{"podcast":{"title":"Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy","slug":"food-friends-home-cooking-made-easy-5775849","podcast_index_feed_id":5775849,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/food-friends-podcast/","website_url":"https://www.foodfriendspodcast.com/episodes/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b87e0f40-2107-43dc-b309-d646111dd6a4/food-friends-ppot.png","author":"Food Friends","episode_count":297,"summary":"Do you love home cooking but hunger for better recipes that help you deliver quick and delicious meals to your dinner table? Two former personal chefs turned best friends share their expertise with each other and you! Kari and Sonya have been inspiring each other in the kitchen for over 15 years by swapping recipes, tips, and trade secrets in the pursuit of better home cooking. FOOD FRIENDS is a bi-weekly podcast inspiring home cooks to try new dishes in the kitchen by sharing trusted recipes, tips, and friendship. Every Tuesday, each host delivers 3 unique solutions to seasonal home cooking, like: how to make craveable soups with your farmers market haul, the easiest one-pot meals for busy nights, or what to do with leftover rotisserie chicken. On Thursdays, we serve up a pint-sized chat about our “Best Bite” of the week, pantry essentials we can’t live without, and more. Previous guests include Seth & Lauren Rogen, actor Randall Park & writer/director Evan Goldberg, recipe developer Justine Doiron, #1 Food & Beverage Substacker Caroline Chambers, and more. If you’re looking for a boost of fun in the kitchen by discovering recipes that will make mealtime easier and more delicious…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T18:21:13.968916+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-friends-home-cooking-made-easy-5775849"},"episode":{"title":"A 10-Minute Dessert from Cookbook Club + A Lemony Pasta with Greens | Our Best Home Cooking Bites","slug":"a-10-minute-dessert-from-cookbook-club-a-lemony-pasta-with-greens-our-best-home-cooking-bites","published_at":"2026-07-09T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-friends-home-cooking-made-easy-5775849/a-10-minute-dessert-from-cookbook-club-a-lemony-pasta-with-greens-our-best-home-cooking-bites","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-friends-home-cooking-made-easy-5775849","url":"https://www.foodfriendspodcast.com/episodes/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/724c24d9-5d49-464b-a2ac-5edf184b0f4d.mp3","summary":"Are you looking to beat the heat with an easy, refreshing, and QUICK dessert? By the end of this episode, you'll want to try a tapioca pudding topped with fresh summer berries that's vegan, gluten-free, and ready in just 10 minutes on the stove. You’ll also discover a lemony pasta dinner that comes together fast, with the help of a can of chickpeas, a bundle of greens, and crumbled feta. Tune in for a quick dose of home cooking inspiration! *** For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our free Substack here . And join us on our live monthly calls by upgrading your subscription to paid! *** Links: How to Start A Cookbook Club from our Substack Dac Biet: An Extra-Special Vietnamese Cookbook by Chef Nini Nguyen and Sarah Zorn – in the book you’ll find the recipes for: Green Jackfruit and Cabbage Salad Lemongrass Ground Meat Pickled eggplant (here’s a similar version to try) And Coconut Tapioca banana pudding (here are two similar recipes: one from Serious Eats with crushed peanuts, and another with caramelized banana on top from Food 52) You can find more of Chef Nini Nguyen’s recipes here Lemony Chard with chickpeas and feta by Hetty Lui McKinnon, tossed with pasta **** Got a cooking question? Leave us a message on our hotline at: 323-452-9084 For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our Substack here . Are you a local to Portland or planning a visit? You can now book a private farmers’ market tour with Sonya through Airbnb Experiences! Or order Sonya's cookbook Braids for more Food Friends recipes!","meta_description":"Are you looking to beat the heat with an easy, refreshing, and QUICK dessert? By the end of this episode, you'll want to try a tapioca pudding topped with…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1099,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/food-friends-home-cooking-made-easy-5775849/episodes/a-10-minute-dessert-from-cookbook-club-a-lemony-pasta-with-greens-our-best-home-cooking-bites/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-friends-home-cooking-made-easy-5775849/a-10-minute-dessert-from-cookbook-club-a-lemony-pasta-with-greens-our-best-home-cooking-bites.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}