Starter episode: “Jon Kung’s Recipe for Spaghetti and Lion’s Head Meatballs”
‘Lecker’
Recorded primarily in dwelling kitchens, this convivial podcast has an intimate really feel that units it aside from most interview exhibits. Lucy Dearlove, a radio producer, hosts conversations with cooks, cookbook authors and different foodies, incorporating the sounds of their cookery — paper luggage rustling, elements being chopped, oil scorching in a sizzling pan — to create an immersive expertise. In addition to meals and our rituals surrounding it, Dearlove turns a lens on the bodily areas the place we cook dinner, exploring the design of contemporary kitchens whereas incorporating historical past, structure and private narratives. No matter the topic, “Lecker” is a comforting, lovingly made deal with that leaves you feeling heat inside, the best way you are feeling after a extremely good meal cooked by a buddy.
Starter episode: “Moving House, Moving Kitchen”
‘Dinner SOS’
This enjoyable and provoking podcast from Bon Appétit guarantees to “answer desperate home chefs’ cries for help.” Each episode begins with a listener query a few culinary disaster, similar to the way to cater a cocktail party when your entire visitors have totally different dietary restrictions, or the way to overcome a worry of cooking a particular ingredient (say, rooster). Other subjects are extra recipe-focused — the way to make a brownie that’s not too candy, or a gluten-free pizza that tastes like the true factor. After follow-up questions, Chris Morocco, the Bon Appétit meals director, enlists a rotating panel of meals writers and specialists to counsel options to the issues, which listeners apply and report again on.
Starter episode: “Fancy, on a Budget”
‘Recipe Club’
You know you’re in good palms with this collection from The Ringer, because it’s hosted by David Chang, the founding father of Momofuku, and Chris Ying, a veteran meals author. Each episode focuses on a single ingredient, which is usually a complete meals like cauliflower or halibut, nevertheless it can be a branded merchandise like Pillsbury dough or King’s Hawaiian rolls. From there, Chang and Ying agree on one recipe to make with this ingredient, and are joined by a visitor chef in a face-off to make the most effective model of that dish. To add a bit of chaos, the cooks are additionally randomly assigned a constraint — make the dish utilizing solely a microwave, put together it in lower than 20 minutes or use solely shelf-stable elements. Listening to those execs cook dinner with one arm tied behind their backs is reliably hilarious and academic — you’ll find out about substitutions, recipe hacks and the way to make the most effective of no matter kitchen scenario you end up in.
Starter episode: “Sweet Potatoes”
