The Clever Cookstr's Quick And Dirty Tips From The World's Best Cooks

Patisserie Gluten Free: The Art of French Pastry, by Vermont baker Patricia Austin, tackles the challenge of recreating the signature buttery flakiness of French pastries like croissants and eclairs with gluten-free formulas. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2n2u4zf

Our guests today are Patrick Taylor and Dorothy Tinman, the author and recipe developer of An Irish Country Cookbook: More than 140 Family Recipes from Soda Bread to Irish Stew. They joined the Clever Cookstr to talk about cooking Irish classics for St. Patrick's Day. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2mGSafT

Anna Curran is the founder of a print-on-demand startup Cookbook Create, a site where anyone can make their own perfectly personal cookbooks. Anna joined the Clever Cookstr to talk about her lifelong love of cookbooks, the struggles and triumphs of being a food media entrepreneur, and her own personal food philosophy. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2ltPLYv

A slow cooker is a fantastic shortcut for revolutionizing your weeknight dinners. Here are five rules for making the best hands-free dishes possible, without slaving away in front of the stove. Visit the website: http://bit.ly/15hjHts

Justin Warner, author of The Laws of Cooking...and How to Break Them, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about why you're better off staying home on Valentine's Day than spending it at a pricey restaurant. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2lG3kR1

The French cookie company Michel et Augustin began with unconventional business strategies and tons of personality. Now, they've found that those same tactics have served them well in breaking into the U.S. market. Lily Dionne-Jermanovich, the US PR and community manager for Michel et Augustin, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about everything from chocolate to crumbs. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2lzh82I

Stan Gorski is the founder of Madison Park Foods. With over ten years in the spice business, he's here to tell us what to look for when shopping for spices and seasonings. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2lG38RN

Our guest today is Ellen Crosby, the author of seven novels in the Virginia Wine Country Mystery series, most recently The Champagne Conspiracy. She’s joining us to talk about—what else—champagne! Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2jSJlzV

We’re joined today by Judith Finlayson, author of many cookbooks including, most recently, The Chile Pepper Bible: 250 Recipes from Sweet to Fiery and Everything in Between. She's telling us about the health benefits of chiles, how to apply the Scoville scale, and the types of chiles home cooks should be acquainted with. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2jiIgiF

Justin Chapple, test kitchen senior editor at Food & Wine and star of its award-winning video series, Mad Genius Tips, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about surprising uses for common kitchen items from aluminum foil to Bundt pans, all from his new book Mad Genius Tips: Over 90 Expert Hacks and 100 Delicious Recipes. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2i48vfn

Raghavan Iyer joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about the glorious potato, its many varieties and uses, the ultimate mashed potatoes around the world, and his new book, Smashed, Mashed, Boiled, and Baked--and Fried, Too!: A Celebration of Potatoes in 75 Irresistible Recipes. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2hZO9Qe

Genevieve Ko, author of Better Baking: Wholesome Ingredients, Delicious Desserts, joins the Clever Cookstr to dish on baking healthier (and tastier!) treats with alternative flours, good fats, and fruits and vegetables. With relentless recipe testing, Genevieve has formulas for better baking this season and all year long. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2ixnNsw

Cal Peternell, author of the bestselling cookbook Twelve Recipes and now of the cookbook A Recipe for Cooking, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about his food philosophy in the kitchen, at the dinner table, and beyond. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2ixl2aC

Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François are the authors of several baking books, most recently The New Healthy Bread in Five Minutes A Day. They joined the Clever Cookstr to talk about baking with ancient and alternative grains, whole grains and heirloom flours like spelt, sprouted wheat, and khorasan. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2gOura0

Jason Goodwin, author of a series of Yashim the Ottoman Investigator novels and now of the cookbook Yashim Cooks Istanbul, tells us about the flavors and techniques in the Turkish recipes in the book, and why cooking is an excellent activity for a detective marinating on his clues. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2gTO8jq

Abraham Conlon, co-author of The Adventures of Fat Rice: Recipes from the Chicago Restaurant Inspired by Macao, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about the Macanese flavor profile and making a different kind of cookbook. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2f5wCUL

Jane Kelly is the co-founder of Eat Your Books, a company started to answer a need that she and many other home cooks were experiencing. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2fm8heg

Our guest today is Ryan Scott, author of One to Five: One Shortcut Recipe Transformed into Five Easy Dishes. In his new book, Ryan shows you how staple shortcut ingredients—like hardboiled eggs or frozen corn or cooked brown rice—can be the jumping off points for so many great homecooked recipes. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2g0DPpV

Michael Booth, a food and travel writer and journalist whose latest book is called Super Sushi Ramen Express: One Family’s Journey Through the Belly of Japan, joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about exploring regional cuisine, the evolution of food entertainment TV in Japan and America, the dish-mastery focus of Japanese chef culture, and more. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2fyvzRO

Our guest today is Katie Button, the executive chef and co-owner of Asheville, North Carolina restaurants Curate and Nightbell, and author of the new cookbook Curate: Authentic Spanish Food from an American Kitchen, out now from our sister company Flatiron Books. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2edkq9V