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Radio Cherry Bombe is the weekly program that brings the pages of Cherry Bombe magazine to life. Hosted by co-founders Kerry Diamond and Claudia Wu, the show features some of the coolest women in the culinary world and beyond. Follow along on Twitter at @cherrybombemag and cherrybombe.com. Thank you to Tralala for our theme song, "All Fired Up."

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The Most Positive Entrepren...

12.29.2020

For our final podcast of 2020, we thought it would be nice to speak with the most positive entrepreneur we know, Emshika Alberini. Driven by her sense of adventure and curiosity, Emshika left her family in Bangkok and struck out ...

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12.29.2020 The Most Positive Entrepreneur Around, Emshika Alberini For our final podcast of 2020, we thought it would be nice to speak with the most positive entrepreneur we know, Emshika Alberini. Driven by her sense of adventure and curiosity, Emshika left her family in Bangkok and struck out ...
12.24.2020 Best of 2020: Our Person of the Year, Paola Velez If we had to pick a person of the year for Cherry Bombe, it would definitely be Paola Velez. She is the co-founder of Bakers against Racism, a global bake sale that raised almost $2 million this year for causes ...
12.16.2020 Cheers to Wine World Trailblazer Jancis Robinson Let’s raise a glass because today’s guest is a world-renowned wine expert—the trailblazing Jancis Robinson. A wine critic, correspondent, and columnist with more than 100 awards to her name, Jancis is the author of the Oxford Companion to Wine and ...
12.11.2020 New Ways for the Holidays with Jenna Lyons Jenna Lyons is joining us to help bring a little style and flair to your holidays. One of the most influential women in fashion in the 21st century, Jenna was the creative director and president of J. Crew, dressing everyone ...
12.07.2020 2020's Cookie Queen, Sarah Kieffer Sarah Kieffer is the baking talent behind the viral pan-banging cookie recipe and author of the brand new bestseller, 100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen, with Classic Cookies, Novel Treats, Brownies, Bars, and More. Not sure what this ...
12.03.2020 New Ways for the Holidays with Darcy Miller Need some December decorating ideas? Or creative ways to make your virtual celebrations memorable? Darcy Miller, party expert, illustrator, and author of “Celebrate Everything: Fun Ideas to Bring Your Party to Life,” has you covered. Don’t miss our interview with ...
11.30.2020 Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage on Flavor It’s always cause for celebration when there’s a new Yotam Ottolenghi book! His latest, Ottolenghi Flavor, was recently released in the U.S., and Yotam and his co-author, Ixta Belfrage, join us from the Ottolenghi test kitchen to talk about this ...
11.23.2020 Thanksgiving Pie Tips with Baker Erin Jeanne McDowell If the holidays are the Super Bowl for bakers, Erin Jeanne McDowell might just be the MVP. If you’re baking a pie this holiday, or just love all things baking, don’t miss this episode. Erin is the author of the ...
11.19.2020 New Ways for the Holidays with Kate Berry of Domino It’s a Berry Cherry moment on Radio Cherry Bombe today! Kate Berry, the executive creative director of Domino Magazine, joins us to talk “New Ways for the Holidays,” our new miniseries about helping you make the season special, no matter ...
11.16.2020 Vivian Howard On Thanksgiving and More We’re always thankful for Vivian Howard, the chef, restaurateur, author, and Emmy and Peabody-award winning television host. She just published another great cookbook, This Will Make It Taste Good, a unique series of recipes built around key flavor “heroes,” as ...
11.12.2020 New Ways for the Holidays with Athena Calderone of EyeSwoon Get ready to swoon because Athena Calderone is on Radio Cherry Bombe! The EyeSwoon creator, author, podcaster, and entertaining expert is the first guest on “New Ways for the Holidays,” our new miniseries about helping you make the season special ...
11.09.2020 The Great British Bake Off’s Nadiya Hussain “I’m never going to say I can’t do it. I’m never going to say maybe. I’m never going to say I don’t think I can. I can, and I will,” said Nadiya Hussain when she won The Great British Bake ...
11.02.2020 Native American Voices in Food with Toasted Sister’s Andi Murphy Andi Murphy, a Navajo journalist, is one of the most important young voices in food media today. She is the host and creator of the award-winning Toasted Sister podcast, which aims to educate both Indigenous people and the mainstream about ...
10.26.2020 Ina Garten and the Comfort Food We Need Ina Garten is back with a brand new cookbook—and just in time! Called Modern Comfort Food, Ina timed its release a month before the election because she knew we would need some decadence and deliciousness right about now. But not ...
10.19.2020 Making Stock and Taking Stock with Gaby Melian It’s no surprise that Gaby Melian wanted to be a detective when she was a kid. The Bon Appétit test kitchen manager is super curious and loves nothing more than tracking down a hard-to-find ingredient. Her journey began in Buenos ...
10.12.2020 Chef Nancy Silverton Spills The Beans Not only is Chef Nancy Silverton on our show, but it’s our 300th episode! We have a lot to celebrate. Tune in to hear host Kerry Diamond chat with the Cherry Bombe favorite about her new cookbook, chi SPACCA: A ...
10.05.2020 Mely Martínez of Mexico In My Kitchen Mely Martínez was 18 years old when family members told her she had el sazón, meaning real flair in the kitchen. Mely has shared that talent with the world through her blog, Mexico In My Kitchen, which she started so ...
09.28.2020 The Cake Wizard of Milkmoon Kitchen, Azara Golston It’s rare that a cake artist can claim a certain style all her own. But that’s the case when it comes to the Milkmoon Kitchen cakes by Azara Golston. Slice into one and it’s a festival of layers, geometric shapes, ...
09.18.2020 Advocating for Accessibility with Lakshmee Lachhman-Persad “I’m not sure what it is with society where people with disabilities are always an afterthought,” says Lakshmee Lachhman-Persad. For Lakshmee, a digital marketer with 20 years of experience in the tourism industry, the issue hits home. Her sister Annie ...
09.04.2020 Food + People’s Sicily Sierra and Mavis-Jay Sanders This dynamic duo is taking the food world by storm. Sicily Sierra and Mavis-Jay Sanders, partners in life and in business, are the founders of Food + People, a packaged goods company poised for growth that focuses on quality food, ...
08.28.2020 From a Commune to Zoom: Party Planner Extraordinaire Marcy Blum's Fascinating Journey Goodbye, buffets. Hello, Zoom. Marcy Blum is one of the premier event planners in the country, having organized weddings and various shindigs for the likes of LeBron James, Nate Berkus, and Katie Lee. But before she reached the pinnacle of ...
08.22.2020 Full Heart & Full Bellies with Millie Peartree Chef Millie Peartree has a simple code that she lives by: “If you can do something to help someone else, you do it,” she says. Millie is a chef, restaurateur, and recipe developer, but most importantly, she’s a humanitarian who’s ...
08.14.2020 Dorie Greenspan and Joy the Baker Make Some Magic “I just want to tell you how I feel about baking in case you don't know,” says Dorie Greenspan. “I feel that baking is magic.” Bake your day with this episode from the Radio Cherry Bombe archives. Tune in to ...
08.07.2020 How to Launch an Ice Cream Business with Malai’s Pooja Bavishi Pooja Bavishi knew she wanted to be in the dessert business, but she never envisioned herself as an ice cream entrepreneur. Then one year, during her annual Friendsgiving celebration, she broke out an ice cream maker her parents had given ...
07.31.2020 Padma Lakshmi and Madhur Jaffrey in Conversation Don’t miss this wise, warm, and wonderful conversation between Madhur Jaffrey and Padma Lakshmi. As Padma put it at this year’s Cherry Bombe Jubilee Conference, Madhur “is the greatest living writer on Indian food—ever.” Padma, the star of Top Chef ...
07.29.2020 The Afros + Knives Miniseries: Devita Davison of FoodLab Detroit “When I think about the movements that Black women have given us and have sustained just in this generation, I have to wonder why is it that people don’t listen to and follow Black women?” asked FoodLab Detroit Executive Director ...
07.24.2020 Chef Dominique Crenn on Finding Love, Fighting Cancer, and Saving the World “I’m an immigrant, a dancer, and a dreamer,” says Dominique Crenn, the world-renowned chef behind Atelier Crenn in San Francisco and author of the brand new memoir, Rebel Chef: In Search of What Matters. Dominique shares her journey from scrappy ...
07.22.2020 The Afros + Knives Miniseries: Qiana Mickie of Just Food “Food became more and more a revolutionary tool, opposed to what I just put in my body,” says activist Qiana Mickie, the special projects consultant for Just Food, the New York City-based pioneering food justice organization focused on community-driven solutions ...
07.19.2020 From the Kitchen to Congress with Dirt Candy’s Amanda Cohen “I’ve been incredibly surprised by where my career has taken me,” says Amanda Cohen, chef/owner of the vegetable-focused Dirt Candy restaurant in New York City. “I never would have expected it would take me to Congress.” Earlier this week, Amanda ...
07.15.2020 The Afros + Knives Miniseries: The Okra Project with Ianne Fields Stewart “I have for a very long time seen that the world was unjust,” said Ianne Fields Stewart, actor, activist, and founder of The Okra Project. “To me, the solutions seem simple.” Ianne, a Black queer nonbinary transfeminine New York-based storyteller, ...
07.11.2020 Natasha Pickowicz on the Plight of Pastry Chefs Award-winning pastry chefs around the country have been furloughed or let go from their positions as restaurants struggle to deal with the ramifications of the coronavirus. “It doesn’t matter if you won a James Beard Award. It doesn’t matter if ...
07.08.2020 Afros + Knives Mini-Series: Jocelyn Jackson of People’s Kitchen Collective Welcome to the first episode of the Afros + Knives mini-series on Radio Cherry Bombe, hosted by Chef Tiffani Rozier. Afros + Knives is a weekly podcast and media platform created by Tiffani that features Black women who work and ...
07.03.2020 Catina Smith Says Just Call Her Chef Catina Smith was looking to create a sisterhood of Black chefs in Baltimore when she had the idea to launch a calendar to raise money and awareness. The photographer came up with the name and a movement was born. Today, ...
06.27.2020 Top Chef All-Stars Winner Melissa King Top Chef recently crowned Melissa King the winner of Season 17 after an epic showdown in Italy. As a returning finalist from Season 12, Melissa competed among the fiercest group of All Stars yet. She snagged both the $250,000 prize ...
06.19.2020 Bakers Against Racism With Co-Founder Paola Velez The restaurant industry almost broke Pastry Chef Paola Velez during the early days of her career, but her passion, drive, and sense of self worth have won out time and time again. Over the past two weeks, Paola, on furlough ...
06.13.2020 Cheers to Cha McCoy, Trailblazer and Globetrotting Sommelier Today, we’re celebrating Cha McCoy, Cherry Bombe’s new Beverage Director. We’re dipping into the archives for Cha’s two appearances on Radio Cherry Bombe. First, you’ll hear her powerful talk from our 2019 Jubilee conference, titled “I Am More Than Moscato,” ...
06.06.2020 Black Lives Matter. Black Voices Matter. We’re not airing an episode of Radio Cherry Bombe today. Instead, we’d like you to take the time you spend listening to our show and seek out new voices, in particular food podcasts by Black women. Some suggestions: Afros + ...
05.29.2020 Top Chef Champ Kristen Kish Makes It Personal “I know that when I go back to ‘working normally,’ I will not live the same way that I used to,” said Kristen Kish, reflecting on the past few months. “I’ve learned an incredible amount… just by being still.” Kristen ...
05.22.2020 From Stephen Colbert to Camembert: The Journey of a Cheese Board Queen Marissa Mullen loves cheese plates so much that she quit her job with Stephen Colbert and dedicated herself to sharing her enthusiasm for all things fromage with the world. Her brand new book, That Cheese Plate Will Change Your Life, ...
05.15.2020 Baked Goods and Gratitude with Grandbaby Cakes “Being in the present has totally changed so much of my perspective,” says Jocelyn Delk Adams, founder of the Grandbaby Cakes blog and author of the cookbook Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories and several e-cookbooks. The busy ...
05.08.2020 Inside the Smitten Kitchen with Deb Perelman “When I see these perfect pantries, I’m like… ‘This isn’t how real people live,’” laughs Deb Perelman. “This is a real-life overstuffed kitchen.” Deb is the cook, writer, and photographer behind the much-loved Smitten Kitchen blog and the two companion ...
05.06.2020 Meet The Craftswomen “If you don’t see representation of someone who looks like you, it’s difficult to see yourself in that position,” said Emma Walker, the master blender responsible for Jane Walker by Johnnie Walker and a panelist at the Craftswomen event hosted ...
05.01.2020 Amanda Nguyen: The Baker Behind the Quarantine Cakes Meet Amanda Nguyen, the owner and baker behind Butter&, the San Francisco bakery that’s become famous for its Quarantine Cakes. Amanda came up with the idea for these mini cakes decorated with a PSA out of necessity. Her custom cake ...
04.24.2020 Top Chef’s Karen Akunowicz On Pivots and Pasta Karen Akunowicz, the chef/owner of Fox & the Knife in Boston and a James Beard award winner, has been dealing with a lot of highs and lows as of late. She’s a contestant on the current season of Top Chef ...
04.17.2020 Is Restaurant Takeout Helping Or Hurting? When you support restaurants with takeout or pickup, are you putting restaurant workers at risk? Tejal Rao, the California restaurant critic for The New York Times, asked this question in a recent column and it struck a chord with many ...
04.11.2020 Ruth Reichl & Chef Ruth Rogers from Jubilee It’s a double dose of Ruth Reichl! We dipped into the Cherry Bombe Jubilee archive to bring you two great moments with the legendary editor and author. First up, Ruth reads from her most recent book, Save Me The Plums, ...
04.03.2020 Four Chefs We Love On today’s show, we’re celebrating some of our friends in the chef community and airing a panel from our Jubilee Seattle conference with Chef Rachel Yang, Chef Renee Erickson, and Chef Makani Howell. These pillars in the restaurant community talk ...
04.01.2020 Food For Thought: Bakers Gotta Bake It’s the best of our baker talks. Since many of you are home right now and doing a lot of baking, we thought it would be nice to dip into our Food for Thought tour archives and bring you some ...
03.27.2020 Our Cookbook Crushes: Alison Roman and Aran Goyoaga in Conversation Two of our favorite cookbook authors, Alison Roman of Dining In and Nothing Fancy, and Aran Goyoaga of Cannelle et Vanille: Nourishing, Gluten-Free Recipes for Every Meal and Mood, sat down to chat for the final keynote conversation at the ...
03.25.2020 Food for Thought with Claire Saffitz Claire Saffitz fans, you’re in for a treat. We’re excited to bring you one of the most in-depth interviews that the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen star has ever done. Host Kerry Diamond sat down with Claire at the Bon Appétit ...

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