Local Mouthful: A podcast for obsessed home cooks everywhere

This week, Alex Jones joins Joy as guest cohost. In food news, we chew over a Washington City Paper article that examines the trustworthiness of Instagram’s so-called influencers. In our What’s for Dinner segment, Alex tells us all about a delicious and easy sounding creamy mushroom pasta. (Alex improvises her version, but if you a … Continue reading Episode 287: Mushroom Pasta, Biscuits, Climate Repair

Marisa is on maternity leave, so today I’m with guest host, Jenn Ladd, service editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer and former managing editor for Milk Street. In food news this week, we discussed a recent piece from The Philadelphia Inquirer, all about local chefs working with butterfly pea flower. It’s a powder that turns everything … Continue reading Episode 286: Chickpeas, Cheese, and Honey

Today at the guest host mic, we welcome Summer Miller, author of the New Prairie Kitchen cookbook and associate editor at SimplyRecipes.com. In our Food News segment, we talk about a very Edible Communities perspective on the Popeye’s fried chicken sandwich phenomenon. In What’s for Dinner Summer tells us about her dead simple meal of … Continue reading Episode 285: Simplest Salmon, Freezer Chicken Meals, and Food Blogs in 2019

This week, Joy welcomes guest hone Jackie Botto! In food news this week, we compare notes on an article in the Atlantic called The Best Probiotics. Trust us, click on the apple video in the article. Here’s the link. In our What’s for Dinner segment, we talked all about eggplant. It’s worth turning the oven … Continue reading Episode 284: Eggplant, Cold Noodle Bowls, and Kids

Molly Watson is back in the co-host chair this week! In Food News, we over a San Francisco Chronical article about how SF chefs feel that the Impossible Burger has left them behind as business has boomed. In our What’s for Dinner segment, we are all about chopped salads, especially for summer. In our How’d … Continue reading Episode 283: Chopped Salad, Carrot Salad, and Bon Appetit

Marisa is on maternity leave, so today I’m with guest host Casey Barber, writer, photographer, storyteller, road tripper, cat mom. (She’s also the author of Pierogi Love and Classic Snacks Made from Scratch.) In today’s Food News segment, we talk about a recent essay published on Vice.com about easing economic anxiety with familiar food, in … Continue reading Episode 282: Ground Beef, Corn & Clams, and Some Assembly Required Meals

As Marisa’s maternity leave continues, Molly Watson, writer, cookbook author and editor in chief for Edible Communities, joins as guest co-host! In food news this week, Joy and Molly discuss a recent Washington Post article concerning the new book, Burn the Ice: Is the Golden Age of Restaurants Over? The book is by Kevin Alexander, … Continue reading Episode 281: The Best Ribs, Okra, and Dal

This week, Joy’s cohost is Alexis Siemons, tea and wellness brand strategist at @teaspoonandpetals. Longtime listeners may remember her from Local Mouthful Episode 112! In food news this week, we talked about Helen Rosner’s recent New Yorker listicle in which she shared her picks for the 10 best cookbooks of the century so far. Please … Continue reading Episode 280: Summer Produce, Tea Couscous, Matcha

Marisa is on maternity leave so this week’s episode is cohosted by Emily Teel, Food & Drink Editor at the Statesman Journal and a freelance recipe developer in Oregon’s beautiful Willamette Valley.  In our Food News section, we talk about an Eater feature, The Internet’s Secret Tropical Fruit Stand. In our What’s for Dinner? segment, … Continue reading Episode 279: Indian-ish, Magic Shell, and Gardening

Marisa’s maternity leave has begun! First up in our series of guest co-hosts is Joy’s husband and Local Mouthful audio editor, Dan Call. In food news this week, we talk about the case of a Florida couple that got an ordinance against front yard vegetable garden overturned. Via NPR’s The Salt. In our What’s for … Continue reading Episode 278: Salads, Frittata, and Supermarkets