The Genius Recipe Tapes

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What's The Genius Recipe Tapes about?

A weekly show from Food52's new podcast network, featuring all the uncut gems from the weekly "Genius Recipes" column and video series. Host Kristen Miglore speaks to the geniuses behind iconic recipes, and uncovers the recipes that changed the way we cook.

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Not Just Another Chicken Ca...

09.13.2023

This week, Kristen has a chat with Ali Slagle, recipe developer, New York Times contributor, food and prop stylist, former Food52 editor about her newest book, I Dream of Dinner (So You Don't Have To). Ali talks about what it ...

The Genius Recipe Tapes episodes:

09.13.2023 Not Just Another Chicken Caesar Salad \| Ali Slagle This week, Kristen has a chat with Ali Slagle, recipe developer, New York Times contributor, food and prop stylist, former Food52 editor about her newest book, I Dream of Dinner (So You Don't Have To). Ali talks about what it ...
06.26.2023 A Pie Whisperer’s Top Thanksgiving Tips \| Erin Jeanne McDowell There're enough stressors around the holidays to let your dessert be one of them, so we sat down with Erin Jeanne McDowell to get some tips on ways to bring flawless pies to the table.
06.13.2023 Anna Sulan Masing makes Sarawak White Chicken This week we're sharing an episode of another Food52 podcast, Play Me a Recipe featuring Anna Sulan Masing, host of Whetstone Radio's Taste of Place podcast as she cooks her way through Mandy Yin's incredible Sarawak Chicken recipe
05.22.2023 What it means to be First Generation \| Frankie Gaw Have you ever wondered how many kneads it takes for dough to feel like a baby's bottom? Or how to eat cinnamon toast crunch the right way? In this episode, Kristen sits down with Frankie Gaw to talk all about ...
05.18.2023 Who Needs Added Sugar? Not This Cookbook Author Brian Levy bravely tackled writing a baking book with no added sweeteners whatsoever—no sugar, no honey, only fruit and other whole ingredients. Hear all about his hits, misses, and genius discoveries along the way.
05.15.2023 Making Butter from Corn With an abundance of fresh corn over the summer, there's no better time to revisit this genius technique to turn it into a sweet, flavorful butter
05.11.2023 Our All-Time Favorite Snacks Over the years of making this podcast we've heard so much great advice on how to make showstopping breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. But there's nothing we love more than a great snack so this episode we're featuring some highlights of ...
05.08.2023 The Joy of (Talking About) Cooking \| Jesse Sparks Kristen enjoys a chat and a laugh with Senior Editor at Eater and The One Recipe Podcast host, Jesse Sparks. They discuss his favorite go-to cookie recipe and how a memorable week he spent cooking with his mom, helped shaped ...
05.08.2023 Genius Sessions: Let's Talk About the Word 'Exotic' \| Daniela Galarza Daniela Galarza, recipe developer and staff writer for the Food section at The Washington Post, discusses the power and influence of wordplay in food writing.
05.04.2023 The Most Huggable Pasta Sauce \| Francis Lam Clarkson Potter Editor in Chef and The Splendid Table host Francis Lam wants you to throw eggplant in a pan and let it do what eggplant does.
05.04.2023 Great-Grandma's Salsa Secret \| Andrea Aliseda Andrea Aliseda, writer, recipe developer and poet gets to the bottom of an inherited family recipe with a surprising secret.
05.01.2023 What Do Clementines Have to Do With Dodgeballs? \| Brette Warshaw Why do we call sweet potatoes "yams"? And why don't we call dinner "supper" anymore? Author Brette Warshaw "makes clear the differences between things that are often confused in the kitchen"—and why those differences matter.
04.27.2023 7 Women Who Changed the Way We Cook \| Mayukh Sen 'Taste Makers' author Mayukh Sen tells Kristen about the seven women who shaped American cuisine as we know it today—who haven’t all been well-credited for their work, until now.
04.27.2023 Why I Couldn't Quit the Farm \| Matthew Raiford After swearing to his Nana at 18 he'd never return, spending a decade in the military then graduating from culinary school, Gullah Geechee chefarmer Matthew Raiford found himself right back on his family's farm. For this week's Genius Session, Matthew ...
04.24.2023 Chicken Nuggets Are Cooking Too \| Joshua David Stein Author and journalist Joshua David Stein talks about his newest cookbook, 'Cooking for your Kids.'
04.24.2023 The Perfect Pantry Pupus \| Sheldon Simeon Owner of Tin Roof restaurant on Maui, Top Chef and Cook Real Hawai'i author, Sheldon Simeon reminiscences about growing up in the Simeon household in Hilo. We talk story about the power of deliciousness, how his family inspired his becoming ...
04.20.2023 Lessons from a Legend \| Julie Sahni Julie Sahni helped shape New York as a city planner, but after a cooking class, she decided to take on something much more ambitious and ended up defining authentic and classic Indian cooking in America. In this episode, Julie sits ...
04.20.2023 A Fattoush for Every Season \| Reem Assil With fireworks of juicy, crunchy, herby, tart, and sweet, Reem Assil's simple, California-style fattoush is the salad you'll want to eat all summer. And thanks to its simple pantry dressing, it can be the salad of fall, winter, and spring, ...
04.17.2023 Nope, You Don't Need to Rest Cookie Dough \| Jessie Sheehan Jessie Sheehan's newest book, Snackable Bakes, is full of recipes meant to get you from wanting a sweet treat to your first bite as quickly as possible. On today's episode, Kristen and Jessie talk about some essential baking hacks and ...
04.13.2023 Caramelizing Kimchi and Hacking the Pantry \| Esther Choi In this episode, Kristen chats with the incredibly talented founder and head chef of NYC's Mokbar, Esther Choi. Also, host of Food52’s Hotline Offline, a podcast where she answers the most sought after culinary questions from the Food52 audience. Kristen ...
04.10.2023 A Game Changing Granola from Jenné Claiborne There are so many recipes out there to make granola, but then there are recipes that are Simply Genius. Jenné Claiborne's recipe bakes up faster and easier than any recipe out there by thoughtfully omitting what you may have thought ...
04.06.2023 A Secret Society's Crispiest Potatoes 'Coconut & Sambal' author and card-carrying member of the Surabayan Secret Society of Home Cooks Lara Lee joins host Kristen Miglore to talk maximally crispy potatoes, internet-stalking Sri Owen, and whittling vegetables into flowers.
04.03.2023 Oops! Dreamy-Smooth Hummus Cookbook author, recipe developer, podcaster, and salad-slinger Hetty McKinnon joins host Kristen Miglore to talk aquafaba magic, Hetty's secret double life in Sydney, and why it took a 9000-mile journey away to get closer to home.
03.30.2023 The Perfect Biscuit Chef, author, and TV personality Carla Hall joins host Kristen Miglore to talk abut the genius buttermilk biscuits she's spent decades perfecting.
03.27.2023 How to Turn Corn Into Butter Chef and entrepreneur Whitney Wright joins host Kristen Miglore to discuss the corn butter (yes, as in butter made from corn) recipe she learned while working at Per Se, what it was like working with Ruth Reichl, and how her ...
03.23.2023 A Sunny One-Bowl Citrus Cake \| Yasmin Khan This week, Kristen sits down with Yasmin Khan, cookbook author, broadcaster and human rights campaigner to chat about her newest book Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories from Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus. Yasmin shares the inspiration for this week's Genius recipe; ...
03.20.2023 Not Just Another Chicken Caesar Salad \| Ali Slagle This week, Kristen has a chat with Ali Slagle, recipe developer, New York Times contributor, food and prop stylist, former Food52 editor about her newest book, I Dream of Dinner (So You Don't Have To). Ali talks about what it ...
01.18.2023 A Tastier, Easier Chocolate Oats \| Sam Seneviratne Start your mornings or end your nights with this deceptively simple chocolate oats recipe from Samantha Seneviratne that is as genius as it is delicious and as perfect for a quick breakfast as it is for a comforting dessert.
01.11.2023 Farokh Talati makes Masala Oats on Play Me a Recipe Join Chef Farokh Talati on our Play Me a Recipe Podcast as he cooks through Masala Oats, his go-to quick breakfast that brings warmth, tang, and everything else you need for the day ahead from his new cookbook Parsi: From ...
01.04.2023 The Joys of Baking with Joy the Baker Whether its recreating the iconic moon pie cookie in bar form or using tahini to elevate your go-to recipes, Joy the Baker is chock full of incredible baking tips and tricks to bring into a new year of better baking.
12.28.2022 Part Cookie, Part Pastry, All Delicious! Malted Milk Chocolate Rugelach (Play Me a Recipe) Sharing an episode of our Play Me a Recipe Podcast featuring rugelach, is beloved Jewish treasure originating from Eastern Europe. The cookie-pastry hybrid can be filled with anything from jam to chocolate and is the perfect two-bite treat fit for ...
12.21.2022 2022's Most Genius Recipes with Amanda Hesser A look back at some of our favorite genius recipes of the year with Food52 co-founder and CEO, Amanda Hesser
12.14.2022 Salted Cookie Butter Millionaire's Shortbread \| Jesse Szewczyk (Play Me a Recipe) We're sharing an episode of our other podcast Play Me a Recipe so you can cook along with Jesse Szewczyk while he makes these crunchy, perfectly spiced, and understated shortbread cookies that are as delicious dunked into hot coffee as ...
12.07.2022 A Game Changing Granola from Jenné Claiborne There are so many recipes out there to make granola, but then there are recipes that are Simply Genius. Jenné Claiborne's recipe bakes up faster and easier than any recipe out there by thoughtfully omitting what you may have thought ...
11.30.2022 Bonus Stock Tips from Emily Ziemski (Play Me a Recipe) It's time we take stock of whats in our fridge and make some soul-filling stock for the winter with Food52's food editor, Emily Ziemski on this bonus episode featuring our sister-show Play Me a Recipe
11.23.2022 A Pie Whisperer’s Top Thanksgiving Tips \| Erin Jeanne McDowell There're enough stressors around the holidays to let your dessert be one of them, so we sat down with Erin Jeanne McDowell to get some tips on ways to bring flawless pies to the table.
11.16.2022 Cuddle-Worthy Cookies with Rose Levy Beranbaum Lemon Lumpies? Cuddle Cookies? It's rare to find treats who's names are as exciting as the confection themselves. Luckily on this episode we speak with Rose Levy Barenbaum, author of The Cookie Bible, about how she perfects her recipes and ...
11.09.2022 Cook, Eat, Repeat with Nigella Lawson This episode, Kristen Miglore sits with the incomparable Nigella Lawson to discuss her latest cookbook Cook, Eat, Repeat.
11.02.2022 Anna Sulan Masing makes Sarawak White Chicken This week we're sharing an episode of another Food52 podcast, Play Me a Recipe featuring Anna Sulan Masing, host of Whetstone Radio's Taste of Place podcast as she cooks her way through Mandy Yin's incredible Sarawak Chicken recipe
10.26.2022 Vegetables, A Love Story \| Hetty McKinnon Every vegetable has infinite possibilities. Is it the main course, a side, a component, a snack? In Hetty McKinnon's upcoming book, Tenderheart, she explores not just how we can make the most out of the vegetables in our pantry but ...
10.19.2022 Harper Fendler Makes a Penicillin Cocktails This week we're sharing an episode of another Food52 podcast, Play Me a Recipe featuring bartender and writer Harper Fendler mixing a Penicillin, and tracing its origins to the famed Manhattan cocktail bar Milk & Honey.
10.12.2022 What it means to be First Generation \| Frankie Gaw Have you ever wondered how many kneads it takes for dough to feel like a baby's bottom? Or how to eat cinnamon toast crunch the right way? In this episode, Kristen sits down with Frankie Gaw to talk all about ...
10.05.2022 Revisiting The Most Clicked-On Thing in My Newsletter \| Katherine Spiers Today we're revisiting when food editor and Smart Mouth host Katherine Spiers joined Kristen for a Genius Session— they discussed mayo's (unsurprisingly) hot origin story, the absolute best cookies Katherine's ever eaten (and where to find them), and whether QR ...
09.27.2022 Simply Genius Cookies with Tara O'Brady The Simply Genius Cookbook is out now!! To celebrate, we're talking all about one of the featured recipes from the book, Tara O'Brady's Basic, Great, Chocolate Chip Cookies.
09.21.2022 Diving into Mi Cocina with Rick Martinez This week on the podcast we are joined by host of Borderline Salty, Food52's Sweet Heat, and best-selling author of the new cookbook Mi Cocina. He tells us all about the incredible travels he had during the pandemic that laid ...
09.14.2022 [BONUS] A Sloe Gin Fizz with Harper Fendler An episode of Food52's podcast, Play Me a Recipe featuring bartender and writer Harper Fendler where he whips up the classic Sloe Gin Fizz, sharing insight into the cocktail's 19th century history along the way.
09.07.2022 A Simply Genius Tomato Sauce in 5-ish Minutes With the release of the Simply Genius cookbook right around the corner, this week we wanted to share a particularly simple and genius recipe from the book. And because every great chef needs a partner, in this episode Kristen is ...
08.31.2022 Burning the Toast with Harry Sultan With Food52's revival of the Burnt Toast Podcast on the horizon, we wanted to sit down with the shows future host, Food52's current executive producer of Podcasts, and avid food consumer, Harry Sultan.
08.17.2022 Everything about Cookbooks with Everything Cookbooks Every episode of The Genius Recipe Tapes features an expert guest, but for the first time ever we're featuring four of them in one interview! Join us as we welcome all four hosts of Everything Cookbooks to discuss the ins ...
08.10.2022 Key Lime Pie, No Key Limes Required, Revisited\| Petra Paredez A few years, our co-founder Amanda Hesser tipped Kristen off about a GENIUS (all caps) pie. This week, we revisit the episode where Kristen asked Petra Paredez (aka Petee) all about her famous (key lime-less) key lime pie recipe.

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