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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03.23.2023

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; ...

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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.
08.03.2022 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, ...
07.20.2022 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.
07.13.2022 Delicious No Churn Ice Cream with Joy the Baker Nothing is better in summer than some delicious, creamy, fudgy ice cream. The only thing that can improve it is being able to make it yourself.
07.06.2022 An Iconic Cake Gets a Summery New Look \| Dorie Greenspan 16 years after Dorie Greenspan published her iconic French Yogurt Cake, she still riffs on it with abandon (and we should, too). This one has juicy streaks of blueberries and thyme and uses Dorie's patented technique of 'smooshing'!
06.29.2022 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
06.22.2022 A Perfectly Simple Sorbet \| Ruth Rogers & Amanda Hesser As we move into summer there is no better time to revisit a favorite 3-ingredient, no churn sorbet
06.15.2022 The Joys of Juneteenth \| Nicole Taylor On this episode, Kristen sits down with Nicole Taylor to discuss her newest book, Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Other Black Celebrations, which is filled with recipes for summer gatherings, stories and essays that honor the ...
06.08.2022 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 ...
06.01.2022 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 ...
05.25.2022 An Utterly Perfect Potato Salad Some genius swaps turn a forgettable cookout extra into a boom-wham-pow side that steals the show! Listen along as Food52's Director of Content, Brinda Ayer, cooks her way through Monifa Dayo's recipe for The Best Potato Salad Ever.
05.18.2022 Amy Shuster Makes Pasta con Ceci It’s astonishing how much comfort you can derive—fast—out of basic ingredients you’ve used a thousand times. Listen along as Genius Recipe Tapes producer, Amy Shuster, cooks her way through this perfect weeknight dinner recipe while offering some tips, tricks, and ...
05.11.2022 The Layered Smoothie That Has it All with Anita Shepherd Anita Shepherd blends her way through this anytime treat by Diana Yen which brings together beauty and taste in a parfait-meets-smoothie format. For a sip of springtime, there are tart strawberries and a floral hint from rosewater, and the three ...
05.04.2022 Harry Sultan makes Jenny Rosentrach & Andy Ward's Ragu This week, producer Harry Sultan comes around to the other side of the microphone to cook his way through the internet-famous Pork Shoulder Ragu from Jenny Rosentrach and Andy Ward.
04.27.2022 Dorie Greenspan's Caramel Crunch Chocolate Chunklet Cookies with Samantha Seneviratne No stand-mixer? No problem! Listen as Sam Seneviratne bakes through Dorie Greenspan's Caramel Crunch Chunk cookies completely by hand, no mixer needed. And because of a genius trick, these cookies are perfect for everything from a late-night-snack to a bountiful ...
04.20.2022 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 ...
04.13.2022 When You Need a Huggi... Again With everything going on in world we thought it was the right time to revisit when chef, author, and entrepreneur Chitra Agrawal's huggi recipe - a hug in rice-and-lentil form. She and Kristen talk about what it's been like running ...
04.06.2022 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 ...
03.30.2022 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; ...
03.23.2022 A Grilled Onion Salad to Spring into Summer \| Sarit Packer & Itamar Srulovich With the weather changing, we're getting excited for some outdoor cooking and are reminded of when work - and life- partners Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich shared this genius recipe anyone can make on the grill, stat—cleanup included.
03.16.2022 Brownie Sundae, but Adulting \| Benjamina Ebuehi 'The New Way to Cake' author and food stylist Benjamina Ebuehi joins Kristen to talk saucy chocolate cake, braiding bread on GBBO, and being the deliverer vs. receiver of sweets in your social circle.
03.09.2022 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 ...
03.02.2022 The Korean Sauce Everyone Should Know \| Eric Kim Kristen chats with New York Times staff writer, Eric Kim on his forthcoming memoir and cookbook, Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home. Eric shares how a stand mixer inspired his love of baking and cooking at a young age, ...
02.23.2022 What Cannabis and Chiles Have in Common \| Julie Sahni Bonus! -- We're continuing our conversation with last week's guest, Julie Sahni -- who shares with Kristen two special recipes from her book, Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking which feature a not-so secret ingredient - Cannabis! We also find ...
02.16.2022 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 ...
02.10.2022 Whole Grains: A Love Story \| Roxana Jullapat Owner and head baker of Friends & Family and author of 'Mother Grains', Roxana Jullapat joins us to tell the story of how she developed a love of using whole grains in her baking and even shares some tips on ...

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