Hungry for Words

S2E4: Robyn Eckhardt

Episode  |  December 14th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  52 mins 11 secs

cookbooks, food, recipes, travel

Kathleen talks with Robyn Eckhardt about her remarkable journey scouring the country of Turkey for its culinary soul, even it meant brushing up with an active war zone.

S2E3: Holly Hughes

Episode  |  December 11th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  51 mins 1 sec

food, recipes, travel, writing

Kathleen talks with the longtime editor of the Best Food Writing series and uncovers some unexpected answers.

S2E2: Michael Harlan Turkell

Episode  |  October 5th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  59 mins 16 secs

balsamic, beer, brooklyn, cookbooks, cooking, foodwriting, michigan, seattle, travel, vinegar, white white

Host Kathleen Flinn talks vinegar with author Michael Harlan Turkell about his book, Acid Trip, and they even try some out-of-the-world examples, such as vinegar made from candy canes (!) You'll never think of vinegar the same way again.

S2E1: Alana Chernila

Episode  |  October 3rd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  49 mins 11 secs

cooking, food, recipes

Best-selling author Kathleen Flinn talks with Alana Chernila, creator of the popular blog Eating from the Ground Up, about home cooking, roast chicken and what to do with those scraps from your kitchen.

S1E6: Joe Ray

Episode  |  December 12th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  35 mins 43 secs

joe ray, lummi island, pacific northwest, recipes

Host Kathleen Flinn talks with food writer Joe Ray about his experience co-authoring the book Sea and Smoke with famed genius chef, Blaine Wetzel, as they sip a most unusual broth.

S1E5: Joanne Weir

Episode  |  November 28th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  48 mins 10 secs

cookbooks, cooking, food, food shows, joanne weir, recipes

Host Kathleen Flinn talks with PBS host and cookbook author Joanne Weir about her life as "Kitchen Gypsy," from her early days at Chez Panisse to cooking across Europe to life owning her own restaurant in San Francisco.

S1E4: Dan Jurafsky

Episode  |  November 7th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  36 mins 46 secs

Host Kathleen Flinn talks food with culinary linguist Dan Jurafsky, author of "The Language of Food" as they nibble on coconut macaroons. Get the recipe and more about Dan on the episode page at http://hungryforwords.show

S1E3: Darra Goldstein

Episode  |  October 24th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  47 mins 59 secs

cookbooks, darra goldstein, food writing, gastronomica, kathleen flinn, russian, scandanavian food

Host Kathleen Flinn talks with the legendary Darra Goldstein, founding editor of Gastronomica magazine and author about her Scandinavian-focused cookbook, "Fire and Ice."

S1E2: Andrea Nguyen

Episode  |  September 23rd, 2018  |  Season 1  |  48 mins 43 secs

cookbooks, dumplings, food, vietnamese food

Host Kathleen Flinn talks to noted Vietnamese food writer and author Andrea Nguyen about everything from dumplings to pho to her dramatic escape from her home country in 1975 at the height of the war.

S1E1: Alex Prud'homme

Episode  |  September 16th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  43 mins 18 secs

alex prud'homme, food, french, julia child, kathleen flinn, recipes

Is it true that Julia Child had an existential crisis at one point in her career? And what did she really think about Julie Powell? Kathleen talks with Alex about that, plus the origin of the infamous Dan Akroyd SNL skit, over beouf bourgignon