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Chana-kah Masala (with Helen Zaltzman and Josey Baker)
Dec 05, 2025 58 min

Chana-kah Masala (with Helen Zaltzman and Josey Baker)

Jingle Bells, caramelsDo those two things rhyme?My flour smells, you can tellIt spoils over time! Hey!Tis the season for our season to come to a close, so we are wrapping things up (like a gift) wi...

Our Stuffing Ourselves
Nov 21, 2025 53 min EXPLICIT

Our Stuffing Ourselves

We're back with a Thanksgiving special! Samin has a cold, and a cold-pressed juicer, but Hrishi's got some mildly spicy jokes (which is why we have our first ever explicit-ish language warning). Fo...

Full of Pith and Vinegar (with Kate Lebo)
Nov 07, 2025 45 min

Full of Pith and Vinegar (with Kate Lebo)

The poet and piemaker Kate Lebo joins us to help discuss her book "The Book of Difficult Fruit," which inspired this episode! We meddle with some medlars and try to make some prickly pears less pri...

Sari Not Sorry
Oct 24, 2025 47 min

Sari Not Sorry

Coming to you live from the Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston, with a little cameo appearance from Sumesh Uncle!For recipes, Home Cooking merch, and a transcript of this episode, visit homecooking...

Annie, Get Your Gunk
Oct 10, 2025 44 min

Annie, Get Your Gunk

It’s the return of Samini's Teeny Tahini Sardini Panini! Plus: the pleasure and pain of making the ultimate chile crisp; blanching at having to blanch; and finding cast iron treasure in the lost-an...

2 Babka 2 Furious
Sep 26, 2025 59 min

2 Babka 2 Furious

This episode was recorded live in San Francisco at the Sydney Goldstein Theater, as part of Samin’s Good Things book tour! It was hosted by City Arts & Lectures, and recorded by KQED. There’s a...

Mayo May Not Delete
Sep 12, 2025 45 min

Mayo May Not Delete

For the first time, we're recording an episode in the same room! Which means Hrishi is in arm's length of Samin if she decides to smack him for a bad pun! (No Hrishis were harmed in the making of t...

Apricot Girl Summer
Aug 29, 2025 52 min

Apricot Girl Summer

We are thrilled to be back for the eleventieth season in our four-part series! Right now, it’s time to KICK OUT THE JAMS! We’ve got questions that are high in iron, and answers that are high in iro...

Coming Soon: Season Whatever of Our Four-Part Series!
Aug 15, 2025 2 min

Coming Soon: Season Whatever of Our Four-Part Series!

You should never under-season your food, and you should never under-season your podcasts! So we're coming back with a brand new season of our podcast, starting on August 29th! "New season" implies ...

Cultural Anther-pology (with Sumesh Uncle)
Apr 25, 2025 47 min

Cultural Anther-pology (with Sumesh Uncle)

Big News! Samin’s second cookbook, Good Things, will be published this September! You can preorder it here now!And to celebrate the book release, Samin will be touring across North America this fal...

Frankly, We Have a Lot to Ketchup On (with Latif Nasser)
Dec 20, 2024 58 min

Frankly, We Have a Lot to Ketchup On (with Latif Nasser)

Our holiday episode this year is a Christmas special. Samin is making puns and courting controversy (don't let a Chicagoan hear how she eats a hot dog). And Hrishi’s making a weird sandwich, and tr...

Mulberry Me Alive (with Dr. Sumesh Uncle Hirway)
Nov 17, 2022 52 min

Mulberry Me Alive (with Dr. Sumesh Uncle Hirway)

It’s Thanksgiving, and so, like giblets and your racist aunt, this is the only time this year that you’ll have to deal with us. Welcome to the first (and possibly only) installment of our chill era...

Happy Tangsgiving! (with Camila Cabello)
Nov 16, 2021 37 min

Happy Tangsgiving! (with Camila Cabello)

We’re back for a special episode of the podcast, and we’re getting questions and giving thanks as we get ready for the high holy day of home kitchens. We got a special surprise in the form of a que...

Starch Nemesis (with Waffles & Mochi)
Apr 01, 2021 48 min

Starch Nemesis (with Waffles & Mochi)

Hello again! We’ve climbed out of our cave and here we are, blinking bewilderedly in the light of the bright sun, trying to remember how to make this podcast. Join us as we slice up a veritable fru...

Bittersweet (with Helen Zaltzman)
Dec 16, 2020 52 min

Bittersweet (with Helen Zaltzman)

We’re wrapping up this pandemic year and our pandemic podcast in a carefully-sealed bag, so as not to let the flavors intermingle with other flavors in your podcast cookie tin. For our cookie-theme...

Thanksgiving, Part 1: Sage Wisdom (with Demi Adejuyigbe)
Nov 11, 2020 53 min

Thanksgiving, Part 1: Sage Wisdom (with Demi Adejuyigbe)

According to our callers, a big part of Thanksgiving seems to be making food for your loved ones that you only kind of like yourself. But can we make these dishes a little better for the people coo...

Snacktoberfest (with Sumesh Uncle and Sonoratown)
Oct 28, 2020 50 min

Snacktoberfest (with Sumesh Uncle and Sonoratown)

Dr. Sumesh Uncle Hirway, Ph.D (@sumeshhirway) is back with more tips, Jen Feltham of Sonoratown (@sonoratownla) teaches us a tortilla trick, and Samin & Hrishi talk treats. For recipes, resour...

Fronds with Benefits (with Jason Mantzoukas)
Oct 14, 2020 50 min

Fronds with Benefits (with Jason Mantzoukas)

We’re joined by actor Jason Mantzoukas, one of our favorite people. He’s a novice in the kitchen who needs a little help getting comfortable with some cooking basics. Plus, we call up Hrishi’s dad,...

Old Bay Leaves, New Bae Arrives
Sep 30, 2020 57 min

Old Bay Leaves, New Bae Arrives

We’re back for a third batch of episodes! Samin and Hrishi help a listener who is over-encumbered by a number of cucumbers, and Chef Detective fills in the missing pieces from a family recipe for p...