Cooking with Bruce and Mark

We've changed the format of our podcast and gone to a magazine show. We're so excited to have made this switch. We hope we've upped the game for you to give you more fun, more information, and more know-how in every episode.

Join us, Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, for the newly revised version of COOKING WITH BRUCE AND MARK!

Here are the segments (truly!) of this new magazine format episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK:

[00:58] We’re negotiating to write a new cookbook!

[11:06] Our one minute cooking tip: how to make the best scrambled eggs

[12:35] An interview with cookbook author Sandra Gutierrez

[26:46] Our finale: what’s making us happy in food this week

We've got one more classic episode up before we present our brand-new podcast format.

This is one of our listener favorites: eight kitchen gadgets and tools that we can't live without. There have been thousands of downloads of this episode--and we wanted to re-up it to share it with more of you. We hope you enjoy this classic episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE AND MARK!

Here are the segments of this episode:

[01:30] An instant-read meat thermometer

[03:40] An electronic kitchen scale

[05:51] A knife sharpener

[06:42] A fine-mesh sieve

[08:12] BIG mixing bowls

[10:05] A potato masher

[11:50] Kitchen shears

[13:00] And finally, good kitchen tongs

Here's a classic episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE AND MARK, while we retool our podcast into a new venture with lots more features. We can't wait for you to hear the new format! Interviews! Features! A radio show unto itself.

But until then, let's make ramen in an INSTANT POT. Here are the segments of this episode:

[03:58] It starts with kelp.

[05:11] Then we add the meats - smoked pork, pork bones, and bony chicken parts.

[07:25] Then the seasonings: scallions, ginger, soy, and mirin.

[11:40] Now the cooking instructions for the Instant Pot.

[17:35] And finally, tasting it.

Here are the segments to this look-back podcast episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE AND MARK.

Join us, Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, for this classic episode.

[01:29] A listener wants to know how to avoid getting the burn notice on their Instant Pot.

[05:57] Another listener wants to know the difference between the drawer-style and basket-style air fryers.

[08:58] A third listener wants to know how we deal with hard-to-find ingredients.

Even veteran cookbook authors can be embarrassed by the recipes they've developed AND PUBLISHED!

We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, authors of over three dozen cookbooks and countless articles for magazines and online sites. Recently, we crossed over a line. We've now developed and published over 12,000 original recipes in a career that has lasted over twenty years.

But even we have recipes we regret. Hey, sometimes you look back in shame.

Here are the segments of this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK:

[00:42] We wrote a peanut butter book and Mark, who didn't go to chef school (AHEM!), came up with this embarrassing recipe. He called it "Elvis spread."

[04:16] And another from Mark. It's not really about the recipe. It's about it's title. He took a delicious fig ice cream recipe and turned into something . . . . well, we'll let you decide.

[09:52] Bruce's most embarrassing recipe was in an article we wrote for Eating Well magazine about Hanukkah dinner. He should have known better!

We thought we'd tell you the story of the time we were on THE VIEW--and brought the house down. It was our most fun television appearance because we got to be so outrageous. They egged us on!

And we had to do something! The guest before us was Mr. Downer. He made the audience have a sad. What are two cookbook authors to do?

Here are the segments of this episode:

[01:05] Here's how we ended up on THE VIEW: It started with an appearance on THE TODAY SHOW.

[02:39] And here's what happened in the green room.

[05:25] On camera, we taught the cast how to make peanut butter. And brought the house down.

[07:34] And here's maybe why we never were invited back: Mark grabbed a cocktail out of Barbara Walters' hand.

We have a new cookbook coming out this November--and every recipe is a restaurant copycat for the Instant Pot.

True, no restaurant uses an Instant Pot. At least, that we know of. So we can't get exact copycats in the book for many things. Some, sure, like queso dips and classic chilis or baked beans. But others are our adaptations of the dishes we love at popular restaurants, all recreated for North America's favorite appliance.

Here are the segments of this episode:

[01:12] Why do people want restaurant copycat recipes?

[03:26] Our challenges for adapting these sorts of recipes

[07:08] Passing our "surety" test

[08:12] How we went about recreating Taco Bell's Taco Meat

[11:53] A bit about the legal issues

You'd think that after thirty-five cookbooks published together, as well as other books fixed or ghost-written, as well as countless magazine articles and cooking shows, that we'd be able to be in the kitchen together.

Nope. And never have. We are great as a couple--until you get us together at a stove. We've actually had fights on national TV!

Join us, Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, as we answer the big question: "What's the deal?"

Sounds romantic, right? Cooking together? Why can't we? Here's the truth:

[00:27] Bruce and Mark never cook together

[01:56] Mark got mad at Bruce on The Today Show

[02:41] Here's the reasons Mark won't cook with Bruce

[06:54] And here's why Bruce won't cook with Mark

[09:47] Bruce's bubbe was a terrible cook

[12:11] And Mark hates being told what to do in the kitchen

We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. As veteran cookbook authors, we've been hired to clean up if not completely rewrite cookbooks, replete with wild mistakes and mistaken notions of what people want to cook at home.

We've seen a few big mistakes over the years. Here are our favorites:

[00:15] Sometimes, we get hired to fix other authors' recipes

[00:55] Stuffed spleen?

[05:38] Don't you know how to clean a sea urchin?

[07:12] What's the worst thing you can put in a smoothie?

[10:13] What really happens when celebrities "write" their own cookbooks?

Okay, so we all have things we don't like to eat. We just did a whole show on some of the things we won't touch. But Mark didn't mention one of his most hated because he feared the culinary gods would smite him dead.

But true enough, he hates ramps. He'd rather pass. And at $1000 a bunch, it's easy to.

Join us, Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, as Mark confesses the truth: he'll never be a proper culinary snob.

Here are the segments to this episode:

[00:46] What are ramps?

[01:50] Mark hates them!

[02:56] Why do chefs freak out over ramps?

[03:50] When and where do ramps grow?

[07:42] How do you use ramps, if you happen to like them?

[10:36] Mark's real problem: all the hype. And an admission: He does like pickled ramps.