Local Mouthful: A podcast for obsessed home cooks everywhere

This week in Food News, we talk about a story in the Washington Post that asks, “Why did the food media ignore the best selling cookbook of 2018?“ In our What’s For Dinner segment, Marisa talks through the recipe for braised chicken, green peppers, onions and tomatoes that she made recently. It’s one her mom … Continue reading Episode 267: Braised Chicken, Roasted Lemon Relish, and Treats for the Freezer

In food news this week, TheRinger.com asks how NYT Cooking became the best comment section on the internet. In our What’s for Dinner segment, we’re serving up black bean and sweet potato tacos. (Catch some video of Joy’s taco making methods here. In our How’d You Make That? segment, Marisa describes a fave from childhood: … Continue reading Episode 266: Sweet Potato Tacos, Chicken & Cream Cheese Sandwiches, and How to Reheat Your Food

In food news, Canada recently revamped its food guidelines, with a distinctly plant-forward focus … and not everyone was pleased. What’s for dinner this week? At Joy’s place, it’s stromboli. In our How’d You Make That segment, Marisa walks us through drop biscuits. Everyone, sit down. Marisa has news. This summer, she and her husband … Continue reading Episode 265: Stromboli, Drop Biscuits, and Marisa’s Big News

Food news of the week: The LA Times is bringing back their stand-alone food section. The editor will be Peter Meehan. It’s the first big move after losing Jonathan Gold. Read all about it. In our What’s for Dinner segment this week, it’s all about Instant Pot Dal Makani. In How’d You Make That? Marisa … Continue reading Episode 264: Dal Makani, Crisp Topping, and the Soups

In this week’s food news segment, we talk about the ways in which the government shutdown continues to impact SNAP benefit users (and how important it is to be aware of the people in your immediate community who might be food insecure). In our What’s For Dinner? segment, we chatted about the various ways one … Continue reading Episode 263: Valentine’s Day Eats, Improvised Rice Bowls, and Winter Salad Basics

In food news this week, we talk about an article on Civil Eats, Edible Landscapes Are Un-Lawning America.  Joy felt called by the universe to make a specific Melissa Clark recipe, Sesame Chicken with Cashews and Dates, from her book Dinner. It was good! You can find the recipe here. Marisa walks us through her … Continue reading Episode 262: Sesame Chicken, Granola, and Kondo-ing Your Recipes

We reflect on on the year behind us and look ahead to 2019. Happy holidays, everyone.

In food news this week, we are devastated by the loss of Capogiro Gelato. Thankfully, we both got our last scoops. In our “What’s for Dinner” segment, we’re talking about a classic: Tuna melts. In our “How’d You Make That” segment, Marisa explains her famous homemade toffee that she gives as gifts over the holiday. We also discussed … Continue reading Episode 260: Tuna Melts, Homemade Toffee, and Homecoming Eats

In food news this week, we talk about Whole Food’s 2019 trend predictions. In What’s for Dinner this week, we’re having giant potato pancakes. In How’d You Make that, we’re doing last minute soups. Have you ever had a kitchen losing streak? When everything is wrong? We do. What are we loving right now? Cranberries, of … Continue reading Episode 259: Hanukkah latkes, Last-minute Soup, and Kitchen Losing Streaks

In food news this week, we talk about the dire warnings around romaine lettuce thanks to another E. coli outbreak. What’s for Dinner this week? Bean and past soup. (Yum.) In How’d you Make that, we talk you through twice baked potatoes. We recap our Thanksgiving eats. (In case you want to make those sausage bites, here’s … Continue reading Episode 258: Bean & Pasta Soup, Twice Baked Potatoes , and Thanksgiving Recap