Kitchen Confidante Podcast

Host Liren Baker talks with Peabody Johanson, the Washington-based founder of the popular food blog Sweet ReciPEAs and author of Holy Sweet!: 60 Indulgent Recipes for Bigger, Better Desserts. They chat about how her blog has developed meaningful connections with her readers and the creative inspiration behind the recipes ini her cookbook. Learn more about Peabody at https://www.sweetrecipeas.com.

Find Peabody Johanson on Instagram at @bakerpeabody.

Host Liren Baker talks with Amisha Gurbani, the Bay Area-based creator of the food blog The Jam Lab, and author of the soon to be released cookbook, Mumbai Modern. They chat about her journey from Mumbai to California, her mother’s inspiration behind the food she shares, and the fusion of flavor she shares of her beloved India. Learn more about Amisha at https://thejamlab.co.

Find Amisha Gurbani on Instagram at @thejamlab.

Host Liren Baker talks with Brian Samuels, Boston-based food photographer and creator of the food blog A Thought for Food, and Lead Photographer and Director of Photography for the Food Lens. They chat about how his career photographing the incredible restaurant scene in Boston, and supporting the restaurant community during the pandemic with his COVID-19 Portrait Project. Learn more about Brian at https://www.athoughtforfood.net.

Find Brian Samuels on Instagram at @briansamuelsphotography.

Host Liren Baker talks with Robbie Brown from Acterra, a San Francisco Bay Area non profit whose mission is to bring people together to create local solutions for a healthy planet. They are joined by Virada Chatikul, a participant in Acterra’s Meatless May Challenge and chat about how we can love for our planet by eating plant-based once a week, every day, or somewhere in between. Learn more about the Meatless May Challenge at https://acterra.org.

Find Acterra on Instagram at @planetacterra.

Host Liren Baker talks with Kelly Senyei, the founder of the popular food site Just a Taste. They chat about her new book, The Secret Ingredient Cookbook, her career path from journalism and culinary school to blogging and television, and the “secret ingredient” to not just taking a dish from common to extraordinary, but to her success as a TV host and author, as well! Learn more about Kelly at https://justataste.com.

Find Kelly Senyei on Instagram at @justataste.

Host Liren Baker talks with blogger, author, and television personality Jocelyn Delk Adams of Grandbaby Cakes about how she inherited the “baking gene,” her pivot from a career in media and PR, and how she preserves generations of baking passion by sharing desserts online and onscreen! Learn more about Jocelyn at https://grandbabycakes.com.

Find Jocelyn Delk Adams on Instagram at @grandbabycakes.

Host Liren Baker talks with James Beard Award-winning author, cooking teacher, and television host Joanne Weir about her culinary journey, from one of her first food memories of the perfect tomato sandwich to her days training in France and at Chez Panisse, and her continued passion for food that takes her all over the globe. Learn more about Joanne and get her recipe for Olive and Fig Toast at https://joanneweir.com.

Find Joanne Weir on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ChefJoanneWeir/

They say the kitchen is the heart of the home, but how do we find ourselves there? Join host Liren Baker in the Kitchen Confidante podcast, a side dish to the recipe blog, Kitchen Confidante, as she explores the food journeys of passionate chefs, food writers, photographers, recipe developers, artisans, bloggers, and more! Learn how they got their starts and what fuels their taste and inspiration!

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