Tonia's Kitchen

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My guest is Madison Gepper, Cooking and Crafts Editor at Highlights. The Ultimate Science Cookbook for Kids won't just have kids cooking - they'll experiment, learn, and customize their creations. Whether they're curious beginners or confident junior chefs, this cookbook offers easy-to-follow instructions, engaging science insights, and bright food photography that's sure to make cooking an adventure.

With over 75 recipes, there are plenty of fun things to choose from. Peanut butter and pickles? Ice cream and corn chips? Marshmallow Meteorites, Grape and Cheese Towers and even an Edible, Exploding Volcano. There are some wacky combinations!

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Joeseph Carr, founder of Josh Cellars, America’s #1 premium wine brand, shares pairing tips for the new year, including introducing the brand’s first-ever non-alcoholic sparkling selection!

Made in Italy in the heart of the Prosecco region by the brand’s 5th generation Italian winemaking team, this new offering is the ideal beverage for everyday enjoyment and celebrations. 

See how this offering can elevate your favorite mocktails, such as Italian spritz cocktails.

After two decades as a sommelier and wine industry executive, Joseph Carr founded Josh Cellar as a tribute to his father, Josh. With a commitment to quality and a vision to bring people together over a glass of something special, Josh Cellars quickly gained consumer recognition and is now the #1 premium wine brand in America. 

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What a fun interview with Sonja & Alex.  This book is an inspiring guide to spending time together creating and enjoying food.

Sonja & Alex Overhiser - the husband-and-wife team behind the IACP award-winning blog, A Couple Cooks (and popular IG of the same name), which they launched together back in 2010 and which reaches millions every month. Their brand-new cookbook, A Couple Cooks: 100 Recipes to Cook Together, is based on their #1 tip for a strong partnership: cooking together.
Follow their cooking adventures at @acouplecooks and acouplecooks.com

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What a beautiful book!

A guide to effortless entertaining for those who value, above all, memorable times with family and friends. With expert guidance from popular food and lifestyle blogger Jessie-Sierra Ross, explore 20 streamlined, versatile menus and offer them from lush tablescapes that feature flowers, herbs, and local ingredients. Jessie-Sierra's focus on the joys of spending time together, eased by her step-by-step guidance with every detail included, lets you enjoy memorable, stress-free gatherings that brim with the essence of home hospitality.
• Create visual delights: step-by-step for striking garden-inspired tablescapes adorned with fresh blooms and seasonal elements. 
• Learn about edible flowers versus food-safe flowers, basic floral-arranging tools, table-styling principles, and more.
• Fuss-free instructions for 20 beautiful home events (allowing an unlimited number variations!), built around 100 recipes adaptable to needs such as gluten-free, vegan, and high protein.
• Mood building with ease: The sequenced instructions for each tablescape guide you through Color; Blooms; The Details; What You'll Need; Set the Table; Order of Operations; and Small Touches.

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I really enjoyed talking with Dr. Nandi. This episode is filled with enlightening information from him along with some of his favorite healthy recipes.
Cognitive decline is not your destiny. You can improve your brain
function through small steps taken every day.
Dr. Partha Nandi highlights the latest research on the gut-
brain connection, gives you a clear protocol for maintaining brain
health, and slowing or reducing the effects of neurodegenerative
diseases as you age. This book details:
THE VITAL GUT-BRAIN CONNECTION
NUTRITION’S ROLE IN GUT AND BRAIN HEALTH
A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF LEAKY GUT SYNDROME
A HOLISTIC APPROACH
THE IMPACT OF THE MICROBIOME ON NEURODEGENERATION
Learn about the critical role of your gut’s microbiome in preventing and battling neurodegenerative diseases like stroke, Alzheimer’s, and
Parkinson’s.

Partha Nandi, M.D., F.A.C.P.  is American Board of Internal Medicine certified in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine. Dr. Nandi has a special interest in therapeutic endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound. He is the author of several peer reviewed publications and lectures residents and fellow physicians regarding topics in gastroenterology and hepatology. He is an international health advocate, keynote speaker, and media expert, whose no-nonsense approach to health and wellness combines Eastern and Western techniques and philosophies. He is also the host of The Dr. Nandi Show, with millions of viewers worldwide, the chief health editor at WXYZ ABC Detroit, and the author of two previous books. Heal Your Gut is a New York Times Best Seller.

To learn more visit askdrnandi.com or connect with Dr. Nandi on Instagram or Facebook.

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Renowned chef Jorj Morgan is demystifying the art of making home-cooked meals with her interactive You Can Cook Any THING cookbook series. Created specifically for novice chefs with tight budgets, big appetites, and zero clue in the kitchen, each book in this five-part series features QR codes that take readers straight to instructional how-tos — it’s like having Jorj right there in the kitchen to help!
Tired of fast food, microwaved meals, and sad sandwiches? Is eating out all the time breaking the bank? Renowned chef Jorj Morgan is coming to the rescue in kitchens across the country with her You Can Cook Any THING cookbook series, published by Warren Publishing.

This comprehensive five-book series breaks down everyTHING you’ve ever imagined or craved to eat. The books feature AI-generated artwork to depict each of the dishes alongside QR codes that link to instructional videos. Morgan’s multi-media approach helps readers build confidence in what they cook with no pressure from unattainable presentations.

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Having competed in more than 250 barbecue competitions, “Big Moe” Cason is the country’s undisputed king of brisket and pitmaster extraordinaire. In his debut cookbook,  Big Moe’s Big Book of BBQ, he reveals the secrets of creating amazing flavor with fire and smoke with 75 family-favorite recipes.

 In addition, Cason offers expert guidance on different types of smokers and grills, filling the pantry with time-tested spice rubs and marinades, selecting the perfect cut of meat, and more.

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What a fun interview I had with Chef Joey about his new book
Brunch King.
In his debut cookbook the ingenious chef and restauranteur shares his favorite flavor forward recipes for pulling off the best meal of the week at home.

Fun, unique, simple to execute and designed to be enjoyed with your family and friends at home, the recipes in BRUNCH KING are a lot like Chef Joey himself: vibrant, fun-loving, and as wild as they come.

Joey Maggiore is the force behind the Maggiore Group and Hash Kitchen, the restaurant empire launched in Arizona in 2015 that has become the go-to destination for the most audacious brunch around. With his epic DIY Bloody Mary Bar and Instagram-famous dishes like Carnitas Hash and Billionaire Bacon, Chef Joey is all about serving up a good time.From Bananas Foster Pancakes and Cannoli Donuts to Billionaire’s Bacon, Birria Bao Benedict, and Build Your Own Bloody Marys, with BRUNCH KING:  Eats, Beats, and Boozy Drinks you’ll eat breakfast like royalty and have a party at the kitchen table any time of day.
With 70 recipes for flamboyantly delicious dishes accompanied by lavish photography that will make you drool, the book’s chapters include Gangsta Sweets: So Good It’s Almost Criminal, Let’s Get Cracking, and Hash, Hash Baby along with a set list that will have you grooving by the stove. 
Recipes for Ten-Layer Breakfast Lasagna, Crème Brûlée Waffles with Strawberries, Biscuits and Gravy “Yorkshire Puddings,” and Mega Mimosas topped with cotton candy are the tip of the iceberg in a book filled with out of the box, over the top, outrageously delectable recipes. Chef Joey, whose father was a master chef and restauranteur, started cooking when he was 13 and opened his first restaurant when he was 19.  He’s now the force behind the Maggiore Group and Hash Kitchen, which opened in Arizona in 2015. Hash Kitchen is where he developed the recipes in this book and ended up launching an empire that has become the go-to destination for the most audacious brunch around. 

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What a fun interview I had with Renato about his new book, Dolci.
A joyous celebration of Italian, American, and Italian American tastes and traditions, Dolci! is a compendium of molto delizioso baked goods from both sides of the Atlantic. In almost a hundred recipes, James Beard–nominated baker Renato Poliafito pays homage to pastries of the Old World and the New—with perfected versions of classics like Pastiera and Torta Caprese, Honey-Ricotta Black and Whites, and Butter Cookies.
Poliafito puts his own unique spin on the baking traditions of both countries with recipes of his own invention that are a mashup of Italian flavors and American innovation.

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I had a great conversation with Zen Honeycutt, of Mom's Across America, about protecting our food supply.

• Moms Across America has long been working to ban glyphosate from being sprayed on our food and animal feed crops, especially as a drying agent on grain crops. Studies have shown a very close correlation between the increase of Celiac disease and the increase of glyphosate on crops. Unfortunately, we have discovered that the foods people are eating to avoid gluten often have glyphosate in them—the very same chemical that likely caused their condition in the first place.
• Moms Across America, a national educational nonprofit dedicated to empowering mothers and others to create healthy families and communities, commissioned testing for glyphosate/AMPA, 236 pesticides, gluten, and mineral content in 46 samples of organic and non-organic gluten-free food products including bread, pasta, crackers, snacks, flour, dessert mixes, and chips.

Zen Honeycutt is the Founding Executive Director of the non-profit, Moms Across America, a National Coalition of Unstoppable Moms with the motto "Empowered Moms, Healthy Kids." Moms Across America’s leaders created over 1,000 community events in all 50 states to raise awareness about GMOs, toxins in the food supply, and other environmental issues that pose risk to the health of our families. The organization’s mission is to educate and empower mothers and others with actions and solutions to create healthy communities.

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