Home Cooking

By Samin Nosrat & Hrishikesh HIrway

Arts Food

What's Home Cooking about?

From Samin Nosrat (chef and author of the cookbook Salt Fat Acid Heat) and Hrishikesh Hirway (creator and host of the podcast Song Exploder), Home Cooking is a mini-series to help you figure out what to cook—and keep you company—during the quarantine. If you need help or just want some creative inspiration for your kitchen, we’ve got you covered. Do you have a quarantine cooking question, story, or anxiety you want to share with us? Send a voice memo to us at [email protected], or call us at 201-241-COOK.

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Mulberry Me Alive (with Dr....

11.17.2022

It’s Thanksgiving, and so, like giblets and your racist aunt, this is the only time this year that you’ll have to deal with us. Welcome to the first (and possibly only) installment of our chill era, featuring our favorite retired ...

Home Cooking episodes:

11.17.2022 Mulberry Me Alive (with Dr. Sumesh Uncle Hirway) It’s Thanksgiving, and so, like giblets and your racist aunt, this is the only time this year that you’ll have to deal with us. Welcome to the first (and possibly only) installment of our chill era, featuring our favorite retired ...
11.16.2021 Happy Tangsgiving! (with Camila Cabello) We’re back for a special episode of the podcast, and we’re getting questions and giving thanks as we get ready for the high holy day of home kitchens. We got a special surprise in the form of a question from ...
04.01.2021 Starch Nemesis (with Waffles & Mochi) Hello again! We’ve climbed out of our cave and here we are, blinking bewilderedly in the light of the bright sun, trying to remember how to make this podcast. Join us as we slice up a veritable fruit salad of ...
12.16.2020 Bittersweet (with Helen Zaltzman) We’re wrapping up this pandemic year and our pandemic podcast in a carefully-sealed bag, so as not to let the flavors intermingle with other flavors in your podcast cookie tin. For our cookie-themed episode, we‘ve got chocolate chip cookies, no-bake ...
11.24.2020 Thanksgiving, Part 2: Umami and Me (with Tracy Clayton and our families) Happy Thanksgiving! Our special family guests this week include Samin’s younger brothers Pasha & Bahador, Hrishi’s dad Dr Sumesh Hirway, and Hrishi’s niece Asha. Plus, the wonderful Tracy Clayton (@brokeymcpoverty) tells us about the Thanksgiving opinion that could get her ...
11.11.2020 Thanksgiving, Part 1: Sage Wisdom (with Demi Adejuyigbe) According to our callers, a big part of Thanksgiving seems to be making food for your loved ones that you only kind of like yourself. But can we make these dishes a little better for the people cooking them?! We’re ...
10.28.2020 Snacktoberfest (with Sumesh Uncle and Sonoratown) Dr. Sumesh Uncle Hirway, Ph.D (@sumeshhirway) is back with more tips, Jen Feltham of Sonoratown (@sonoratownla) teaches us a tortilla trick, and Samin & Hrishi talk treats. For recipes, resources, and a transcript of this episode, visit homecooking.show/11.
10.14.2020 Fronds with Benefits (with Jason Mantzoukas) We’re joined by actor Jason Mantzoukas, one of our favorite people. He’s a novice in the kitchen who needs a little help getting comfortable with some cooking basics. Plus, we call up Hrishi’s dad, a.k.a. Sumesh Uncle the Food Scientist, ...
09.30.2020 Old Bay Leaves, New Bae Arrives We’re back for a third batch of episodes! Samin and Hrishi help a listener who is over-encumbered by a number of cucumbers, and Chef Detective fills in the missing pieces from a family recipe for pull-apart bread. For recipes, resources, ...
08.19.2020 Kohlrabi: Turnip for What? (with Antoni Porowski) What is kohlrabi and what do we do with it? Plus, Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski (@antoni) talks to us about pierogis, and more! For recipes, resources, and a transcript, visit homecooking.show/8.
08.05.2020 Gettin’ Jalapeño Business (with Rachel Khong) Samin and Hrishi brainstorm snack ideas for hiking, but sometimes wander off the trail, and author Rachel Khong (@rrrrrrrachelkhong) breaks down her quest to find the best way to cook rice—without a rice cooker. For recipes, resources, and transcripts, visit ...
07.22.2020 I Scream, You Scream, Please Scream Inside Your Heart for Ice Cream (with Nadiya Hussain) The wonderful Nadiya Hussain (@nadiyajhussain), Great British Bake-Off winner and host of Netflix’s “Nadiya’s Time to Eat,” joins us to tell us about her family’s chicken korma recipe. Samin melts Hrishi’s dreams of starting an ice cream parlor, and Hrishi ...
07.08.2020 White Fra-chili-ty (with Sam Sanders) We’re back! The pandemic has extended its run, so we have, too! But now, it’s hot out and everyone’s sweaty and no one wants to turn on their ovens. That’s okay, we have ideas. Plus, the wonderful Sam Sanders (@samsanders) ...
05.06.2020 Guess What? Chicken Butt Is Delicious (with Yo-Yo Ma) We’re closing out our miniseries with happy bellies, full hearts, and international treasure Yo-Yo Ma (@YoYo_Ma). In this episode, we talk about comfort, memories, the act of cooking as an act of love, and the art of wrapping food inside ...
04.22.2020 Cod Save America (with Wesley Morris and Dr. Sumesh Hirway) There’s so much sardine advice packed into this episode. Plus, Pulitzer Prize-winning cultural critic Wesley Morris (@wesley_morris) tells us about the crumb cake he’s already made twice during quarantine, and Hrishi’s dad, a food scientist, weighs in on food safety. ...
04.07.2020 Here's What Else You Knead to Know Today (with W. Kamau Bell and Stella Parks) White flour is in short supply, so what should you do when you want to bake? We’re joined by pastry wizard Stella Parks (@bravetart) to help us answer your questions, and comedian W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) tells us about the ...
03.27.2020 Bean There, Done That (with Josh Malina) Quarantine cooking is no joke—or is it? In our inaugural episode, Hrishi makes one too many puns, Samin answers the eternal bean question (to soak or not to soak), and Josh Malina (@JoshMalina) schools us in the art of the ...
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Home Cooking

What's Home Cooking about?

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Home Cooking episodes:

Mulberry Me Alive (with Dr. Sumesh Uncle Hirway)

Happy Tangsgiving! (with Camila Cabello)

Starch Nemesis (with Waffles & Mochi)

Bittersweet (with Helen Zaltzman)

Thanksgiving, Part 2: Umami and Me (with Tracy Clayton and our families)

Thanksgiving, Part 1: Sage Wisdom (with Demi Adejuyigbe)

Snacktoberfest (with Sumesh Uncle and Sonoratown)

Fronds with Benefits (with Jason Mantzoukas)

Old Bay Leaves, New Bae Arrives

Kohlrabi: Turnip for What? (with Antoni Porowski)

Gettin’ Jalapeño Business (with Rachel Khong)

I Scream, You Scream, Please Scream Inside Your Heart for Ice Cream (with Nadiya Hussain)

White Fra-chili-ty (with Sam Sanders)

Guess What? Chicken Butt Is Delicious (with Yo-Yo Ma)

Cod Save America (with Wesley Morris and Dr. Sumesh Hirway)

Here's What Else You Knead to Know Today (with W. Kamau Bell and Stella Parks)

Bean There, Done That (with Josh Malina)

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