October 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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New ep is up! We are joined by Shane Mitchell, author of The Crop Cycle, a @bittersouth.bsky.social essay collection that profiles 11 iconic Southern crops. Shane chronicles the history of their cultivation and poignantly writes of those who grow and devour them.
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Overhead view of The Crop Cycle, by Shane Mitchell. The hardcover features big ripe tomatoes set against a background that is the hottest shade pink. Shane in a farm setting, her garment nibbled by a pig. A smartphone on a yellow surface, playing our podcast. Headphones are nearby.
October 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Each week, we encourage our listeners to cook along with us from the 2019 edition. This week’s recipe = French Yogurt Cake on p. 734. A simple, tangy loaf cake that’s perfect with whipped cream and fresh berries, or compote, or your favorite jam (we think apricot is a winner here fwiw).
Closeup of French yogurt cake fresh from the oven, cooling in a loaf pan set on a wire rack.
October 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Happy to share our convo w/ Maureen Abood, author of Lebanese Baking. We talk about the genesis of her book, writing generous recipes, a cheater knafeh that uses shredded wheat cereal, and what sets baking apart as an expression of care and remembrance.

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Overhead view of Lebanese Baking by Maureen Abood. Portrait of Maureen Abood, leaning on a white marble countertop, smiling, wearing a yellow patterned blouse. A smartphone set on a yellow surface plays the Joy of Cooking podcast. A pair of headphones surround the phone.
October 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Super excited to have @culinarybreeding.bsky.social on our podcast! Lane has been bringing seed breeders and chefs together for over a decade now. We love the community she has created! A good listen for vegetable stans and plant nerds. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Lane Selman, founder of the Culinary Breeding Network, kneeling in a patch of radicchio. A smartphone and a pair of headphones. Our podcast plays. Where is the listener? Closeup of four colorful ears of dent corn at a Culinary Breeding Network event. A plate of indigo-yellow tomatoes at a Culinary Breeding Network event. A sign reads: “Tomato INDIGO P321-9-1B-1-2-1 'Ananas Noire' x 'Indigo Rose' Esthetics breeding project. Mixture of yellow and red blush.”
September 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Ep 35! We loved talking with @amateurgourmet.bsky.social about his debut novel Food Person, a comedy about a cookbook ghostwriter and their narcissistic celebrity client. Plus: ice creams, cookbook faves, and how bad AI search might be making them more relevant. 🤞

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Close headshot of food blogger, cookbook author, and novelist Adam Roberts. A smartphone strewn on a yellow surface with a pair of headphones. The phone is playing episode 35 of our podcast, but whoever was listening has obviously been abruptly called away. I hope they are okay! A call-to-action “tile” exhorting viewers to join the Joy Scouts Cooking Club by preparing a recipe from the 2019 Joy of Cooking. This week: Pistachio and Rosewater Kulfi, page 853.
September 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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New episode! We talk to Melissa Knific about her upcoming cookbook that celebrates our national parks, and testing recipes from every country in the world (!) for an exciting Jessica Nabongo project. Plus, we offer a listener advice about food and recipe writing.
A smartphone on a yellow background sorrounded by a pair of headphones. Our new podcast episode plays on, deeply affected by but seemingly oblivious to the fascistic hellscape that lurks beyond the image frame. Melissa Knific, down by the water, hair swept back by a light breeze, smiling at a spectacle or person to the right of the image frame. A sharply lit plate piled high with shaved fennel and white bean salad, topped with shaved parm. An impossibly blue drinking glass filled with an effervescent liquid is nearby. A book opened on a surface, its pages fanned out. Text superimposed above and below reads: “Joy Scouts Cooking Club: COOK ALONG WITH US WEEKLY FROM THE 2019 EDITION; SHAVED FENNEL & WHITE BEAN SALAD PAGE 129; @joyofcooking #joyscoutscookingclub” (those are for Instagram)
September 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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We just posted the first ep of our new season with special guest Roy Choi! We talked about life in the restaurant industry, knowing your audience, building bandwidth into recipes, how to become a more intuitive cook, and his new cookbook, The Choi of Cooking.

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Roy Choi, leaning on a bar and eating from a plate of delicious looking chicken wings A “we’re back” announcement for the Joy of Cooking Podcast. Text reads: Episode 33, August 27, Roy Choi: A Casual Culinary Chat About A Career In Cooking. A smartphone and a pair of headphones on a yellow surface. The phone is playing our new podcast episode.
August 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Really struggling with the opening comparison… any chance you can unpack @mikecaulfield.bsky.social ?
August 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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“This meeting’s adjourned… Spread the word on menus nationwide.”
Headnote for the 2019 Joy if Cooking’s club sandwich recipe: “If you like your sandwiches with three pieces of bread, cut in half twice, and impaled with frilly toothpicks, then you are an honorary club member.”
May 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Oh, and if you want to know what the whole “Cockaigne” thing is all about, we talk about that too!
A closeup of the Cockaigne logo Marion had printed on her stationary. A rotund gentleman lies contentedly underneath a table on which a wedge of cheese and a drumstick sit. A scythe is stuck in the table, forming the first “C” in Cockaigne.
May 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Anyways, give the episode a listen. We also have a “Joy Scouts” cooking club thingy where we encourage listeners to cook with us out of the 2019 edition. For this week: Coconut Milk Cake Cockaigne (find it on page 724). The lime curd filling is one of several improvements we made to Marion’s recipe.
Two slices of coconut milk cake Cockaigne, served on mismatched white plates. The slices are topped with extra toasted coconut, and the rest of the cake is visible in the background.
May 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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I also talk about how this edition inspired me to contribute to the family business. Encountering Marion's dedication and epigraph for the first time late at night (during a personal crisis/crossroads) pretty much sealed the deal!
May 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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We discuss the personal context of Marion’s revision, including her decades-long struggle with breast cancer, and the debilitating side effects of radiation treatment she endured as she composed a brand new Joy.
A black and white portrait of Marion later in life.
May 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Marion completely reorganized and reimagined Irma's cookbook, creating an all-encompassing kitchen reference for American home cooks. As Anne Mendelson eloquently observes, the 1963 provided "knowledge that made the difference between walking through a formulaic script and applying real judgment."
Marion Rombauer Becker and her husband/collaborator John smiling at one another, holding a 1963 edition.
May 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Ep 24 is up, and we’re talking Joy history again. Specifically, we focus on Marion’s ground-breaking 1963 edition... the first truly modern Joy.

This one means a lot to me! 🧵

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A blue 1963 Joy of Cooking set on a wooden surface.
May 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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New episode is up! @cathybarrow.bsky.social drops by to talk about sourdough, bagels, spring garden plantings, and our favorite canning traditions. (We're really excited to try her trick of adding pectin-rich mangoes to strawberry jam!)

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Portrait of Cathy Barrow in her kitchen, canning something delicious. A smartphone and pair of large headphones playing our new episode. Closeup of dill batter loaf, the recipe we’re encouraging listeners to male this week (found on page 600 of the 2019 edition).
March 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Shoutout to @tortugagordo.bsky.social for providing some of their awesome fermented hot sauces!

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March 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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We had a blast talking with @ranchogordo.bsky.social on the podcast! We chat about how he started out, his go-to recipe for "free soup," the precarity of doing business when trade policy is insane, and why Good Mother Stallards are so dang good.

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Contents of a bean club shipment from Rancho Gordo laid out on a cutting board. Lots of colorful beans. Smart phone and headphones on a yellow surface. Our podcast plays on. Steve Sando, bean buddy, resting against a vintage gas range. A bean pot is on the back burner behind him.
March 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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New episode! Megan Splawn talks to us about the scarcity of small chickens, pizza biscuits, bacon vs. crispy chicken skin, thriving in the kitchen when you don't want to cook, and the anxieties of cooking to your mom's (or grandma's) standards.

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March 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Recipe club assignment for this week: the Chan Chan. Muddled cucumber and basil get shaken with lime juice, St. Germain, Old Tom gin. Recipe’s on page 20 of the 2019 ed.

A little summery, but hey, the PDX spring fake-out is ending and this is our send-off for that lovely glowing orb in the sky.
A Chan Chan cocktail, served in a coupe glass. A thin slice of cucumber floats on the surface of the beverage, and an upended borage blossom sits atop it like a baby seal on an ice floe.
March 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Ep 17! Hannah Chamberlain joins us and Sarah Marshall to discuss her book, How to Be a Better Drinker.

We shake up a batch of Irma's gin cocktail, which she put on the first page of the original Joy—a strong editorial choice during Prohibition!

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Irma’s gin and juice cocktail, served with a twist. Headphones surrounding a smartphone playing our podcast. Author, home bartender, and cocktail creator Hannah Chamberlain stirs a cocktail. The OG gin cocktail recipe from the 1931 edition. An awesome rooster paper cut is at the top of the page.
March 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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In this week’s Dinner Thoughts™️ Megan pays homage to her meal-planning hero Tamar Adler, records our buldak-ception meal for posterity, and ignores a perfect opportunity to use the “buy a man eat fish” meme.

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March 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM