The Genius Recipe Tapes
A weekly show from Food52's new podcast network, featuring all the uncut gems from the weekly "Genius Recipes" column and video series. Host Kristen Miglore speaks to the geniuses behind iconic recipes, and uncovers the recipes that changed the way we cook.
Episodes
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- Cook and a Half - Sam's cooking show co-hosted with her son, Artie
- Banana Bread Scones - A previous Genius recipe from Sam Seneviratne's Joy of Baking
- Kristen's newest book, Simply Genius
Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
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Join Chef Farokh Talati on our Play Me a Recipe Podcast as he cooks through Masala Oats, his go-to quick breakfast that brings warmth, tang, and everything else you need for the day ahead from his new cookbook Parsi: From Persia to Bombay: recipes & tales from the ancient culture.
Recipe
Serves 4
For Oats
- 100g ghee or unsalted butter
- 1 small red onion, finely diced
- 1 celery stick, finely diced
- 1 carrot, peeled and finely diced
- 1 large ...
Whether its recreating the iconic moon pie cookie in bar form or using tahini to elevate your go-to recipes, Joy the Baker is chock full of incredible baking tips and tricks to bring into a new year of better baking.
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Rugelach is a beloved Jewish treasure originating from Eastern Europe. The cookie-pastry hybrid can be filled with anything from jam to chocolate and is the perfect two-bite treat fit for any holiday spread. This version, a classic chocolate rugelach bolstered with the flavors of creamy milk chocolate and malted milk powder, has a nostalgic flavor and tender, melt-in-your-mouth texture that will shine at any cookie swap.
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A look back at some of our favorite genius recipes of the year with Food52 co-founder and CEO, Amanda Hesser
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Cook along with Jesse Szewczyk to make these crunchy, perfectly spiced, and understated shortbread cookies that are as delicious dunked into hot coffee as they are eaten all on their own.
Recipe
Makes 24 bars
Shortbread Base
- 1 2/3 cups (214g) all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup (67g) granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks/170g) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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There are so many recipes out there to make granola, but then there are recipes that are Simply Genius. Jenné Claiborne's recipe bakes up faster and easier than any recipe out there by thoughtfully omitting what you may have thought was a crucial ingredient.
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It's time we take stock of whats in our fridge and make some soul-filling stock for the winter with Food52's food editor, Emily Ziemski on this bonus episode featuring our sister-show Play Me a Recipe
Stock is endlessly versatile so we're not following a specific recipe for this episode, but here are a few to get you started if you need that extra boost!
And here are a couple super useful tools to hel...
There're enough stressors around the holidays to let your dessert be one of them, so we sat down with Erin Jeanne McDowell to get some tips on ways to bring flawless pies to the table.
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- Savory Baking Cookbook
- Clover Rolls
- Pâte Brisée
- Double crust chicken pot pie
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Lemon Lumpies? Cuddle Cookies? It's rare to find treats who's names are as exciting as the confection themselves. Luckily on this episode we speak with Rose Levy Barenbaum, author of The Cookie Bible, about how she perfects her recipes and makes their names come to life.
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This episode, Kristen Miglore sits with the incomparable Nigella Lawson to discuss her latest cookbook Cook, Eat, Repeat.
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- Nigella's Instagram
- Nigella Lawson's No-Bake Nutella Cheesecake
- Nigella Lawson’s Chicken & Pea Traybake
Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
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Anna Sulan Masing, host of Whetstone Radio's Taste of Place podcast cooks her way through Mandy Yin's incredible Sarawak Chicken recipe
Recipe
- Marinate 6 skinless chicken thighs, with the bone-in just with salt, leave for 1/2hour on the kitchen bench to get it to room temperature
- Blitz up spice paste: 200g roughly chopped onion, 2 garlic cloves, 2.5cm of ginger root, 2 stalks of lemongrass also roughly chopped
- Toast 1tsp of black p...
Every vegetable has infinite possibilities. Is it the main course, a side, a component, a snack? In Hetty McKinnon's upcoming book, Tenderheart, she explores not just how we can make the most out of the vegetables in our pantry but how using them can connect us to the people and the world around us.
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This week we're sharing an episode of another Food52 podcast, Play Me a Recipe featuring bartender and writer Harper Fendler mixing a Penicillin, and tracing its origins to the famed Manhattan cocktail bar Milk & Honey.
Recipe
Serves 1
- 2 ounces blended Scotch whisky (Famous Grouse)
- 1 ounce fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 ounce ginger syrup
- 1/2 ounce honey syrup
- 1/4 ounce Islay Scotch
- Tumbler, chilled
- Lemon peel and (optional) candied ginger, for...
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Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
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- Check out Katherine's podcast, Smart Mouth
- These are the cookies
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- Oh and the mayo episode
- For more genius tips, tricks, or leads from Katherine, subscribe to Smart Mouth's accompanying newsletter
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Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
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Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
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On Play Me a Recipe, your favorite cooks will walk you through their most treasured recipes, offering all the insider tips, stories, and tricks you won't get from a written recipe—and you'll be right alongside them, every step of the way. Feel free to pause, jump back, or navigate the steps via the podcast chapters (if you're in Apple Podcasts, swipe up on the episode player page—the podcast chapters will be at the bottom).
If you...
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Have a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.
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