Claire Tansey is an accomplished chef, but she's also a busy working mom. In Uncomplicated: Taking the Stress Out of Home Cooking, Claire has figured out a better way of cooking that doesn't take more time than it needs to.

Essential Tools, Tips & Techniques for the Home Cook by Michelle Doll shares tons of useful information on the equipment, ingredients and techniques that will take your cooking to the next level.

Rebecca Firth's THE COOKIE BOOK takes us from classics to jazz-hands creative twists, with lots of helpful tips along the way.

Lindsay-Jean Hard is the author of Cooking with Scraps: Turn Your Peels, Cores, Rinds, Stems, and Other Odds and Ends into Delicious Meals. She's here to tell us how to avoid food waste with easy tips and tricks.

Want to cook Korean food at home? Listen to this Q&A with Robin Ha, author of Cook Korean! Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2btRntO

From engineering school to professional kitchens, Brooke Caison's culinary career took a winding path. Today, she joins us to talk about how to know if the chef's life is right for you.

Dan Staackmann, founder of the independently-owned vegan company Upton’s Naturals, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about an ingredient that’s gaining popularity, although it may not yet be on your shopping list: jackfruit.

Food activist and waste expert Jordan Figueiredo joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about the repercussions of food waste, and how we can help solve the problem, through The Ugly Fruit And Veg Campaign. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2mtkLYn

Susan Hand Shetterly pulls back the curtain on the hidden world of seaweed. Through her own research and through interviews with marine biologists, conservationists, aquaculturists, and others, she offers a look into the extraordinary life cycle of seaweed, teaching readers about its role in local environments and its interconnected global significance.

Chef Zipora Einav joins the Clever Cookstr to share tips and tricks for eating healthier on a budget and getting kids involved in the kitchen. As a cookbook author and personal chef, she is passionate about sharing the message that cooking heathy can be easy and affordable.