Kitchen Confidante Podcast

Host Liren Baker talks with vegan chef and restauranteur Reina Montenegro. Born and raised in the Philippines, she is the Bay Area-based chef owner of the restaurants formerly known as Nick's (Nick's on Grand, Nick's Kitchen, Nick's on Mission) where she pioneered Filipino Vegan restaurants in the Peninsula. In 2020, she launched ‘Chef Reina,’ an online storefront, and opened the restaurant Chef R...

Host Liren Baker talks with Aysegul Sanford, the founder of the food blog Foolproof Living, where she shares tried and true recipes without the use of refined sugars. They chat about her journey from a career in the hotel industry to the world of food blogging, and some of her favorite foods from her native Turkey. Learn more about Ayse at https://foolproofliving.com . Find Aysegul Sanford on Inst...

Host Liren Baker talks with Molly Ford, the Boston-based cofounder of site The Food Lens and The Food Lens Podcast, where she and partner Sarah Jesup have been sharing the best of the New England restaurant scene since 2017 . Learn more about The Food Lens at https://thefoodlens.com . Find The Food Lens on Instagram at @thefoodlens.

Host Liren Baker talks with Carol Gancia, a San Francisco-based chocolatier and founder of Kokak Chocolates where she shares tropical-inspired flavors influenced by California and from her childhood in the Philippines. They chat about her career as a video producer, her love for learning, and what inspired her to follow her passion in the world of chocolate. Learn more about Carol and Kokak Chocol...

Host Liren Baker talks with Chef Keith Sarasin, New England-based author, chef, and founder of The Farmers Dinner, where he has been bringing farmers and people together for farm to table dinners on local farms since 2012. They chat about his career, deep appreciation and passion for Indian cuisine, and newest cookbook, Meat. Learn more about Chef Keith at http://keithsarasin.com . Find Keith Sara...

Host Liren Baker talks with Peabody Johanson, the Washington-based founder of the popular food blog Sweet ReciPEAs and author of Holy Sweet!: 60 Indulgent Recipes for Bigger, Better Desserts. They chat about how her blog has developed meaningful connections with her readers and the creative inspiration behind the recipes ini her cookbook. Learn more about Peabody at https://www.sweetrecipeas.com ....

Host Liren Baker talks with Amisha Gurbani, the Bay Area-based creator of the food blog The Jam Lab, and author of the soon to be released cookbook, Mumbai Modern. They chat about her journey from Mumbai to California, her mother’s inspiration behind the food she shares, and the fusion of flavor she shares of her beloved India. Learn more about Amisha at https://thejamlab.co . Find Amisha Gurbani...

Host Liren Baker talks with Brian Samuels, Boston-based food photographer and creator of the food blog A Thought for Food, and Lead Photographer and Director of Photography for the Food Lens. They chat about how his career photographing the incredible restaurant scene in Boston, and supporting the restaurant community during the pandemic with his COVID-19 Portrait Project. Learn more about Brian a...

Host Liren Baker talks with Robbie Brown from Acterra, a San Francisco Bay Area non profit whose mission is to bring people together to create local solutions for a healthy planet. They are joined by Virada Chatikul, a participant in Acterra’s Meatless May Challenge and chat about how we can love for our planet by eating plant-based once a week, every day, or somewhere in between. Learn more about...

Host Liren Baker talks with Kelly Senyei, the founder of the popular food site Just a Taste. They chat about her new book, The Secret Ingredient Cookbook, her career path from journalism and culinary school to blogging and television, and the “secret ingredient” to not just taking a dish from common to extraordinary, but to her success as a TV host and author, as well! Learn more about Kelly at ht...

Host Liren Baker talks with blogger, author, and television personality Jocelyn Delk Adams of Grandbaby Cakes about how she inherited the “baking gene,” her pivot from a career in media and PR, and how she preserves generations of baking passion by sharing desserts online and onscreen! Learn more about Jocelyn at https://grandbabycakes.com . Find Jocelyn Delk Adams on Instagram at @grandbabycakes.

Host Liren Baker talks with James Beard Award-winning author, cooking teacher, and television host Joanne Weir about her culinary journey, from one of her first food memories of the perfect tomato sandwich to her days training in France and at Chez Panisse, and her continued passion for food that takes her all over the globe. Learn more about Joanne and get her recipe for Olive and Fig Toast at ht...

They say the kitchen is the heart of the home, but how do we find ourselves there? Join host Liren Baker in the Kitchen Confidante podcast, a side dish to the recipe blog, Kitchen Confidante, as she explores the food journeys of passionate chefs, food writers, photographers, recipe developers, artisans, bloggers, and more! Learn how they got their starts and what fuels their taste and inspiration!...