The Clever Cookstr's Quick and Dirty Tips from the World's Best Cooks
The Clever Cookstr serves up the most timely, relevant tips from the world’s best kitchens. You’ll get a delightful mix of cooking tips from emerging and established chefs and cookbook authors, as well as exclusive insights from bakers, sommeliers, farmers, grocers, and more. Every week, Clever Cookstr provides useful information for aspiring and long-time food lovers— and for anyone who wants to get delicious homemade food on the table. If you’ve been looking for a fun, fast-paced, authoritative source of information on what’s hot in the world of food and cooking, this is it. Clever Cookstr is passionate about helping people learn to cook more, believing that time spent sharing good food is one of the most vital and enjoyable parts of life.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 216
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2018
162 CC How to Make Lasting Lifestyle Changes
Kara Martin Snyder is the Owner/Strategist at vital corps, a health + lifestyle studio located at the 3-way intersection of functional health, self-care and strategic action. She joins the Clever Coo…
161 CC Indian Cuisine for Health and Happiness
May Fridel joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about ayurvedic cooking and Indian cuisine for health and flavor.
160 CC Cheerful Casseroles and No-Bake Desserts
Addie Gundry, Food Network Star competitor and author of a new series of cookbooks, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about her first two books, cooking on TV, and her culinary journey.
159 CC 6 Tips to Reduce Food Waste
In the United States, 40% of our food supply is wasted—that’s an incredible amount. Joel Gamoran, national chef for Sur la Table and the star of the show Scraps, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk abou…
158 CC Everything You Need to Know About Salsa
The Clever Cookstr is joined today by Miguel Banuelos, the founder of the fresh Mexican salsa brand Salsa Pistolero. He tells us about the different kinds of salsa and how you can make your own fres…
157 CC The Ultimate Guide to a Vegan Kitchen
The Clever Cookstr is joined today by Jean-Christian Jury, a vegan and raw-food chef from Toulouse, France, and the author of Vegan: the Cookbook.
156 CC 10 Tips for Grilling Greatness
Jamie Purviance, Weber’s Master Griller and author of the new cookbook Weber’s Greatest Hits: 125 Recipes for Every Grill, joins the Clever Cookstr to share tips and tricks for success on the grill.
155 CC What Do French and Southern Food Have in Common?
Jennifer Hill Booker, author of the cookbook Dinner Déjà Vu: Southern Tonight, French Tomorrow, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about the surprising overlap between the two cuisines that have most i…
154 CC Greek Meals for Summertime
Maria Benardis, founder of the cooking school and blog, Greekalicious and author of the book MY GREEK FAMILY TABLE: Fresh, Regional Recipes, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about why this cuisine is…
153 CC How to Cook the Perfect Steak
The Clever Cookstr is joined by John Tesar, three-time James Beard finalist, Top Chef star, chef and restaurateur at Knife in Dallas and now, author of the cookbook Knife: Texas Steakhouse Meals at H…
152 CC Freezer Tips for Summer Meals
Robyn Stone, creator of the beloved blog AddaPinch.com and author of the book Add a Pinch: Easier, Faster, Fresher Southern Classics, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk freezer tips and tricks, enterta…
151 CC Barbara Lynch on Food, Memory, and Being Her Own Boss
Barbara Lynch, world-renowned chef and restaurateur and the author of the memoir OUT OF LINE: A Life of Playing with Fire, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about her food philosophy, her seven renown…
150 CC Teens for Food Justice
The Clever Cookstr is joined today by Kathy Soll and Josh Serrano from Teens for Food Justice, an organization galvanizing a youth-led food justice movement. TFJ not only trains youth in urban farmin…
149 CC Which Is the Best Ice Cream Machine for You?
Dana Cree is the author of Hello, My Name is Ice Cream: The Art and Science of the Scoop, She joined the Clever Cookstr to talk about various ice cream methods, coming up with different flavor combin…
148 CC Turning Light into a Lifestyle: Q&A with SkinnyTaste's Gina Homolka
Peter sits down with food blogger turned author Gina Homolka on the success of her cooking brand SkinnyTaste this week on the Clever Cookstr podcast.
147 CC Cookbook Writing as Storytelling: An Interview with Melissa Clark
Join Peter this week as he chats with food journalist and cookbook author Melissa Clark about how intuition and instinct shaped her successful food writing career.
146 CC How Jewish Food Became American Food
Guest host author Peter Gethers and award-winning cookbook author Joan Nathan talk challah, comedy, and cooking on this week's Clever Cookstr podcast.
145 CC Peter Gethers, Your New Guest Host
The Clever Cookstr kicks off a month-long podcast takeover by Peter Gethers, the author of the new book MY MOTHER’S KITCHEN: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and the Meaning of Life. In this interview, Pete…
144 CC How to Disrupt the Yogurt Business
Koel Thomae is the founder of Noosa Yogurt, and joined the Clever Cookstr to talk about how her walkabout turned into the creation of a new kind of food company. We talk food trends, flavor profiles,…
143 CC Classic Recipes from Italian Grandmothers
Our guest today is Rossella Rago, author of Cooking with Nonna: Celebrate Food and Family with Over 100 Classic Recipes from Italian Grandmothers. She joins us to talk about making fresh pasta from s…