The Flaky Biscuit Podcast

Host Bryan Ford is joined by actor and comedian Jason Biggs. With an extensive acting career that began at the age of five, Jason is best known for playing Jim Levenstein in the American Pie comedy film series, Leonardo in the first two seasons of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Larry Bloom in the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black. He also starred in Boys and Girls, Loser, Saving Silverman, Anything Else, Jersey Gir...

Host Bryan Ford is joined by Chef Roshara Sanders, also known as Chef Ro. Deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan as a member of the 4th Engineer Battalion, Chef Ro started cooking professionally after she returned stateside and joined the 395th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, where she cross trained as a food supply specialist. In 2016, NBC Black named Chef Roshara Sanders to their annual “28 Under 28” list, and in 2018 she wa...

Host Bryan Ford is joined by Dan Pashman, host of The Sporkful podcast, and inventor of the pasta shape cascatelli. Dan is the creator of The Sporkful, which is a James Beard and Webby Award-winning podcast. The series and his pasta shape, cascatelli, were featured by the NY Times, NPR, CBS This Morning, People Magazine, Access Hollywood, and more. He’s also the creator and host of Cooking Channel's You're Eating It Wrong and a con...

Host Bryan Ford is joined by artist and musician Mashonda Tifrere. After the release of her first album produced by Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, and Raphael Saadiq, Mashonda has been featured on and co-written many hits, as she’s worked alongside artists such as Jay-Z, DMX, and more. More recently, Mashonda partnered with Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD and Gucci’s Chime for Change in 2016 to launch Art LeadHER on International Women’s Day. Her miss...

Host Bryan Ford is joined by comedian Hari Kondabolu. The NY Times called him “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today” in response to his 2018 Netflix special, Warn Your Relatives. His 2017 truTV documentary, The Problem with Apu, created a global conversation about race and representation, and is now used in high school, college and grad school curriculums around the country. Hari joins Bryan for a conversatio...

Host Bryan Ford is joined by cookbook author and LA Times food journalist— Ben Mims. Ben has written three cookbooks and has worked as a food editor and recipe developer for several food media publications, such as Lucky Peach, Food & Wine, Saveur, Food Network Magazine, and Buzzfeed/Tasty. Bryan and Ben get down on Deer Meat, a dish Ben’s father used to make using home grown beans hunted deer in his home state of Mississippi. 

Host Bryan Ford is joined by chef and TV personality, Ronnie Woo. Ronnie is the founder of The Delicious Cook, an LA-based private chef company that specializes in four-star dining experiences. His highly anticipated debut cookbook, Did You Eat Yet?,  showcases the Asian-American cuisine he’s known for alongside charming personal notes. He was previously the chef and host of the cooking and relationship show, Food to Get You Laid, ...

Host Bryan Ford is joined by rapper and producer Kr3wcial. Kr3wcial is a New Orleans-based artist, and member of the acclaimed collective glbl wrmng. He’s performed at the world-renowned New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, French Quarter Festival, BUKU Music + Art Project, and Pell’s national Am I Still Dreaming tour, as well as a sold-out appearance with Grammy-nominated Tank and the Bangas. Kr3wcial wrote glbl wrmng’s break...

Host Bryan Ford is joined by cookbook author and NYT food journalist, Priya Krishna. Priya’s the author of the best-selling cookbook Indian-ish, a tribute to her mom’s Indian-American cooking. As a journalist, her stories have been included in the 2019 and 2021 editions of "The Best American Food Writing." The dish she shares with Bryan today is Priya’s favorite thing to put over rice, and after you make it, it’ll be yours too.

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Host Bryan Ford is joined by Adam Shapiro, actor and Pretzelmaker. He currently stars in Netflx’s Never Have I Ever, and the upcoming Peacock  John Wick prequel series, The Continental.  Adam founded Shappy Pretzel company in 2020 during the pandemic, and this year served 4,000 Shappy pretzels at the Oscars. Now selling nationwide over Goldbelly! Bryan and Adam talk about what makes a perfect Philly soft pretzel over another Pennsy...

Host Bryan Ford is joined by actor and musician Tristan Mack Wilds. The multi-faceted entertainer became widely popular from his breakout role as Micheal Lee on HBO’s The Wire and starring as Dixon Wilson on the hit remake 90210. In 2014, Wilds released his critically acclaimed debut album, New York: A Love Story, executively produced by iconic producer Salaam Remi. The album went on to receive a GRAMMY nomination for Best Urban Co...

Bryan Ford is joined by professor of culinary history, Maite Gomez-Rejón. Maite is the founder of ArtBites and she has dedicated her career to exploring the nexus of art and culinary history through lectures, cooking classes, and tastings in museums and universities across the country, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum. She co-curated the exhibits Maize: Pas...

Host Bryan Ford is joined by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Cecilia Peña-Govea, AKA La Doña. Born in San Francisco, California, La Doña combines her deep roots in Latin folk traditions, like corridos and rumba, with the propulsive modern sounds of reggaeton, cumbia, and hip hop. La Doña coined the term “Femmeton” to describe her auto-referential songs about love, sex, gentrification, and the radical joys of being a...

Host Bryan Ford is joined by comedian Gianmarco Soresi. Gianmarco Soresi is a NY based stand-up comedian, actor and occasional Jeff Goldblum impressionist (you’ll hear in this episode). His stand-up has been featured on Comedy Central, Netflix’s Bonding, PBS’s Stories from the Stage, and Real Housewives of New York (really). His first comedy special “Shelf Life” was nominated for 3 New York Emmy Awards and was cited by NPR as a “hi...

Host Bryan Ford is joined by home chef Frankie Gaw. Frankie Gaw is a food writer, photographer, and designer. He is the food blogger behind Little Fat Boy, which has won Saveur Blog of the Year and the IACP Individual Food Blog Award, which explores his Taiwanese American roots through creative takes on classic dumplings, noodles, and more. His debut cookbook, First Generation: Recipes from My Taiwanese American Home.

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Host Bryan Ford is joined by street artist and muralist Brandan ‘BMike’ Odums. Brandan became known for his murals after painting a series of Black revolutionaries in the Florida Housing Development in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. Other artists began to flock to the location and this underground, guerilla art hub became #ProjectBe. In 2016, Odums established Studio Be, a 36,000- square foot gallery that includes over a dozen original m...

Host Bryan Ford is joined by award winning author and pastry chef Zoë François. Zoë is the author of Zoë Bakes Cakes, co-author of the best-selling Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day series and is working on her 10th cookbook, Zoë Bakes Cookies. She is the host of Zoë Bakes on the Magnolia Network, and her work has been featured in many publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Better Homes & Gardens and mor...

It’s a double-date for this episode of Flaky Biscuit! Bryan and his fiance Bridget sit down with Sarah Hyland and her husband Wells Adams at their dining table in Los Angeles. Sarah Hyland made her first appearance in film in 1997 at the age of six. Since then she’s had an array of roles in television and film, but is best known for her role as Haley Dunphy in Modern Family. Wells Adams is the longtime bartender on Bachelor in Para...

Host Bryan Ford is joined by rapper Jared Pellerin AKA Pell. Pell’s first mixtape, Floating While Dreaming, captured the attention of rap critics and fans, and helped make Pell’s name synonymous with ambition. Since its release in 2014, he’s come out with two follow up albums and gone on tour with artists like Kehlani, JID, Big Freedia, Doja Cat, and more, with millions of listeners tuning into his songs on Spotify. More recently, ...