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
121 CC Writing Culinary Fiction: An Interview with Matt Wallace
Matt Wallace, the author of the Sin du Jour series, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about writing urban fantasy and culinary fiction, and what he cooks at home.
120 CC What Do Football Players Eat?
Our guests today are Geoff and Mitch Schwartz, both NFL offensive linemen and co-authors of Eat My Schwartz: Our Story of NFL Football, Food, Family, and Faith. They join the Clever Cookstr to talk a…
119 CC What to Eat on Game Day: An Interview with Daina Falk
Daina Falk, the creator of hungryfan.com and the author of The Hungry Fan's Game Day Cookbook: 165 Recipes for Eating, Drinking & Watching Sports, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about healthier tak…
118 CC The Differences Between American and Taiwanese Food Culture
Kevin Wolkober, creator of the Eat Drink Taiwan app, joins us to talk about his education in Taiwanese cuisine. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2d22V7Q
117 CC How Two Brooklynites Are Rediscovering Jewish Food Traditions
In their new cookbook The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods, Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz are on a mission to revitalize Ashkenazi cuisine with recipes that draw inspirati…
116 CC Vegetable Butchery
Ever heard of a "vegetable butcher"? Expert Cara Mangini is here to share tips for vegetable selection, storage, and butchery. Learn about knives and cutting boards, and how to more effectively use y…
115 CC 3 Tips to Make Magical Cakes
Our guest today is Caroline Wright, author of Cake Magic!: Mix & Match Your Way to 100 Amazing Combinations. She's here to help troubleshoot common cake baking hurdles, talk about the secrets of flav…
114 CC 10 Tricks for Smoking Meat
Clever Cookstr talks with Steven Raichlen, author of Project Smoke, about his top tips and tricks for smoking meat. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2ciyMEO
113 CC How to Master Chinese Cooking at Home
The Clever Cookstr is joined by Katie Chin, author of multiple cookbooks, most recently Katie Chin’s Everyday Chinese Cookbook: 101 Delicious Recipes From My Mother’s Kitchen. Here are her tips and t…
110 CC The History and Legend of the NYC Hot Dog
The Clever Cookstr is joined by Lloyd Handwerker, author of the book Famous Nathan: A Family Saga of Coney Island, The American Dream, and the Search for the Perfect Hot Dog, to talk about the histor…
109 CC 6 Tips for Eating More Colorful Meals
Frances Largeman-Roth, author of Eating in Color: Delicious, Healthy Recipes for You and Your Family, joins us to talk about how to get your picky eaters excited about vegetables and her favorite sec…
108 CC 5 Common Food Cravings and How to Beat Them
Lola Berry is the author of The Happy Cookbook: 130 Whole Food Recipes for Health, Wellness, and a Little Extra Sparkle. She joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about her food philosophy, healthy ways t…
107 CC 8 Grilling Do's and Don'ts for Your Summer Barbecue
In his new book MEATHEAD: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling, Meathead Goldwyn busts barbecue misconceptions and teaches you how to grill the right way, for the Fourth of July and all summer …
106 CC 6 Tips for Making Perfect Ice Cream
A La Mode is a new cookbook by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough dedicated to one of the most perfect moments in a meal: that alchemy between a slice of something baked and a scoop of something col…
105 CC 5 Tricks to Eat More Vegetables
Nikki Dinki joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about her new book Meat On The Side: Delicious Vegetable-Focused Recipes for Every Day. She's on a mission to show omnivores new and exciting ways to eat …
104 CC How to Write About Food: An Interview with Sweetbitter Author Stephanie Danler
Stephanie Danler, the author of the novel of the summer, Sweetbitter, talks about umami, developing an appetite, and the challenges of writing about food and sex well. Read the full transcript here:…
103 CC Laura Miller's Go-To Ways to Revamp Your Diet
Laura Miller is the creator and star of the hit web series Raw. Vegan. Not Gross. Her irreverent approach to raw food, as well as her quirky and gorgeous wearable produce projects ("froobs"), have ga…
102 CC Why You Should Eat Every Meal Out of a Bowl
Lukas Volger is the founder of Made by Lukas, a line of fresh veggie burgers established in 2013, the editorial director of Jarry Magazine, and the author of three cookbooks including the new cookboo…
101 CC How to Cook with Whole and Ancient Grains
Ann Taylor Pittman, Executive Editor of Cooking Light magazine and the author of EVERYDAY WHOLE GRAINS: 175 New Recipes from Amaranth to Wild Rice, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about this food tr…
100 CC 6 Tips for Cooking with Southern Vegetables
Ninth-generation Southerner Rebecca Lang, author of The Southern Vegetable Book: A Root-to-Stalk Guide to the South’s Favorite Produce, joins us to talk about seasonality in southern cooking and usin…