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Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

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Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

286 episodes · 3 with AI analysis

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 with a healthy dose of laughter, then you’ll want to dig in with FOOD FRIENDS! First-time listener? Tune into Episode 2: Don’t send flowers, send soup! and Episode 4: What do you bring to a potluck?

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Topics · top 10

Meatless bean recipes and plant-based weeknight dinnersPizza beans casserole with cheese and panko breadcrumbsBraised meat sauces and connective tissue cookingBuilding relationships with local butchersNose-to-tail and whole-animal cooking practicesRecipe adaptation and flexible cooking frameworksOne-pot meals and casserole cookingCollagen-rich braised dishesFood Network influence on home cookingPantry staples and ingredient substitution

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Feb 19, 2026

A Weeknight Meatless Bean Recipe + A Braised Meat Sauce That Might Surprise You! — Our Best Bites of the Week

Meatless bean recipes and plant-based weeknight dinnersPizza beans casserole with cheese and panko breadcrumbsBraised meat sauces and connective tissue cooking
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Feb 24, 2026

What We Eat In A Day! What Chefs Really Cook At Home, Winter Edition

Make-ahead meal prep strategiesSheet pan dinner recipesOne-pot stew and soup cooking
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Feb 26, 2026

Zuni Café Cookbook Club Recap + Nacho Night! Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

Dry-brining techniques for poultryVegetable browning and caramelization methodsPasta with vegetable-based sauces
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