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
078 CC Seasonal Southern Cooking
Sara Foster joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about how Southern cooking is seasonal cooking. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1NU4cv5
077 CC 5 Ways to Perfect Your Thanksgiving Turkey Technique
Marlon Braccia, an expert yogi and the author of The Enlightened Cook, shares her five tricks for the juiciest turkey ever this Thanksgiving. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/228Eycc
076 CC Nigella Lawson's Simple Food Philosophy
The Clever Cookstr is joined by awardwinning cookbook writer Nigella Lawson, here to talk about her new book, Simply Nigella, out now from our sister company Flatiron Books. She shares her food philo…
075 CC Vegan Made Easy
Choosing a plant-based diet is made deliciously easy with Laura Theodore’s Vegan-Ease: An Easy Guide to Enjoying a Plant-Based Diet, a new approach to living vegan. Laura Theodore, the award-winning …
074 5 Tips to Become a Whiskey Know-It-All
Richard Betts is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert, and now the author of a new book, The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide t…
073 CC The Laws of Cooking, Entertaining, and Halloween Candy
Celebrity chef and Food Network Star winner Justin Warner returns to the Clever Cookstr to answer questions about his new book, The Laws of Cooking...and How to Break Them. He also shares some Hallow…
072 CC 6 Tips to Use Apples in Sweet and Savory Dishes
Amy Traverso is the senior lifestyle editor for Yankee magazine and the author of The Apple Lover’s Cookbook. She’s joining us to talk about one of the Clever Cookstr's favorite seasonal ingredients …
071 CC 3 Tips for Simple, Seasonal Indian Recipes at Home
Meera Sodha is the author of the cookbook Made in India: Recipes from an Indian Family Kitchen. She joins us to talk about using seasonal produce in quick and simple Indian home cooking. Read the ful…
070 CC 6 Weeknight Dinner Solutions
Katie Workman, author of The Mom 100 Cookbook and Dinner Solved!: 100 Ingenious Recipes That Make the Whole Family Happy, Including You!, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about her Fork in the Road t…
069 CC How to Eat Paleo When You Love Italian Food
Our guest today is Cindy Barbieri, the blogger behind Cindy’sTable.com and the author of the new cookbook Paleo Italian Cooking. She's here to share her tips and tricks for eating authentic Italian f…
068 5 Tips to Eat Real Food This Fall
Kath Younger, a mom, registered dietitian, bakery owner, and the blogger behind Kath Eats Real Food, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about picky eaters, lunchbox strategies, and why oatmeal is her f…
067 CC Dorm Room Cooking Hacks: An Interview with Celebrity Chef Justin Warner
Want to create delicious food creations in your tiny dorm room? Celebrity chef Justin Warner, author of The Laws of Cooking ...and How to Break Them, reveals his top dorm room cooking hacks. Read the…
066 CC The Incredible True Stories of Food
Lillian Yang joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about some of her recent behind-the-scenes episodes on dark dining, food trucks, and what pandas eat. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1Oua0L…
065 CC Slow Cooker Desserts
We’re joined today by Roxanne Wyss and Kathy Moore, the authors of the new cookbook Slow Cooker Desserts. We all know that slow cookers are a great way to make delicious, hands-off dinners. But have …
064 CC An Introduction to Modern Senegalese Cuisine
Pierre Thiam is a chef, restaurateur, and the author of the new cookbook Senegal: Modern Senegalese Recipes From the Source to the Bowl. Raised in Dakar, Senegal, Pierre brings his extensive knowledg…
063 CC 6 Tips for Microwave Cooking
Our guest today is Leslie Bilderback, author of the cookbooks Mug Cakes, No-Churn Ice Cream, The Spiralized Kitchen, and now, Mug Meals: More Than 100 No-Fuss Ways To Make a Delicious Microwave Meal …
062 CC 6 Tips from Alana Chernila's The Homemade Kitchen
Our guest today is Alana Chernila, the author of The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making, and The Homemade Kitchen: Recipes for Cooking with Pleasure. Read the full transc…
061 CC Don't Call It Entertaining! And Other Dinner Party Tips
Anna Watson Carl is the author of the cookbook The Yellow Table: A Celebration of Everyday Gatherings: 110 Simple and Seasonal Recipes. She joins the Clever Cookstr to tell the story of her yellow ta…
060 CC A Food Trend Pet Peeve Report
The Clever Cookstr chats with Jeremiah Tower, the legendary chef formerly of California’s Chez Panisse and Stars, and more recently of New York’s Tavern on the Green. He is a James Beard Award winnin…
058 CC 5 Lessons from the Author of "Pierogi Love"
The Clever Cookstr talks everything pierogi with Casey Barber, the editor of the online magazine Good Food Stories, the author of Classic Snacks Made from Scratch: 70 Homemade Versions of Your Favori…