Kitchen Chat with Margaret McSweeney

Satisfy your sweet tooth with Perfectly Golden: Adapatable Recipes for Sweet and Simple Treats, a delicious new cookbook by Angela Garbacz, pastry chef and owner of Goldenrod Pastries in Lincoln Nebraska. Recently, Margaret McSweeney and Chef Jaime Laurita spoke with Chef Garbacz about this popular trend of people spending more time baking in their kitchens. Home baking has never been bigger. Flou...

“Allow the serendipity of the garden’s harvest to decide your menu.” Michael Ballon, farm to table pioneer and friend of the Bildners The taste of summer is a celebration of fresh produce at our local farmers markets. Elisa Spungen Bildner and Rob Buildner recently wrote The Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook: 125 Homegrown Recipes from the Hills of New England. Join Margaret McSweeney and Jaime Lauri...

Join Margaret McSweeney and Jaime Laurita for a Kitchen Chat with Elisa and Rob Buildner about the farm to table culture in the rolling New England Hills. The Berkshires are are a cultural mecca and food hub thriving with small farms and specialty food. Elisa and Rob's cookbook share and celebrate these homegrown secrets.

Chef Bill Kim and Yvonne Cadiz-Kim are both highly respected throughout the hospitality industry. Recently, Chef Jaime Laurita and I had a Kitchen Chat with this dynamic duo. As chef/owner of Urban Belly and chef/partner of Crate & Barrel's The Table at Crate, Chef Kim is navigating the new normal. Carry out is the main focus for Urban Belly, and Chef Bill and Yvonne have amplified the process...

“Ubon was my daddy. Family BBQ goes back several generations. To know that that name will live on through my baby and my grand baby, it’s real uplifting.” Garry Roark. July 14, 2018. Windy City Smokeout Garry Roark and his daughter Leslie Roark Scott aka The BBQ Princess Garry Roark was a gracious gentleman, a formidable BBQ pitmaster and above all a loving father and family man. What an honor to...

Today on KitchenChat your host Margaret McSweeney talks to Garry and Leslie Roark-Scott of Ubon's Barbeque at Chicago's "Windy City Smokeout". Garry died just a few weeks after this interview in 2018. I purposely held onto this video to let some time pass before reaching out to Leslie to ask her permission to share this special Kitchen Chat. Leslie encouraged me to share this to honor her father,...

Grilling season is here! Join Margaret McSweeney and Chef Jaime Laurita as they talk with Matt Moore, author of Serial Griller: Grillmaster secrets for flame-cooked perfection.   Matt Moore traveled 10,000 miles to explore hot and fast grilling as documented in his new book. Some of the chefs that Matt features in his book include: Michael Solomonov, Ashley Christensen and Meathead.  Chef Christen...

Join Margaret McSweeney and Jaime Laurita as they talk with Serial Griller Matt Moore. Learn the secrets of grilling the ultimate comfort food. Matt traveled 10,000 miles to explore hot and fast grilling as documented in his new book, Serial Griller- Grillmaster secrets for flame-cooked perfection. Chefs Matt worked with include James Beard outstanding chefs Michael Solomonov, Ashley Christensen a...

Chef Bill Kim and Yvonne Cadiz-Kim are both highly respected throughout the hospitality industry. Recently, Chef Jaime Laurita and I had a Kitchen Chat with this dynamic duo. As chef/owner of Urban Belly and chef/partner of Crate & Barrel's The Table at Crate, Chef Kim is navigating the new normal. Carry out is the main focus for Urban Belly, and Chef Bill and Yvonne have amplified the process...

A milestone moment of my culinary journey was sitting down with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse for a Kitchen Chat while sipping fresh mint water. How special for Chef Jaime Laurita and me to recently interview Alice Waters’ daughter, Fanny Singer about her new book, Always Home: A Daughter’s Recipes & Stories. This book reflects upon Fanny’s childhood memories of life with her parents and of Chez Pa...

How special for Chef Jaime Laurita and me to recently interview Alice Waters' daughter, Fanny Singer about her new book, Always Home: A Daughter’s Recipes & Stories. This book reflects upon Fanny's childhood memories of life with her parents and of Chez Panisse. Fanny Singer is an accomplished editor, writer, and co-founder of the design brand Permanent Collection. Singer also earned a PhD. Fa...

Restaurants are the hearts and souls of each community. Comprising 10% of the overall workforce in the U.S. with eleven million employees and adding $1 trillion to the economy, the restaurant industry is an essential player in the economic health and well-being of this country. This industry is feeling the brunt of COVID-19 pandemic, both for the employees and for the restaurateurs, and the effect...

Restaurants are the hearts and souls of each community. Comprising 10% of the overall workforce in the U.S. with eleven million employees and adding $1 trillion to the economy, the restaurant industry is an essential player in the economic health and well-being of this country. This industry is feeling the brunt of COVD-19 pandemic, both for the employees and for the restaurateurs, and the effect...

Chef Carla Hall ( https://www.carlahall.com ) is a bouquet of sunshine. Her genuine kindness and enthusiasm for cooking are her hallmarks. During this challenging time, we all need a little sunshine and encouragement. Chef Carla Hall ( https://www.carlahall.com ) shares what she is cooking during the quarantine and has words of comfort from her kitchen.  Get inspired to try your hand at baking bre...

Chef Carla Hall is a bouquet of sunshine. Her genuine kindness and enthusiasm for cooking are her hallmarks. During this challenging time, we all need a little sunshine and encouragement. Chef Carla Hall shares what she is cooking during the quarantine and has words of comfort from her kitchen. Get inspired to try your hand at baking bread or starting a family cooking night! Join Chef Jaime Laurit...

( https://kitchenchat.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/margaretandjamie-1024x676.jpg) Let’s connect in our kitchens! I know this is a difficult time, dear foodie friends. We can all feel a bit disconnected and discouraged. Please know that you are not alone. Please reach out to others in your community. My dear friend and co-host, Chef Jaime Laurita ( https://www.instagram.com/jaimelaurita/?hl=en )...

Let's connect in our kitchens! I know this is a difficult time, dear foodie friends. We can all feel a bit disconnected and discouraged. Please know that you are not alone. Please reach out to others in your community. My dear friend and co-host, Chef Jaime Laurita and I recently had a Kitchen Chat by phone in our respective kitchens. How odd this felt not to actually be in person recording. Just...

Julia Child always had that special “joie de vivre.” I so wish that I had met her. Through Kitchen Chat, however, I have been able to get to know her through the stories and anecdotes shared by our guests. . “Riding in Cars with Julia Child” will be the first in this special series. It features three wonderful chefs: Jim Dodge ( http://www.chefjimdodge.com/) , Dorie Greenspan ( https://doriegreens...

Julia Child always had that special "joie de vivre." I so wish that I had met her. Through Kitchen Chat, however, I have been able to get to know her through the stories and anecdotes shared by our guests. "Riding in Cars with Julia Child" will be the first in this special series. It features three wonderful chefs: Jim Dodge, Dorie Greenspan and Sanford D'Amato, each with a unique experience of ri...

Join me on a delicious and healthy journey with Deepa Thomas, author of Deepa’s Secrets. As Deepa says, “It’s not rocket science that we are what we eat.” As many of you know, I am a five year breast cancer survivor and have been trying to embrace a healthier lifestyle. However, the constant challenge is trying to find the balance of delicious and nutritious. Deepa’s kitchen chat has literally cha...

( https://kitchenchat.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Vegan-Meal-Prep-Web-1.jpg) The plant-based lifestyle is quite trendy these days; however it’s now a way of life for me. After an unexpected detour in my health, I began this green journey and am grateful forRobin Asbell ( http://robinasbell.com/) and Chef Dave Choi for being my GPS. ( https://kitchenchat.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/VMPFinal...

Join Cowboy Kent Rollins and his wife Shannon on the chuckwagon trail as they share recipes for life, love and delicious meals in the new book Faith, Family & The Feast: Recipes to Feed Your Crew from the Grill, Garden and Iron Skillet. Kent’s parents taught him an important lesson at a young age; “Faith, love, and food will get you through anything in life that might happen to you.” Kent and Shan...

Join Cowboy Kent Rollins and his wife Shannon on the chuckwagon trail as they share recipes for life, love and delicious meals in the new book Faith, Family & The Feast: Recipes to Feed Your Crew from the Grill, Garden and Iron Skillet. Kent's parents taught him an important lesson at a young age; "Faith, love, and food will get you through anything in life that might happen to you."

Are you ready to keep it simple in the kitchen? Yasmin Fahr, author of Keeping it Simple ( https://amzn.to/2GthyAg)will inspire and encourage you on today’s Kitchen Chat. Yasmin is a food writer and recipe developer featured in Serious Eats, The Kitchn...

The plant-based lifestyle is quite trendy these days; however it's now a way of life for me. After an unexpected detour in my health, I began this green journey and am grateful for Robin Asbell and Chef Dave Choi for being my GPS. Whether or not you are fully making the change to plant-based or just adding a little more plants to your plate, Robin Asbell has some delicious dishes for you. In her n...