web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:41:26 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Hungry for Words - Episodes Tagged with “Food” https://hungryforwords.fireside.fm/tags/food Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:00:00 -0800 <i>New York Times</i> best-selling writer Kathleen Flinn invites well-known food authors into her kitchen for an in-depth interview and to sample her version of a recipe from their books. Check out <a href="http://hungryforwords.show">Hungry For Words</a> for more on the writers and the recipes. en-us episodic Great stories start with food Kathleen Flinn <i>New York Times</i> best-selling writer Kathleen Flinn invites well-known food authors into her kitchen for an in-depth interview and to sample her version of a recipe from their books. Check out <a href="http://hungryforwords.show">Hungry For Words</a> for more on the writers and the recipes. no food, recipes, cookbooks, food writing, Julia Child, cooking Kathleen Flinn kat@kathleenflinn.com S2E4: Robyn Eckhardt https://hungryforwords.fireside.fm/s2e3 aff1480f-2112-4ab2-932b-65787a7cdbf7 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:00:00 -0800 Kathleen Flinn full 1 Kathleen Flinn 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. 52:11 no In this episode of my food-focused podcast Hungry for Words, I chatted with Robyn Eckhardt. She’s a widely published food writer whose works has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Saveur and many other publications. While living and working in Asia, she and her husband, photographer David Hagerman, were looking for a sunny, yet inexpensive place to go on vacation. They knew little about the country before their first visit. After just a couple weeks, they fell in love with the food, the people and the country itself. They returned to Turkey as often as they could. Finally, they ditched their day jobs and headed there to write a book about it. They spent 16 months traveling to every corner of the country by car. They tasted and researched the cuisine as they went, even venturing the edge of two war zones. The result is their fabulously insightful book, Instanbul &amp; Beyond: Exploring the Diverse Cuisines of Turkey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) In this podcast episode, we discussed how many people dismiss Turkish food as simply a lot of kebabs. In this fascinating conversation, we explored the remarkable diversity of the country’s cuisine and how the geography dramatically affects it. We also chatted about her time covering street food in Asia for The Wall Street Journal, a fascinating assignment. Featured recipe food, recipes, Anthony Bourdain, Saveur, Bon Appetit, Julia Child, turkey In this episode of my food-focused podcast Hungry for Words, I chatted with Robyn Eckhardt. She’s a widely published food writer whose works has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Saveur and many other publications.

While living and working in Asia, she and her husband, photographer David Hagerman, were looking for a sunny, yet inexpensive place to go on vacation. They knew little about the country before their first visit. After just a couple weeks, they fell in love with the food, the people and the country itself.

They returned to Turkey as often as they could. Finally, they ditched their day jobs and headed there to write a book about it. They spent 16 months traveling to every corner of the country by car. They tasted and researched the cuisine as they went, even venturing the edge of two war zones.

The result is their fabulously insightful book, Instanbul & Beyond: Exploring the Diverse Cuisines of Turkey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

In this podcast episode, we discussed how many people dismiss Turkish food as simply a lot of kebabs. In this fascinating conversation, we explored the remarkable diversity of the country’s cuisine and how the geography dramatically affects it. We also chatted about her time covering street food in Asia for The Wall Street Journal, a fascinating assignment.
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]]> In this episode of my food-focused podcast Hungry for Words, I chatted with Robyn Eckhardt. She’s a widely published food writer whose works has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Saveur and many other publications.

While living and working in Asia, she and her husband, photographer David Hagerman, were looking for a sunny, yet inexpensive place to go on vacation. They knew little about the country before their first visit. After just a couple weeks, they fell in love with the food, the people and the country itself.

They returned to Turkey as often as they could. Finally, they ditched their day jobs and headed there to write a book about it. They spent 16 months traveling to every corner of the country by car. They tasted and researched the cuisine as they went, even venturing the edge of two war zones.

The result is their fabulously insightful book, Instanbul & Beyond: Exploring the Diverse Cuisines of Turkey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

In this podcast episode, we discussed how many people dismiss Turkish food as simply a lot of kebabs. In this fascinating conversation, we explored the remarkable diversity of the country’s cuisine and how the geography dramatically affects it. We also chatted about her time covering street food in Asia for The Wall Street Journal, a fascinating assignment.
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]]> S2E3: Holly Hughes https://hungryforwords.fireside.fm/s2e4 4de02029-7b96-44d1-a9cd-56351af066ca Fri, 11 Dec 2020 06:00:00 -0800 Kathleen Flinn full 1 Kathleen Flinn Kathleen talks with the longtime editor of the Best Food Writing series and uncovers some unexpected answers. 51:01 no In this episode of my food podcast, Hungry for Words, I interviewed Holly Hughes, the editor of the long-running Best Food Writing series. We talked about the lengths she went to unearth great food writing., reading as many as 1,500 stories a year to curate each annual volume. We explored her life before the series, as executive editor of Fodor’s travel books. When she started the series in 2000, many people didn’t think she could find enough food writing to fill a book. We delved into what separates bland food writing from the best examples. I read aloud some of my favorite leads and we discussed why that particular piece intrigued her enough to include it. I worked up the nerve to ask why none of my work was ever included — and she offered an unexpected answer. Be sure to listen to the end of the podcast; there’s some surprising news about The Best Food Writing series. best food writing, Ruth Reichl, Anthony Bourdain, travel, Nashville, hot chicken, recipes In this episode of my food podcast, Hungry for Words, I interviewed Holly Hughes, the editor of the long-running Best Food Writing series.

We talked about the lengths she went to unearth great food writing., reading as many as 1,500 stories a year to curate each annual volume.

We explored her life before the series, as executive editor of Fodor’s travel books. When she started the series in 2000, many people didn’t think she could find enough food writing to fill a book.

We delved into what separates bland food writing from the best examples. I read aloud some of my favorite leads and we discussed why that particular piece intrigued her enough to include it. I worked up the nerve to ask why none of my work was ever included — and she offered an unexpected answer.

Be sure to listen to the end of the podcast; there’s some surprising news about The Best Food Writing series.

]]> In this episode of my food podcast, Hungry for Words, I interviewed Holly Hughes, the editor of the long-running Best Food Writing series.

We talked about the lengths she went to unearth great food writing., reading as many as 1,500 stories a year to curate each annual volume.

We explored her life before the series, as executive editor of Fodor’s travel books. When she started the series in 2000, many people didn’t think she could find enough food writing to fill a book.

We delved into what separates bland food writing from the best examples. I read aloud some of my favorite leads and we discussed why that particular piece intrigued her enough to include it. I worked up the nerve to ask why none of my work was ever included — and she offered an unexpected answer.

Be sure to listen to the end of the podcast; there’s some surprising news about The Best Food Writing series.

]]> S2E1: Alana Chernila https://hungryforwords.fireside.fm/s2ep1 bb6c0668-1535-40f4-a6ba-2e45430c97fb Sat, 03 Oct 2020 06:00:00 -0700 Kathleen Flinn full 1 Kathleen Flinn 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. 49:11 no Before you listen to this podcast, please know I have a confession. I have long been a fan of Eating from the Ground Up (http://Eatingfromthegroundup.com), the no-nonsense love-your-garden blog by Alana Chernilla. I was happy to host her in my kitchen (back when you could do that sort of thing). Her first book, The Homemade Pantry, was an instant classic. I admit, I’ve made about half the recipes; my husband, Mike, loves the from-scratch pop tarts. Since then, she has followed with two more books, The Homemade Kitchen and Eating from the Ground Up. (All Clarkson Potter) We covered a lot of ground (pun intended), including an inspirational chat about why home cooks should be kind to themselves. She also shared some great tips for using up kitchen scraps you might otherwise throw away. In these days when so many people are cooking – and perhaps tired of it – I found her message particularly encouraging. As always, I made a recipe from one of her books to snack on while we chatted. I have made many recipes from her books, so choosing one was a challenge. Yet another batch of homemade pop tarts? Or the from-scratch goldfish crackers that I have made at 1 a.m. while on a writing binge? The easy yet addictive roasted potato salad? I the end, I chose dill popovers from The Homemade Kitchen. My choice, in part, stems from my ongoing adoration for the late satirist Dorothy Parker. Popovers were a fixture of the famed boozy lunches at New York’s Algonquin Hotel. (Read more about that here (https://kathleenflinn.com/recipe-popovers/).) Get the recipe from this show, dill popovers, at kathleenflinn.com (https://kathleenflinn.com/podcast/season-2-ep-1-alana-chernilla/) Special Guest: Alana Chernila. Alana Chernila, Kathleen Flinn, cooking, home cooking, tarts, pastries, roast chicken, food, wine, homemade, from scratch, farm, farming, farm to table, goldfish crackers, eating, quarantine cooking, what to cook, shows about food, podcasts about food Before you listen to this podcast, please know I have a confession. I have long been a fan of Eating from the Ground Up, the no-nonsense love-your-garden blog by Alana Chernilla. I was happy to host her in my kitchen (back when you could do that sort of thing). Her first book, The Homemade Pantry, was an instant classic. I admit, I’ve made about half the recipes; my husband, Mike, loves the from-scratch pop tarts. Since then, she has followed with two more books, The Homemade Kitchen and Eating from the Ground Up. (All Clarkson Potter)

We covered a lot of ground (pun intended), including an inspirational chat about why home cooks should be kind to themselves. She also shared some great tips for using up kitchen scraps you might otherwise throw away. In these days when so many people are cooking – and perhaps tired of it – I found her message particularly encouraging.

As always, I made a recipe from one of her books to snack on while we chatted. I have made many recipes from her books, so choosing one was a challenge. Yet another batch of homemade pop tarts? Or the from-scratch goldfish crackers that I have made at 1 a.m. while on a writing binge? The easy yet addictive roasted potato salad? I the end, I chose dill popovers from The Homemade Kitchen. My choice, in part, stems from my ongoing adoration for the late satirist Dorothy Parker. Popovers were a fixture of the famed boozy lunches at New York’s Algonquin Hotel. (Read more about that here.)

Get the recipe from this show, dill popovers, at kathleenflinn.com

Special Guest: Alana Chernila.

]]> Before you listen to this podcast, please know I have a confession. I have long been a fan of Eating from the Ground Up, the no-nonsense love-your-garden blog by Alana Chernilla. I was happy to host her in my kitchen (back when you could do that sort of thing). Her first book, The Homemade Pantry, was an instant classic. I admit, I’ve made about half the recipes; my husband, Mike, loves the from-scratch pop tarts. Since then, she has followed with two more books, The Homemade Kitchen and Eating from the Ground Up. (All Clarkson Potter)

We covered a lot of ground (pun intended), including an inspirational chat about why home cooks should be kind to themselves. She also shared some great tips for using up kitchen scraps you might otherwise throw away. In these days when so many people are cooking – and perhaps tired of it – I found her message particularly encouraging.

As always, I made a recipe from one of her books to snack on while we chatted. I have made many recipes from her books, so choosing one was a challenge. Yet another batch of homemade pop tarts? Or the from-scratch goldfish crackers that I have made at 1 a.m. while on a writing binge? The easy yet addictive roasted potato salad? I the end, I chose dill popovers from The Homemade Kitchen. My choice, in part, stems from my ongoing adoration for the late satirist Dorothy Parker. Popovers were a fixture of the famed boozy lunches at New York’s Algonquin Hotel. (Read more about that here.)

Get the recipe from this show, dill popovers, at kathleenflinn.com

Special Guest: Alana Chernila.

]]> S1E5: Joanne Weir https://hungryforwords.fireside.fm/s1e5 0d425537-4bd4-46da-9172-afe054bb8d92 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 06:00:00 -0800 Kathleen Flinn full 1 Kathleen Flinn 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. 48:10 no Host Kathleen Flinn talks with PBS cooking show host and award-winning cookbook author Joanne Weir about her culinary life as part of a discussion about her 17th book, Kitchen Gypsy (https://amzn.to/2Eb1B1l), from her early days at Chez Panisse to cooking across Europe to life owning her own acclaimed restaurant in San Francisco. To learn more about Joanne and to get the awesome recipe for fish skewers with green salsa verde, visit http://HungryForWords.show Special Guest: Joanne Weir. Joanne Weir, Kathleen Flinn, cooking, recipes, Chez, Alice Waters, PBS, food show Host Kathleen Flinn talks with PBS cooking show host and award-winning cookbook author Joanne Weir about her culinary life as part of a discussion about her 17th book, Kitchen Gypsy, from her early days at Chez Panisse to cooking across Europe to life owning her own acclaimed restaurant in San Francisco. To learn more about Joanne and to get the awesome recipe for fish skewers with green salsa verde, visit http://HungryForWords.show

Special Guest: Joanne Weir.

]]> Host Kathleen Flinn talks with PBS cooking show host and award-winning cookbook author Joanne Weir about her culinary life as part of a discussion about her 17th book, Kitchen Gypsy, from her early days at Chez Panisse to cooking across Europe to life owning her own acclaimed restaurant in San Francisco. To learn more about Joanne and to get the awesome recipe for fish skewers with green salsa verde, visit http://HungryForWords.show

Special Guest: Joanne Weir.

]]> S1E2: Andrea Nguyen https://hungryforwords.fireside.fm/s1e2 4b932644-f441-47ff-beb8-cde414798327 Sun, 23 Sep 2018 06:00:00 -0700 Kathleen Flinn full 1 Kathleen Flinn 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. 48:43 no 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. Get more about Andrea - plus the recipe for the Rotisserie Chicken Pho from the episode - at http://hungryforwords.show Special Guest: Andrea Nguyen. food, dumplings, Vietnamese food, cookbooks, Kathleen Flinn, Andrea Nguyen 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. Get more about Andrea - plus the recipe for the Rotisserie Chicken Pho from the episode - at http://hungryforwords.show

Special Guest: Andrea Nguyen.

]]> 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. Get more about Andrea - plus the recipe for the Rotisserie Chicken Pho from the episode - at http://hungryforwords.show

Special Guest: Andrea Nguyen.

]]> S1E1: Alex Prud'homme https://hungryforwords.fireside.fm/s1e1 202c2f7c-bad6-4877-a589-99d477c3fe91 Sun, 16 Sep 2018 06:00:00 -0700 Kathleen Flinn full 1 Kathleen Flinn 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 43:18 no In episode 1, best-selling food writer Kathleen Flinn chats with Alex Prud'homme, the great-nephew of the late great Julia Child. Alex has an amazing background and is a highly regarded journalist and writer in his own right. Get more details about him -- and the recipe for beouf bourgignon - at the official episode web page on host Kathleen's site. (http://cookfearless.com/hfwpodcast) Alex has a new book, FRANCE IS A FEAST:A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY OF PAUL AND JULIA CHILD (Knopf). It provides a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at their life and times in their adopted country, including the years in which Julia worked on the manuscript for MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING. If you're a Julia fan, check it out. Special Guest: Alex Prud'homme. alex prud'homme, food, french, julia child, kathleen flinn, recipes In episode 1, best-selling food writer Kathleen Flinn chats with Alex Prud'homme, the great-nephew of the late great Julia Child. Alex has an amazing background and is a highly regarded journalist and writer in his own right. Get more details about him -- and the recipe for beouf bourgignon - at the official episode web page on host Kathleen's site.

Alex has a new book, FRANCE IS A FEAST:A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY OF PAUL AND JULIA CHILD (Knopf). It provides a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at their life and times in their adopted country, including the years in which Julia worked on the manuscript for MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING. If you're a Julia fan, check it out.

Special Guest: Alex Prud'homme.

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]]> In episode 1, best-selling food writer Kathleen Flinn chats with Alex Prud'homme, the great-nephew of the late great Julia Child. Alex has an amazing background and is a highly regarded journalist and writer in his own right. Get more details about him -- and the recipe for beouf bourgignon - at the official episode web page on host Kathleen's site.

Alex has a new book, FRANCE IS A FEAST:A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY OF PAUL AND JULIA CHILD (Knopf). It provides a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at their life and times in their adopted country, including the years in which Julia worked on the manuscript for MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING. If you're a Julia fan, check it out.

Special Guest: Alex Prud'homme.

Links:

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