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Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

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One-Pot Braised Chicken Piccata + A Make-Ahead Chickpea Salad | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

Oct 1, 202611 min

What We Eat In A Day! What Chefs Really Cook At Home, Fall Edition

Sep 29, 202634 min

Cozy Kitchen Strawberry Brownies, Birthday Bundt Cake + More | Our Best Home Cooking Bites, with Adrianna Adarme

Sep 24, 202619 min

Fall Farmers’ Market Must-Haves: Our Top 12 Recipes for Seasonal Home Cooking!

Sep 22, 202629 min

What Do You Do with Beets? | Answering Your Home Cooking Questions

Sep 17, 202613 min

8 Make-Ahead Salads for Fall

Sep 15, 202626 min

Cookbook Club, Fig & Almond Cake + A Vegetarian Phyllo Pie | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

Sep 10, 202618 min

What to Cook on Busy Weeknights: 6 Dinners, with Maggie Hoffman

Sep 8, 202636 min

Easy Pickles, A Quick Way To Use Up Broccoli + A Surprising Carrot Cake with Leah Koenig | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

Sep 3, 202625 min

Hosting this Fall? Four Menus for Seasonal Cooking at Home

Sep 1, 202638 min

One-Pot Meatballs & Greens + Two Italian Cookies | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

Aug 27, 202613 min

Recipes We’re Really Cooking! A Summer Recap + The Best of Season 4

Aug 25, 202628 min

A Must-Try Pizza Recipe + A Favorite Breakfast Dish | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

Aug 20, 202614 min

Meatless Sheet-Pan Dinners for Easy Home Cooking (Re-Release)

Aug 18, 202629 min

Grandma’s Plum Crumb Bars + A One-Skillet Summer Dinner | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

Aug 13, 202614 min

Puerto Rican Home Cooking, with Omi Hopper

Aug 11, 202627 min

Too Hot to Cook? Easy Summer Dinner Ideas to Beat the Heat

Aug 4, 202632 min

Summer Corn! 10 Recipes for Cooking Easy Seasonal Meals at Home (Re-Release)

Jul 28, 202628 min

Two Salads You Can Make Once, And Eat Twice (or Three Times)! | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

Jul 23, 202612 min

Our Top 10 Best Bites of All Time! Celebrating 300 Episodes of Food Friends

Jul 21, 202637 min

A One-Bowl Berry Almond Cake + Homemade Chopped Cheese Sandwiches | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

Jul 16, 202613 min

Our Top 8 No-Bake Desserts for Summer Hosting! (Re-Release)

Jul 14, 202628 min

A 10-Minute Dessert from Cookbook Club + A Lemony Pasta with Greens | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

Jul 9, 202618 min

What Do You Do With All The Zucchini? Cooking Seasonal Summer Recipes

Jul 7, 202629 min

The New York Times' Most Popular Recipe + Fried Zucchini Blossoms | Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

Jul 2, 202613 min

A Food Person’s Summer: Cookbooks, Hosting, and What to Cook Right Now, with Adam Roberts (Re-Release)

Jun 30, 202634 min

A 30-Minute Korean Short Rib Dinner + A Citrusy Summer Salad | Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

Jun 25, 202613 min

What to Cook this Summer: Four Seasonal Menus for Hosting

Jun 23, 202634 min

Two Meatless Meal-Prep Friendly Meals! Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

Jun 18, 202610 min

Summer Farmers’ Market Must-Haves! 10 Recipes for Seasonal Home Cooking

Jun 16, 202631 min

What’s Your Ideal Brownie? + A Classic French Dish & A NYC Food Tour | Our Best Bites of the Week

Jun 11, 202618 min

Summer Berries! Cakes, Cobblers, No-Bake Treats & More

Jun 9, 202634 min

Two Hosting Menus: A Small Dinner Party + Feeding a Crowd | Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

Jun 4, 202614 min

Meal Prep like a Private Chef: Four Menus for Weeknight Dinners

Jun 2, 202628 min

Behind-the-Scenes Catering Tips + A Beef Noodle Dinner | Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

May 28, 202615 min

Weeknight Grilling! Easy Summer Cooking at Home

May 26, 202629 min

A Nigella Lawson Sheet-Pan Dinner + Strawberry Rhubarb Bars! | Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

May 21, 202614 min

What Do You Bring To A Potluck? Ten Recipes for Picnics, Beach Days, And Feeding A Crowd

May 19, 202631 min

A Banana Snacking Cake from Cookbook Club + An Easy Spring Soup | Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

May 14, 202614 min

What We Eat in a Day! What We Really Cook At Home, Spring Edition

May 12, 202635 min

A Turkish Pastry with a Buttery Dough + Jammy Sugar Cookies! Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

May 7, 202617 min

Sheet-Pan Meals for Easy Spring Cooking at Home

May 5, 202630 min

A Memorable Spring Menu, Seasonal Fried Rice & the Best Philly Sandwich | Best Bites with Special Guest David Page

Apr 30, 202625 min

Make it Mediterranean! Everyday Cooking with Yumna Jawad of Feel Good Foodie

Apr 28, 202628 min

A Chili Cook-Off + Cookbook Club Recap: Edna Lewis’ Taste of Country Cooking | Best Bites of the Week

Apr 23, 202624 min

Chickpeas! Cooking Easy Meatless Meals with Sarah Bond (Re-Release)

Apr 21, 202629 min

What to Do with Tahini, Gochujang & Miso | Answering a Listener Question

Apr 16, 202621 min

30-Minute Meals! Our Top 6 Recipes for Quick Spring Home Cooking

Apr 14, 202629 min

S4 Ep 271What One Ingredient Can Do for Your Cooking + A Standout Sandwich & Italian Pastry! Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

How can one ingredient completely change your weeknight cooking?In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate this week to inspire each other – and you!By the end of this episode, you’ll want to make Ham El-Waylly's highly-rated Kung Pao tofu recipe that’s perfect for breaking out of a cooking rut. You’ll also want to try a loaded veggie sandwich that’s a fridge-cleanout hero, and you’ll discover a fresh take on a morning pastry.Tune in for a quick dose of home cooking inspiration!***For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our free Substack here. And join us on our live monthly calls by upgrading your subscription to paid!***Links: Kung Pao Tofu by Ham El Waylly for NYT CookingHam El Waylly’s new book book: Hello, Home Cooking: Do-able Dishes for Everyday and our episode with Ham Raspberry Danish with puff pastry videoSonya’s blueberry cheesecake danish recipeKari’s Veggie Sandwich:Thickly sliced whole-wheat sourdough (Adrian Hale’s recipe), but any thick-sliced fresh bread would work!Spread hummus on one slice of bread (I love Little Sesame classic) and top with grated carrot and crumbled fetaMash avocado and a little kosher salt on the second siide, then top with thinly sliced cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced kohlrabi, and honey-mustard pickles (my family’s local fave Kaylin & Kaylin)Shred romaine, baby gem, or iceberg lettuce and carefully top one side, then close the sandwich, and cut in halfServe with your favorite chips!****Got a cooking question? Leave us a message on our hotline at: 323-452-9084For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our Substack here.Are you a local to Portland or planning a visit? You can now book a private farmers’ market tour with Sonya through Airbnb Experiences! Or order Sonya's cookbook Braids for more Food Friends recipes!

Apr 9, 202619 min

S4 Ep 270Spring Soups & Salads! Simple Recipes for Everyday Home Cooking

When the weather warms up, soup can feel like it should be off the menu – but we believe that soup season can last all year, and may even be best in spring!This week, we’re sharing 6 flexible soup-and-salad menus that celebrate seasonal ingredients while keeping home cooking unfussy. We’re relying on light, brothy soups with greens and herbs, silky vegetable purées, and bright seasonal salads packed with herbs that are as satisfying as they are colorful. By the end of this episode, you’ll:Rethink soup season with spring-ready recipes that feel both cozy and lightHave go-to soup and salad pairings for easy, complete meals for weeknights or entertainingFeel more confident turning farmers' market finds (or freezer staples) into vibrant dinnersWhether you’re cooking for one or hosting a dinner party, press play now to bring fresh, feel-good spring cooking to your table!***For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our free Substack here. And join us on our live monthly calls by upgrading your subscription to paid!***Links:Spring tortellini soup with peas and asparagus by Amelia Rampe +Strawberry kale salad from our Substack Lemony Carrot + Cauliflower Soup by Melissa Clark +Collard Green Salad with Ginger and Spicy Seed Brittle by Claire Saffitz for Bon AppetitSomen noodle soup with mushrooms and greens by Sue L for NYT Cooking + Vietnamese chicken salad from Food & WineLocro de Papas adapted from Anastacia Marx de Salcedo for Gourmet + Escarole salad with Horseradish and Capers by Ignacio Mattos for Bon Appetit Lentil tomato soup by Carolina Gelen + Alice Waters’ baked goat cheese with spring lettuce salad Stracciatella with Broccoli Rabe from Sunset Magazine +Little Gem Salad with Lemon Cream and Hazelnuts by Joshua McFadden, adapted by Michael Gradyon and Nikole Harriott for Bon Appetit Other mentions:Lee Bailey’s Soup MealsSpringtime Minestrone from our Substack ****Got a cooking question? Leave us a message on our hotline at: 323-452-9084For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our Substack here.Are you a local to Portland or planning a visit? You can now book a private farmers’ market tour with Sonya through Airbnb Experiences! Or order Sonya's cookbook Braids for more Food Friends recipes!

Apr 7, 202632 min