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
057 CC A Modern Way to Eat: Vegetable-Forward Cooking
The Clever Cookstr is joined by Anna Jones, a cook, writer, and food stylist who worked for chefs including Yotam Ottolenghi and Jamie Oliver. Now she’s authored her own first cookbook, A Modern Way …
055 CC 8 Tips for Cooking in a Small Kitchen
How can you make great meals in a tiny kitchen? How do you decide what equipment to buy and what to skip when you hardly have room for an oven? And how do you entertain in a small space? Cara Eisenpr…
056 CC Five Tips for the Best Cookies Ever
Mindy Segal, a James Beard Award Winning pastry chef, the proprietor of Chicago’s HotChocolate Restaurant and Dessert Bar, and the author of Cookie Love: 60 Recipes and Techniques for Turning the Ord…
006 CC How to Make the Best Ice Cream Sandwich Ever
Welcome to the Clever Cookstr, your ultimate window into the kitchens of the world's best cooks.Our guest today is Natasha Case, co-founder of the Coolhaus ice cream sandwich brand and co-author of t…
054 CC Everyday Recipes for Home Cooks
Tara O’Brady is the culinary mastermind behind the celebrated food blog Seven Spoons, now in its tenth year. Few food writers have such an insightful, intuitive understanding of flavor—or a more ecle…
053 CC Farm to Table Cooking
Clever Cookstr's Q and A with Jessica Robinson, author of New England Farmgirl: Recipes and Stories from a Farmer's Daughter. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1FleDia
052 CC Summer Picnic Secrets from the Portland Picnic Society
Andrea Slonecker, a co-author of The Picnic: Recipes and Inspiration from Basket to Blanket, and a member of the Portland Picnic Society, joins the Clever Cookstr to share tips and tricks for success…
051 CC Tips for A Sustainable Kitchen
The Clever Cookstr is joined by Lisa Williams, Macmillan's Manager of Sustainability Initiatives, to share tips and tricks about kitchen and home practices that are sustainable and environmentally fr…
050 CC Cookstr's Pre-Summer Cookbook Roundup
The Clever Cookstr shares some cookbook picks for the summer season: No-Churn Ice Cream, Franklin Barbecue, and Mrs. Wheelbarrow's Practical Pantry. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1HEfn…
049 CC Tomatomania
Scott Daigre, author of "Tomatomania: A Fresh Approach to Celebrating Tomatoes in the Garden and in the Kitchen," shares tips and tricks for growing, cooking with, and eating tomatoes. Read the full …
048 CC Chicago Food Trends from "The Feed"
Steve Dolinsky is the co-host, along with chef Rick Bayless, of the James Beard Award nominated podcast The Feed. He joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about food podcasts, eating while traveling, and …
047 CC Easy Indian Home Cooking
Neena Williams turned the flavors and recipes of her family's home kitchen into a business. Kitchen Curry Master is a curated spice collection with recipes that make Indian home cooking accessible to…
003 CC The Best Cheese Plate Ever
The Clever Cookstr talks with Liz Thorpe, national cheese expert and co-author of The Murray's Cheese Handbook. Liz has 5 tips on how to shop for cheeses, how to serve them, and what to pair them wit…
046 CC 1 Chicken, 5 Meals
Our guest on the Clever Cookstr today is Sheri Wetherell, Co-founder and CEO of Foodista.com, and of the International Food Blogger Conference. She's here to share recipes and tips for stretching a s…
045 CC How to Cook Traditional Italian Food
Italian food expert Elizabeth Minchilli joins the Clever Cookstr to share the basics of cooking traditional Roman dishes at home. Visit the website: http://bit.ly/1Dqg3h4
044 CC How to Bake for Any Occasion
Clever Cookstr interviews Matt Lewis, one half of the team behind Baked NYC and the popular cookbook Baked Occasions. Check out Matt's sweet tips and tricks for baking successful desserts (whether yo…
043 CC Creative Gluten-Free Cooking
Just because you're sensitive to gluten, doesn't mean your enjoyment of food has to be suffer. Gluten-free guru Autumn Giles joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about making great food that just happens…
042 CC Food Gifts that Everyone Will Love
Author and magazine founder Maggie Battista joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about food gifts: how to make them, buy them, present them, and throw them together at the last minute from what's in your…
041 CC How to Grow Your Own Organic Garden
Have you ever wanted to grow your own vegetables? It's not nearly as difficult as you think. Author and gardening expert Jeanne Nolan joins the Clever Cookstr with tips for how to plant and grow your…
040 CC Cook Your Butt Off: A Q and A with Rocco DiSpirito
Award-winning chef and cookbook author Rocco DiSpirito joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about his new book, "Cook Your Butt Off." Check out simple tips to help you lose weight and eat delicious foods…