One Real Good Thing with Ellie Krieger

I am revisiting some of my best episodes in my Allstar Summer Series, featuring beloved TV food icons. This episode features Jacques Pepin, with his renowned warmth and wisdom, he shares why cooking with the seasons is such a game changer for a healthy life full of flavor. He is the author of 30+ cookbooks, and has received 16 James Beard Foundation Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. A longtime close friend of Julia Child, he starred with her in a PBS series called Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home, which won both an Emmy Award and a James Beard Foundation Award. Ellie considers him one of the best culinary teachers, and biggest inspirations in the culinary world.

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I am revisiting some of my best episodes in my Allstar Summer Series, featuring beloved TV food icons. This episode is with Alex Guarnaschelli, host of Supermarket Stakeout and Alex Versus America on Food Network, cookbook author, and Executive Chef of Butter in New York City. He shares quick food fixes to help us recover from common cooking mistakes and inspire more confidence in the kitchen. I've got three Allstar shows in my run up to fall, when I'll be back with brand new episodes! 

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For Mother's Day Ellie revisits one of her favorite episodes. Eric Kim, New York Times staff writer and columnist for The New York Times Magazine spent a year cooking with his mother Jean for his book Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home. He and Ellie discuss how writing down family recipes can enrich your life in profound ways, and the (often funny) challenges that can arise in the process. 

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In honor of April as National Volunteer Month I am revisiting one of my favorite episodes: You might volunteer in your community with the intention of helping others, but in the process, you will reap profound rewards that propel your own well-being. On this episode Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, who was named a TIME 2020 Most Influential Person discusses the incredible rewards of volunteering and how to go about doing so in your community.  She also shares her very surprising personal story that is at the core of who she is and the incredible work she does.

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In honor of Earth Day, Ellie revisits one of her favorite episodes focused on the health of our planet: In episode 4 she interviews Dr. David Katz, MD a globally renowned expert in disease prevention, health promotion, lifestyle medicine, and nutrition; founder and former director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center; Past President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine; and President/Founder of the non-profit True Health Initiative. He talks with Ellie about why swapping beef out of your diet most of the time is important to our personal health and the health of our planet. They discuss specific small steps to reduce beef intake without having to cut it out entirely, and dish about the bounty of satisfying foods to enjoy instead.  

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You may recognize Chef Eric Adjepong from his many Top Chef and Food Network appearances, but this celebrity chef is also a health expert with a master’s degree in nutrition. On this episode he shares his culinary and nutrition wisdom to explain how eating with an open mind can better our lives in a multitude of ways.  

Chef Eric Adjepong holds a Master’s of Public Health in International Public Health Nutrition from the University of Westminster in London and a degree in culinary arts and nutrition from Johnson & Wales. Among other projects, he is currently judging on The Great Soul Food Cook-Off, hosting Food Network's Alex vs. America, and competing on the network's top show Tournament of Champions. His kids book, Sankofa: A Culinary Story of Resilience and Belonging, explores the culinary storylines of the African diaspora, and is peppered with kid-friendly recipes and visuals. 

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Our financial well-being is key to our overall well-being. Knowing where your money is going is a great first step for taking control of your spending and reducing stress in your life. In this episode, renowned financial expert Jean Chatzky explains the best ways to track your spending, and how doing so can lead to a happier, healthier you.

Jean Chatzky is the founder and CEO of HerMoney.com, host of the podcast HerMoney With Jean Chatzky and co-host of the national radio show Everyday Wealth. The Financial Ambassador for AARP, she was the Financial Editor for NBC Today for 25 years. She is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, and a fierce advocate for financial literacy.  Her latest books are Women with Money: The Judgment-Free Guide to Creating the Joyful, Less Stressed, Purposeful (and Yes, Rich) Life You Deserve and How To Money, a guidebook for Gen Z women.

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One of the best feelings in life is “poophoria”—the elation and inner peace following completion of an easy-to-pass and fully relieving bowel movement, as digestive nutrition expert Tamara Duker Freuman defines it. She’s here to share her number one tip for going number two: establishing a consistent daily routine. Listen to find out exactly what she means by that and how it can help.

Tamara Duker Freuman is a New York-based registered dietitian, author, and a nationally-known authority on digestive health and medical nutrition therapy for gastrointestinal diseases. Her latest book is “Regular: The Ultimate Guide to Taming Unruly Bowels and Achieving Inner Peace.”

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This episode is about a shift in mindset, away from the constantly busy, over scheduled and overwhelmed reality most of us live in, toward embracing Joie de Vivre---a life full of joy---and not just when you are on vacation, but every day. Ajiri Aki the author of “Joie: A Parisian’s Guide to Celebrating the Good Life” is here to help us get there.

Ajiri is a tastemaker who has worked as a stylist and on fashion exhibitions for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of the City of New York. After moving to Paris, from New York City, Ajiri started her successful lifestyle brand, Madame de la Maison. As she settled into her new city, where she still lives with her husband and two children, Ajiri learned that Parisians find joy in what they eat, where they go, conversations they have, and how they spend their time. Simple things. It’s their North Star. Soon enough, joie became her North Star, as well. Here, she shares some easy ways to help us find our joie too. 

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Food shopping, cooking and eating together means so much more than meets the eye---in the process you are creating food memories that can comfort and guide you throughout your life. In this episode the remarkable Lidia Bastianich talks about why creating healthy food memories is so important to her, and how you can cultivate them for yourself and your loved ones.

Lidia Bastianich is an Emmy award-winning public television host, best‐selling cookbook author, successful restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Most importantly, she has accomplished all of this by marrying her two passions in life—her family and food—to create multiple culinary endeavors alongside her two children, Joseph and Tanya.  Her most recent book is Lidia’s A Pot, A Pan, and a Bowl, a companion to her new 26-part public television series, Lidia’s Kitchen. She is also the author of the English and Italian version of her memoir: My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food. Lidia’s cooking shows air nationwide in the U.S. on public television and CREATE, internationally, and on various digital networks. Among the numerous awards and accolades Lidia has earned are seven James Beard awards and two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Culinary Host (2013 and 2018).  In 2022 Lidia received the Silver Award from APT for 25 years on Public Television. 

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