{"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":"What’s Your Ideal Brownie? + A Classic French Dish & A NYC Food Tour | Our Best Bites of the Week","slug":"what-s-your-ideal-brownie-a-classic-french-dish-a-nyc-food-tour-our-best-bites-of-the-week","published_at":"2026-06-11T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-friends-home-cooking-made-easy-5775849/what-s-your-ideal-brownie-a-classic-french-dish-a-nyc-food-tour-our-best-bites-of-the-week","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/16fd21f8-95d2-49e3-b6b3-ce6b5e21c264.mp3","summary":"How do you get a perfectly fudgy brownie with a glossy top without using a box mix? In this bite-sized episode, we share the best things we ate this week to inspire each other — and you! By the end of this episode, you’ll want to bake a batch of triple-chocolate brownies that are beginner-friendly, deeply fudgy, and achieve that coveted glossy crust. You’ll also discover a simple sole meunière recipe that’s buttery, lemony, and easy enough for a weeknight dinner. 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: Seriously fudgy brownies from Sally’s Baking Addiction, Sonya also talked about the recipe in Sally McKenna’s book: Sally’s Baking 101 (which is different from the online version) More brownies we love: Alice Medrich’s best cocoa brownies Sonya’s flourless chocolate tahini brownies Fudgy brownies from Inspired Taste blog Glossy fudge brownies from Bravetart Sole Meuniere by Martha Stewart Secret Food Tours: NYC – Chinatown & Little Italy Kari’s best bite: pineapple pork bun at Mei Lai Wah Bakery And the Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory , whose logo was designed by the children at a local public school Join Sonya on a Portland farmers’ market tour through Airbnb Experiences! *** 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 .","meta_description":"How do you get a perfectly fudgy brownie with a glossy top without using a box mix? In this bite-sized episode, we share the best things we ate this week…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1085,"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/what-s-your-ideal-brownie-a-classic-french-dish-a-nyc-food-tour-our-best-bites-of-the-week/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/what-s-your-ideal-brownie-a-classic-french-dish-a-nyc-food-tour-our-best-bites-of-the-week.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}