The Actor's Diet

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We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch!  genxtaste.substack.com/podcast *** Summer Vacation. That's this month's topic. Listeners, we are back! After a summer hiatus, Christy Meyers and Lynn Chen return to catch up and share all the delicious details. Episode Notes: Mikuna Vanilla Chocho Powder Too Good to Go App: https://www.toogoodtogo.com/en-us...

We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch!  ⁠ genxtaste.substack.com/podcast ⁠ *** Grocery Shopping. That's this month's topic. Two Important Things! 1. This will be our last episode before our summer hiatus. We'll be back in September, or around when school starts again. 2. We recorded ourselves on video! You can watch a visual version of this p...

We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch!  ⁠ genxtaste.substack.com/podcast ⁠ *** Eating on Camera. That's this month's topic. Episode Notes: Tiffany Haddish eating ice cream Julia Roberts eating a pancake in Pretty Woman Everything But The Bagel Seasoning Zongzi at Chifa Restaurant Theme Music by  Goh Nakamura  Artwork by Dall-E  Questions/Comments...

We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch!  ⁠ genxtaste.substack.com/podcast ⁠ *** Cooking. That's this month's topic. Episode Notes: Stanley Tumblers (affiliate link) and Sur La Table Garlic Peeler Theme Music by Goh Nakamura  Artwork by Dall-E  Questions/Comments: actorsdiet(at)gmail(dot)com Follow Lynn @mslynnchen and Christy @christymeyersla Work...

We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch!  ⁠ genxtaste.substack.com/podcast ⁠ *** Theme Parks. That's this month's topic. Episode Notes: Super Bloom Bakery (affiliate link - use code "LYNN" for 15% off) Theme Music by Goh Nakamura  Artwork by Dall-E  Questions/Comments: actorsdiet(at)gmail(dot)com Follow Lynn @mslynnchen and Christy @chris...

We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch!  ⁠ genxtaste.substack.com/podcast ⁠ *** Holidays. That's this month's topic. Episode Notes: Trader Joe's Ginger Chews and the inferior kind you can buy on Amazon Sea2Table  (not an affiliate link!) Anyone want to buy Lynn this Gluten-Free Gingerbread House ? Theme Music by Goh Nakamura  Artwork by Dall-E...

We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch!  ⁠ genxtaste.substack.com/podcast ⁠ *** The Actor's Diet podcast is back! But with a brand new format. Welcome to Christy Meyers , who joins me ( Lynn Chen ) in co-hosting for the 2022-2023 season. Each month, we will discuss a different food-related topic.  This month, it's diets.  Episode Notes:  Institute...

UPDATED TO ADD: You can now watch I WILL MAKE YOU MINE everywhere! Hey guys! I thought instead of clogging your feeds with Kickstarter updates  about my movie, it might be nice to introduce you to the talent behind I Will Make You Mine . So I've taken The Actor's Diet Podcast  out of retirement for episode 101 with one of its stars, musician Yea-Ming Chen Before filming this summer, Yea-Mi...

In 2012, my book club actually read books. And one of my favorite books that we read was Cheryl Strayed's Wild (it was also one of my favorite book club meetings because we had a trail mix bar ). At the time, I was dealing with the aftermath of my father's death , and I found her book to be incredibly therapeutic. Equally comforting was watching Reese Witherspoon portray her on the big screen in t...

I have been following the @nobread Instagram account for a while, but it wasn't until recently that I began using the website as a resource for researching gluten-free restaurants. Nicole Cogan is the founder, and my 98th podcast guest! We discuss moving from NYC to LA, her history with gluten intolerance and sensitivity, body image issues, dealing with trolls, traveling and living a life of balan...

Bruce Kalman and I are bonded for life - he is the only person I've met outside of high school from the same part of NJ as me. So of course when I found out my fellow Jersey boy is going to be competing on the next season of Top Chef, I had to have him on the podcast ASAP. We talk about Jersey food (duh), Jewish food, the malls of Paramus, how Bruce became a chef, and how to cut a mango.  The...

I've known health and fitness expert Rob Dionne (and his wife Devon ) for a long time - we met via past podcast guests Jeff Meacham and Christy Meyers back in NYC. I knew him back when he was still acting, so we talk about how he shifted away from that career. We recorded this a while ago before I joined Equinox . Even though I didn't work out when we recorded, I've been obsessed with his podcast,...

All of August I got to hang out with the lovely Ciara Renée ( DC Legends of Tomorrow , Broadway's Big Fish ) while filming a movie in NYC. In fact, we recorded this podcast waiting on set before 2nd meal. We talk fermented meat sticks, sour candy, veganism, lactose intolerance and what a dresser on Broadway is (it's not like the one in Beauty and the Beast ). Theme music is written/perfo...

I've been reading Jacey Duprie's blog Damsel in Dior for a while, and recently became a fan of her new podcast . This is our first conversation. Yay! We discuss growing up in Texas, eating raw turnips, her addiction to Cinnamon Altoids, gardening, portion sizes, her exercise routine, and how she balances burgers and bikinis. All while her dog snores. Theme music is by Podcast Guest Goh Nakamu...

Serena Wolf is the woman behind the site Domesticate Me and The Dude Diet cookbook . And she's a podcast listener! In this episode we discuss the story behind The Dude Diet (and if it works), what culinary school in France at Le Cordon Bleu is like, what it's like going on a book tour, and wedding planning (Momofuku Cake + In-n-Out Truck OMG). Theme music is by Podcast Guest Goh Nakamura . Keep in...

Milana and I met in acting class and I'm thrilled to have her as my latest podcast guest. We discuss Russian food, eating donuts for dinner, her gymnast diet, becoming a vegetarian, food on set, body image, and engaging trolls. Theme music is by Podcast Guest Goh Nakamura . Keep in touch via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @mslynnchen. xo Lynn

This podcast has been a long time in the making - I've done countless blogs, videos, and social media posts with Nguyen, but this is the first time I had a chance to really spend a good chunk of time (an hour!) talking to him. In this episode, we go into the history of Starry Kitchen's various restaurant incarnations, and talk about the cookbook , which just came out (get the Spicy Korean Noo...

Susan Orlean is a writer, and an incredible one at that. Abe and I were both big fans of her work before we met (via Twitter) and now we are friends. She also co-hosts her own podcast,  Crybabies (with Sarah Thyre) so it was a no-brainer to have her on the show. We talk about how hypnosis helped her get over her fear of flying (and fruit), beef tongue, farm animals, her love of entertaining,...

Phoebe Lapine and I both started blogging around the same time, so she's been on my radar for years.  We finally met in person last November while she was in Los Angeles, and immediately bonded.  In this episode we talk about her newest book, The Wellness Project , living with an autoimmune disease, her catering days, and what she cooks when her Kitchen Fairy Godmother, Ina Gar...

In the early 90's, Broadway was very important to me.  Thus, Daisy Eagan was a huge deal.  She is the youngest actress to win a Tony Award for The Secret Garden , and I was really excited to see her in HBO'S GIRLS recently, playing the film version of Lena Dunham. We talk about prop food on The Secret Garden , her mom's cooking, Chicken Tetrazzini dreams, the politics of food,...

Anjali Shah (The Picky Eater) and I both started our blogs around the same time, so I was really excited to talk to her.  We discuss how she got her start, how she keeps going, essential Indian spices, and the oatmeal craze of early food blogs. Theme music is by Podcast Guest Goh Nakamura . Keep in touch via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @mslynnchen. xo Lynn

I first saw Daphne Brogdon on The Food Network and was thrilled to discover she was a fellow Angeleno.  Not only that, she is married to Mark Peel, whose restaurant Campanile was one of the first blog-worthy places I went to in Los Angeles (before I had a blog). We discuss how she became the first comedic Mom Vlogger, how she got her own Food Network show  Daphne Dishes , what it's...

I can't believe it has taken this long to get Goh on this podcast!  If you've been listening for a while, he wrote and performed the theme music at the beginning/end of the episodes.  And if you've followed the blog since 2010 you will remember him as my leading man in the films " Surrogate Valentine " and " Daylight Savings ."  We've become good friends over the years and...

Jessica Murnane is a perfect example of why I still love the internet.  We've never actually met but have collaborated virtually several times.  I've been  a guest on her podcast ; she's shared her favorite things to  binge watch/mindfully munch with me .  Now she has  written a cookbook , so of course I had to have her on MY podcast to talk more about it.  Hear...