In food news this week, we launched our Patreon membership program. More here. In What’s for Dinner this week we talk about making good homemade pizza well and truly simple (and also vegan, if you want). In How’d You Make That? we’ve got easy, improvisation friendly summer hash. Joy “attended” Estelle Tracey’s wonderful online chocolate … Continue reading Episode 316: Simplified Pizza, Summer Hash, Chocolate

It appears that Alison Roman has been dethroned as food high school prom queen and we have some feelings about it. Do you? In What’s for Dinner this week, Joy triumphs over potato gnocchi. If you are looking for a reliable recipe, this is the one she tried. And in How’d You Make that, Marisa … Continue reading Episode 315: Alison Roman, Potato Gnocchi, and the Quarantine 15

We’re back! In this episode, we tell you where we’ve been. (Spoiler alert: Nowhere.) Joy shares her boil-steam-glaze method tasty asparagus and other vegetables. We talk pandemic grocery shopping. In What we’re loving: Meladuco Dates If you like what you hear, make sure to subscribe! Bonus points if you rate us or leave a review. Follow … Continue reading Episode 314: Taco Salads, Asparagus, and Stay-at-Home Shopping

For this week’s episode, we invited Debbie Koenig, creator of The Family Plan email newsletter, which includes weekly meal plans, shopping lists, and other cooking wisdom. If you like what you hear, make sure to subscribe! Bonus points if you rate us or leave a review. Follow us on Instagram and twitter @localmouthful and help us spread the … Continue reading Episode 313: Meal Planning in Chaotic Times with Debbie Koenig

In food news this week, we discuss the widely reported flour shortage. In our What’s for Dinner segment, Joy’s making pasta. Lots and lots of pasta. In How’d You Make That? Marisa explains how to turn your frozen fruit into jam as well as your runny jam into granola. It’s been a weird time for … Continue reading Episode 312: Pasta, Jam, Grocery Strategies

In food news this week, we talked about Eater’s article: Restaurants Won’t Survive without a Bail Out In our What’s for Dinner segment, Joy shares the recent Pizza Bowls she made. In How’d You Make That? Marisa tells us about her Marinated Chickpea Salad. In what is probably the first of a series of segments, … Continue reading Episode 311: Pizza Bowls, Marinated Chickpea Salad, Quarantine Cooking

In food news this week, what else could we be talking about? Coronavirus. In our What’s for Dinner segment, Joy tells you the absolute simplest way to prepare tofu. In How’d You Make That? Marisa walks us through homemade tzatziki. We have a guest today: Heather Marold Thomason from Primal Supply. She talks about running … Continue reading Episode 310: Corona Virus, Dry-fried Tofu, and Heather Marold Thomason

In food news this week, Joy received an IACP food writing award nomination. If you’d like to read the nominated story, click here. In our What’s for Dinner segment this week, we’re both going crazy for baked beans. This recipe is the closed I could find to what we made! In How’d You Make That? … Continue reading Episode 309: Baked Beans, Sunflower Ranch, Homemade Baby Food

In food news, Civil Eats has a story on how plant-based diets and regenerative ag sparked a pea and lentil renaissance. In What’s for Dinner, Joy’s got Stuffed Cabbage In How’d You Make That?, Marisa’s got date and nut squares Marisa is into sourdough baking at the moment. And in What We’re Loving, it’s Debbie … Continue reading Episode 308: Stuffed Cabbage, Date Squares, and Sourdough

In food news this week, maybe going vegan isn’t the most sustainable option for humanity? In our What’s for Dinner? segment, Marisa’s making pureed broccoli cheese soup. In our How’d You Make That? segment, we’ve got a recipe to recommend: Chickpea Dumplings in Curried Tomato Sauce. After 16 weeks of sticking to a vegan diet … Continue reading Episode 307: Broccoli Soup, Chickpea Dumplings, and Joy’s Cholesterol