Cooking with Bruce and Mark

How do you buy the right knife? What sort of knife will work best for your kitchen needs?

Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, as we explore how to buy kitchen knives that will fit your hand and last a long time.

This episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK is the second part in our series about knives. Once you know what you need, how do you buy the right knife to fit those needs?

If you cook, you pick up a knife. But you may now know the intricacies of this essential tool.

Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, as we offer the first part in a two-part series on kitchen knives.

What makes one knife better than another? What's the "anatomy" of a kitchen knife? And how can we use that knowledge to find the knife that's right for the job at hand? 

Sweet, spicy, vinegar-based, mustard-based, or smoky, barbecue sauce is not only great on smoked meats but it's an outstanding condiment. It's too often overlooked in most kitchens. Yet it's a useful tool to brighten up the flavors in stews, braises, even casseroles.

Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, as we talk about ten (maybe?) unexpected ways to use bottled barbecue sauce to take your cooking to the next level. 

So what if you don't want the cow in your meal?

We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, veteran cookbook authors with over three dozen titles to our names. We've always loved milk and cheese, sour cream and yogurt. But we've come to love lots of dairy milk alternatives: almond milk, oat milk, even cashew milk.

We're here to get you started in the world of alternative "milks." We love baking with them. And pouring them on our cereal. Here's the "how to" when it comes to dairy milk alternatives.

Good burgers start with good meat. After that, it's a matter of gas, charcoal, or a cast-iron skillet.

We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks for various New York publishers and have developed over 10,000 recipes in our decades-long career.

And we love burgers of all sorts. Listen in as we give you the tips and tricks to making the best burgers. We'll even fill you in on our favorite toppings!

And if you want to know more about making burgers in an air fryer, check out our book THE ESSENTIAL AIR FRYER COOKBOOK with over 500 recipes, each proportioned for every size of air fryer. (You can find it here.)

The Instant Pot soared in popularity as electric pressure cooking became almost a home standard in North America, Australia, and the UK.

We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks for several New York City publishers. And we've writte a lot of books about the Instant Pot, including THE INSTANT POT BIBLE (here), THE INSTANT POT BIBLE: THE NEXT GENERATION (here), and FREEZER TO INSTANT POT: THE COOKBOOK (here).

We know the tricks and tips to success every time. We hear all about "burn notices" and undercooked meats (or overcooked stringy chicken breasts) in the various social media groups for the Instant Pot. Listen in and we'll let you know some of the secrets to success in this terrific countertop appliance.

We've been writing about food for over twenty years. We've seen the industry change with new digital media, fractured but more empowered, with perhaps an even more discerning and enlightened audience.

We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We'd love to tell you our journey across the digital divide--and the mistakes we've watched old-school cookbook authors and food writers make as they try to navigate the digital world.

We're not pros. But we have learned a thing or two. And we've seen the mistakes of the old guard as it enters this new world: hyping gimmicks, giving everything the hard sell, and failing to connect with readers, listeners, and viewers.

In this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK, we'll talk about how reaching an audience has changed and what food writers can do to make more meaningful connections.