Living in the country is great. Except when it comes to sourcing ingredients. How do you do it when the nearest big supermarket is an hour away.

We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks, including one of our latest: THE INSTANT AIR FRYER BIBLE.

But we live deep in the New England countryside. Rural, to say the least. A great large supermarket is up to an hour away. And on frozen roads.

In this episode, we talk about what it's like to live in a rural area and still eat well, despite being in a food desert. We also have a one-minute cooking tip about kitchen timers. Bruce interviews about author Maria Provenzano about her book EVERYDAY CELEBRATIONS FROM SCRATCH. And we tell you what's making us happy in food this week.

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

[00:58] Here's what we've learned about eating well while we live in such a rural area.

[14:50] Our one-minute cooking tip: Have more than one kitchen timer.

[16:24] Bruce interviews Maria Provenzano, author of EVERYDAY CELEBTRATIONS FROM SCRATCH.

[30:11] What’s making us happy in food this week? Stockholm gin and ham sui gok, the best Cantonese dumplings!