Referenced in this episode:

• This Chocolate Cake Makes Its Own Hot Fudge Sauce (Food52)
• Hot Chocolate & Halva Pudding recipe
• The New Way to Cake

Genius-Hunter Extra-Credit:

• Peep Benjamina's elegant-but-simpler braided bread in this Eater recap
• Follow her blog, Carrot & Crumb, for more need-to-make-now recipes
• Recipes for the chocolate ganache cake, Hermé sablés, and pear cake—thank you for the leads Kristen, Gena (@thefullhelping), and Mike (@mikecooperman_9)!

What's your best, most beloved way of consuming chocolate? Tell me about it at [email protected] or tag me @miglorious.

Referenced in this episode 

• Get your culinary questions answered - listen to Esther on the Hotline Offline Podcast
• Esther's White Kimchi Recipe
• Kristen gushes about THIS Sheet Pan Pierogies with Brussels Sprouts and Kimchi recipe (New York Times)

Genius-Hunter Extra Credit

• Follow Esther on her Instagram page
• Wanna taste? Check out and try out Mokbar -- they ship Nationwide!

Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at [email protected].

Referenced in this episode 

• Crispy Yangnyeom Chickpeas With Caramelized Honey From Eric Kim (recipe + video)
• Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home

Genius-Hunter Extra Credit 

• When I Came Out to My Parents, Kimchi Fried Rice Held Us Together (an Eric Kim essay on Food52)
• Read some of Eric's writing on Food52's Table For One column!

Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at [email protected].

Referenced in this episode 

• Check out her book, Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking  for the recipes mentioned in this episode

Genius-Hunter Extra Credit

• Make Julie's Sarsoon ka Saag recipe from last week's conversation and watch Kristen make it (food52)
• Check out ALL the Green Scene articles and recipes on the Food52 blog
• More! Food52 Cannabis recipes: What to serve at a Cannabis Dinner Party

Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at [email protected].

Referenced in this episode 

• Sarsoon ka Saag (Fragrant Butter-Laced Pureed Mustard Greens) From Julie Sahni 
• Watch this recipe (food52)
• Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking

Genius-Hunter Extra Credit

• Julie Sahni's Curried Avocado with Garlic and Green Chiles
• Learn Indian cooking from the master herself - Take a cooking class with Julie

Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at [email protected].

Referenced in this episode:

• Get the book! Mother Grains: Recipes for the Grain Revolution by Roxana Jullapat

Genius-Hunter Extra Credit: 

• Banoffee Tart With Rice Shortbread Crust (Food52 recipe)
• Peach Cobbler With Brown Rice Drop Biscuits (Food52 recipe)
• Follow Roxana on  Instagram

Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at [email protected].

Referenced in this episode:

• Kim Chee Dip From Sheldon Simeon  (Recipe)
• Shoyu Dip With Sesame Crunch From Sheldon Simeon (Recipe)
• Cook Real Hawaii by Sheldon Simeon

Genius-Hunter Extra Credit:

• Follow Sheldon on  Instagram

Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at [email protected].

Referenced in this episode:

• Pau Pau's Steamed Cupcakes (Fa Gao)  (Recipe)
• Get the book! Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries by Kristina Cho

Genius-Hunter Extra Credit: 

• Mooncakes & Milk Bread Brings Chinese Bakery Treats to Home Bakers (Food52)
• Follow Kristina on  Instagram and on her blog, Eat Cho Food

Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at [email protected].

Referenced in this episode:

• Zoe's Ghana Kitchen - An Introduction to New African Cuisine – From Ghana With Love (available now)
• Nkrakra (Light Soup with Chicken) from Zoe Adjonyoh (recipe)

Genius-Hunter Extra Credit: 

• Follow Zoe and check out her always fun, Instagram
• Grab all the spices you need -- right from her online shop, Zoe's Ghana Kitchen +  Sustainable Red Palm Oil
• Zoe Adjonyoh's Ghanian Dinner Party Is All About the Music & Jollof Fried Chicken (Food52)
• Donate to a crowd-funder campaign for a forthcoming book by Zoe - Serving Up: Essays on food, identity and culture: A new and vital food-inspired anthology examining the politics behind what we eat
• Zoe's picks for West African, black women owned businesses to shop: 
  • Mesian Spices (Liberia), Pok Spices (Nigeria) , Gloria's Shito (Ghana), Adda Bloom (Canada), Essie Spice (Ghana), Yolele (Pierre Thiam)

Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at [email protected].

Referenced in this episode:

• My New Favorite Eggs—in 5 Minutes Flat (Food52)
• Fried Egg Salad From Ideas in Food recipe

Genius-Hunter Extra-Credit:

• Tejal Rao's writeup of Curiosity Doughnuts (Bloomberg)
• More Ideas in Food goodness
• Watch this interview on YouTube—and like and subscribe!

A very special thanks to listeners Alyson (@dinnerswithinreason), Alex (@alexandraholbrook), and Pamm (@clancy.7) for your stories this week.

What are the recipes you repeat again and again? Brag about them at [email protected].