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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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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Genius-Hunter Extra Credit
Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
Mar 23 2023
18mins
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Genius-Hunter Extra Credit
Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
Mar 20 2023
29mins
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Genius-Hunter Extra Credit
Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
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Jan 18 2023
25mins
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 Persia to Bombay: recipes & tales from the ancient culture.
Recipe
Serves 4
For Oats
For Tangy Onions
To Make the Oats
To Make Tangy Onions
Jan 11 2023
6mins
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.
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Genius-Hunter Extra Credit
Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
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Jan 04 2023
26mins
Rugelach is a 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 any holiday spread. This version, a classic chocolate rugelach bolstered with the flavors of creamy milk chocolate and malted milk powder, has a nostalgic flavor and tender, melt-in-your-mouth texture that will shine at any cookie swap.
16 Rugelach
Dough
Malted Milk Chocolate Filling
Dec 28 2022
19mins
A look back at some of our favorite genius recipes of the year with Food52 co-founder and CEO, Amanda Hesser
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Dec 21 2022
29mins
Cook along with Jesse Szewczyk to make these crunchy, perfectly spiced, and understated shortbread cookies that are as delicious dunked into hot coffee as they are eaten all on their own.
Recipe
Makes 24 bars
Shortbread Base
Salted Speculoos Caramel
Topping
Dec 14 2022
26mins
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 was a crucial ingredient.
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Genius-Hunter Extra Credit
Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
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Dec 07 2022
20mins
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
Stock is endlessly versatile so we're not following a specific recipe for this episode, but here are a few to get you started if you need that extra boost!
And here are a couple super useful tools to help you make the best stock possible.
Nov 30 2022
12mins
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.
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Genius-Hunter Extra Credit
Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
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Nov 23 2022
35mins
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 makes their names come to life.
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Genius-Hunter Extra Credit
Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
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Nov 16 2022
15mins
This episode, Kristen Miglore sits with the incomparable Nigella Lawson to discuss her latest cookbook Cook, Eat, Repeat.
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Genius-Hunter Extra Credit
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Nov 09 2022
16mins
Anna Sulan Masing, host of Whetstone Radio's Taste of Place podcast cooks her way through Mandy Yin's incredible Sarawak Chicken recipe
Recipe
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Lobby Time Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Nov 02 2022
7mins
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 how using them can connect us to the people and the world around us.
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Genius-Hunter Extra Credit
Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
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Oct 26 2022
25mins
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.
Recipe
Serves 1
Is there a recipe you'd like to hear us make? Tell us all about it at podcasts@food52.com!
Lobby Time Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Oct 19 2022
13mins
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Oct 12 2022
22mins
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Oct 05 2022
17mins
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Genius-Hunter Extra Credit
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Sep 27 2022
26mins
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Genius-Hunter Extra Credit
Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
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Sep 21 2022
21mins