Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini

Cathy is joined on the phone by Meredith Erickson, author of Alpine Cooking. Meredith has co-authored several cookbooks, including Joe Beef and Kristin Kish Cooking, and she shares why she wrote Alpine Cooking over the course of 6 years of research and traveling throughout the Alps. Find out why this region has continued to fascinate so many with its beautiful landscape, rich history and incredible food.

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Cathy welcomes back Hillary Davis, author of French Comfort Food, French Desserts, and her most recent cookbook, The Hamptons Kitchen, co-authored by Stacy Dermont, who also joins us on the line. We talk about how the Hamptons has become associated with a certain rustic-chic lifestyle and cuisine based on seafood and fresh produce—and how easily this can translate to home kitchens anywhere.

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Cathy calls up Esther Choi, author of LeCorbuffet: Edible Art and Design Classics.

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Cathy dials up Ann Hui, author of Chop Suey Nation, a history of Chinese Canadian food.

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Cathy is joined in the studio by Lukas Volger, whose latest book is called Start Simple.

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Co-authors and veteran women in food media, Kathy Gunst and Katherine Alford join Cathy in the station to discuss the new book they co-authored. Gunst explains how the idea for the book was spawned while watching the confirmation trial of Justice Kavanaugh. The authors discuss the contributors that are featured throughout this unique collection that's part cookbook, part essay anthology, and all about this political moment in time.

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Veteran cookbook author Darra Goldstein visits the studio to chat about her scholarly new book on Russian cuisine, Beyond the North Wind.

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This week, Cathy invites Priya Krishna to the studio for a chat about her latest book, Indian-ish: Recipes and Antics from A Modern American Family, which she co-wrote with her mother, Ritu Krishna. Priya cuts to the chase about why her mom's cooking is considered American, and why this cookbook should be seen as an American rather than Indian cookbook. She also shares some background stories on the making of many of her mom's classic dishes, like roti pizza, impossibly fluffy pancakes using Bisquick and no eggs, and endive cups with minced tofu inspired by an appetizer at P.F. Chang's.

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Today, Cathy is joined in the studio by Sarah Archer, a contributor to Slate, The Atlantic, Architectural Digest, and more, on her latest book exploring The Midcentury Kitchen. What does the design of our kitchens say about our society? Sarah tells us about some of the pioneering women behind the advancements of the modern kitchen, the innovations—and corporations—who became involved in selling it to the public, and ultimately, how the physical design of the space that we cook in affects how and what we cook.

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To kick off the spring/summer season of Heritage Radio Network, Cathy calls up Alana Kysar, author of Aloha Kitchen: Recipes from Hawai'i. Alana is a food blogger who was born and raised in Hawai'i, and grew homesick for the food of her home state the minute she left for college. Alana shares her initial fears of writing a cookbook that attempts to explain the cuisine of her home comprehensively, and how she wanted to convey a sense of "aloha," a guiding principle of friendliness and acceptance of ideas, through it. In this episode, she shares insights on why Spam is beloved, why pineapples do not immediately make a dish Hawai'ian, what makes poke so good, and much more.

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