Two Many Cooks Podcast

Welcome to Two Many Cooks Podcast!

In today's episode, we're diving into the world of food, science, and great eats with Alton Brown's Baby Back Ribs: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/who-loves-ya-baby-back-recipe-1937448

In honor of Alton Brown, this episode is full of fun, educational tidbits! We have our resident professor, Dr. Grace, teach us about rib anatomy, the difference between jalapeño and chipotle, and Big Dad Energy (do you wanna tell her or should I?)

Next week we'll be discussing Yotam Ottolenghi's Cauliflower Steaks: https://ottolenghi.co.uk/recipes/cauliflower-steaks-with-zahter

This is a vegetarian recipe that's super easily adapted to be vegan, just use your vegan butter of choice!

We're excited to see what you all think about this recipe! Make sure you send us your feedback, comments, pictures, etc. to [email protected] or @TwoManyCooksPod on IG and Twitter.

Please include your FEAR Rating, as well. For reference, the FEAR system is:

*Flavor (5pts): Was it tasty? How was the texture?

*Ease (5pts): Was it easy? Were you overwhelmed while trying to cook this?

*Approachability (5pts): Did you have to do a lot of prep work, buy a lot of hard-to-find ingredients, or do any research on the techniques?

*Repeatability (5pts): How likely are you to make this again?

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Welcome to Two Many Cooks Podcast!

In today's episode, we're discussing the incredible Marcella Hazan and how she may be the most important chef in modern history....she brought Italian food to the US and we owe her everything (especially if you're a balsamic vinegar fan).

The recipe we tried is her Parmesan Risotto: simple, speedy, but absolutely spectacular. The recipe we used can be found here https://www.pbs.org/food/fresh-tastes/marcella-hazan-parmesan-risotto/

We also discuss big families, love languages, and find a new great (grate?) debate!

Can't wait to hear what you think of this recipe.

Next episode we'll be tackling Alton Brown's "Who Loves Ya Baby-Back?" Ribs found here https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/who-loves-ya-baby-back-recipe-1937448

Don't forget to send us your feedback on these recipes and more to [email protected] or on Instagram and Twitter @TwoManyCooksPod. We also now have a Facebook Fan Group! Search for Two Many Cooks Podcast and you'll see us :)

Buon appetito!

This week, we've got a super special episode for you all! Grace is back in the DC area and she and Ben are creating a little quar-bubble with Dave's family so they can cook together!

For Valentine's Day, we've asked our spouses to pick the chef, the recipe, and get all the ingredients for us and give us a little challenge (picture the technical challenge from GBBO!). They picked Chef Roy Choi's Sweet Chili Chicken Bowl and knocked it out of the park. The recipe we used can be found here https://www.chowhound.com/recipes/sweet-chilechicken-rice-bowl-28249

And Jess's beautiful menu can be found on our Instagram @TwoManyCooksPod!

In this episode, you'll hear Ben and Jess introduce the recipe and give us some details about Chef Roy Choi plus some clips of us cooking together. Then, Dave and Grace recap the recipe at the end (followed by an extra chaotic/silly blooper).

Next episode, we'll be discussing the iconic Marcella Hazan and her Parmesan Risotto

https://www.pbs.org/food/fresh-tastes/marcella-hazan-parmesan-risotto/

We hope you try out these recipes and send us your feedback to [email protected] or @TwoManyCooksPod on IG and Twitter.

Here it is! Grace's favorite recipe and her favorite chef. In this week's episode, we're discussing Claire Saffitz of Bon Appetit and Gourmet Makes fame and her delicious focaccia. https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/focaccia-bread

And here's a great video of how she makes it for people wanting to try this at home! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGnMrM9qDtE

It's also an extra silly and extra-long episode because there's about a five-minute tangent (tangent? us!? never!) about an elementary school play that Grace was in. If you don't want to listen to this (we get it), you can feel free to skip between 28:30 and 34:45...but it's funny, you'll like it.

In this episode, we learn a lot, too! There's a plea from Grace for people to bake with yeast more... it opens up a whole world of baking for you and we totally get how intimidating it is. So stick with us, we're in this together.

Thanks again to our listeners for submitting your feedback and pics of your focaccia, keep it up, we love to hear from you!

As always you can submit questions, comments, feedback to [email protected] or @twomanycookspod on Instagram and Twitter.

Happy baking!

Did we beat our record for easiest recipe? Why yes, yes we did!

Join us this week while we discuss Bobby Flay's Crunchburger, and what's a burger without fries?! Therefore, we also talk about Bobby Flay's Bistro Fries. Spoiler: Grace is convinced there's another recipe conspiracy here, but try these recipes out and you be the judge!

Crunch Burger Recipe: http://bobbyflay.com/recipes/recipes/202/the-perfect-burger-aka-the-crunchburger

Bistro Fries Recipe: https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/bistro-fries

Also, one of us is so persuasive that the other one changes their rating on the fly, and inexplicably there's a lot of shade thrown this episode towards random targets like Taco Bell and Las Vegas "entertainment."

So join us for shenanigans and conversations about burgers and Bobby Flay.

For next episode, we have a challenge for you! We're going to be discussing Grace's favorite chef and baker extraordinaire, Claire Saffitz, and her focaccia bread: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/focaccia-bread

Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to make this focaccia bread and improvise a bunch of toppings to put on it! Then send us a pic of your focacch with your ratings and your favorite toppings to @twomanycookspod on Instagram or Twitter or at [email protected].

Grace's recommended toppings are roasted garlic, rosemary, and a metric buttload of extra virgin olive oil (oh and another metric buttload of flakysalt). Dave's recommended toppings are confidential and you have to tune in next episode to see what he recommends.

Happy Baking!

Happy New Year! This week we're discussing Kwame Onwuachi's Grandma Cassie's Shrimp Etouffee (recipe found here:https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2019/04/16/grandma-cassies-shrimp-etoufee)

You'll hear us talk about the best thing we ate this week (spoiler: It's Grace's sister's chocolate chip cookies) and all our fun food-related presents. We also discuss the amazing life of Chef Kwame and the delicious Cajun flavors that laid the foundation for his culinary talent.

We're also joined by a special guest, Ben, Grace's husband! In Ben's Cocktail Corner, he discusses a fun cocktail that pairs incredibly well with the shrimp etouffee and highlights his favorite rum. The recipe for Diplomatico's Ensemble cocktail can be found here:https://foodism.co.uk/recipes/diplomatico-rum-ensemble-cocktail/

Next episode, we'll be discussing Bobby Flay's famous Crunchburger http://bobbyflay.com/recipes/recipes/202/the-perfect-burger-aka-the-crunchburger as well as his french fry recipe: https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/bistro-fries because what's a burger without french fries!?

We'd love to hear your feedback on these recipes and more [email protected] or at Instagram and Twitter @twomanycookspod.

Come join us for today's episode where we get in the holiday spirit and discuss Gordon Ramsay's Beef Wellington (aka the recipe that almost broke Grace). Recipe found here: https://www.gordonramsay.com/gr/recipes/beef-wellington/

In today's episode, you'll hear us talk about the best things we ate this week. For Dave, it was a fantastic recipe for crab cakes and esquites from America's Test Kitchen! For Grace, it was all the flavors of America...aka Spicy Cheezits.

You'll also hear us have dorky (read: wrong) pronunciations of French culinary terms. Grace may or may not be a flat earther but definitely is a MasterClass truther, and you'll also get to hear Grace's mom, Stephanie, provide some of her feedback for the recipe!

On the next episode, we're discussing Kwame Onwuachi's recipe for Shrimp Etoufee found here: https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2019/04/16/grandma-cassies-shrimp-etoufee.

Give these recipes a whirl and send us your feedback to [email protected] or message us on Instagram and Twitter @TwoManyCooksPod. Can't wait to hear what you think!

It's Lasagna Day!! In today’s episode, we discuss the recipe that inspired this podcast! Samin Nosrat's Big Lasagna, recipe found here: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021031-the-big-lasagna

Talking points include: Zapruder, cyber bullying for bechamel techniques, properly goodfella-d garlic, and the mental health benefits of making your own pasta. And spoiler: Grace has made this recipe three times but apparently wrong each time?!

Next week we’ll be discussing Gordon Ramsey’s Beef Wellington just in time for the Holiday season. https://www.gordonramsay.com/gr/recipes/beef-wellington/

Make sure you send your feedback on these recipes and more to [email protected] or @Twomanycooks on Instagram and Twitter.

Can’t wait to hear what you think!

Welcome to Two Many Cooks! This week is our special Thanksgiving episode, but we really don't talk much about Thanksgiving, because, well...#2020. We heard from a lot of you who asked for Turkey alternatives because you can't (or don't want to) cook turkey. So we've answered your call and are talking about the easiest, most fool-proof roast chicken recipe that is only 3 steps (yep, that's right!) and takes 1.5 hours. The recipe we're following can be found here: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/perfect-roast-chicken-recipe-1940592

In today's episode, you'll hear Grace correcting Dave's pronunciation of Italian pasta only to be swiftly corrected in her pronunciation moments later... Karma, man. Dave starts a beef with Reeses and also admits to gaslighting. It's ok though because Grace admits to having shower snacks. Also, question, do we need the explicit tag for how many times we say the word "spatchcock?" Tune in for all these shenanigans and more!

Next episode will be up in two weeks and we're talking about the recipe that inspired this podcast, Samin Nosrat's Big Lasagna Recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021031-the-big-lasagna

We'd love to hear your feedback on these recipes and more. You can email us at TwoManyCooksPod@gmail or reach out on Twitter and Instagram @TwoManyCooksPod.

Welcome to Two Many Cooks! This week we're joined by a very special guest, Grace's sister, JoAnna. We discuss Christina Tosi's Milk Bar Pie and yes, of course, there's a debate about butter. Is this just a butter podcast now? Probably.

Join us for a conversation about cholesterol, potions class, and how to smuggle sourdough starter! The recipe we all used can be found here: https://milkbarstore.com/blogs/recipes/milk-bar-pie

Our next episode will be up next week to prepare for Turkey Day, or for many of our listeners, Chicken Day! We've heard from a lot of you that you won't be making a traditional turkey this year, so we're turning to Grace's family's go-to roast chicken recipe by the Contessa herself, Ina Garten. Recipe for next week (yep! next week!) can be found here: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/perfect-roast-chicken-recipe-1940592

Spoiler: this is a 3-step recipe, you're welcome :)

We'd love to hear your feedback on these recipes and more. You can email us at TwoManyCooksPod@gmail or reach out on Twitter and Instagram @TwoManyCooksPod.