Recipes

In her 1796 cookbook, American Cookery, Amelia Simmons recommends serving turkey or other fowl "with boiled onions and cranberry-sauce, mangoes, pickles or celery." Not long after, (give or take 180+ years), Susan Stamberg began sharing her mother in law's cranberry relish recipe on NPR.

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When turkey met cranberries — a dinner date from the 1700s

5:10am November 18, 2022

by Susan Stamberg

Turkey and cranberries were linked in print for the first time in a 1796 cookbook. Not long after, (give or take 180+ years), Susan Stamberg began sharing her family's cranberry relish recipe on NPR.

For TikTok star Tabitha Brown, cooking from the spirit is so much more than a recipe

5:00pm October 15, 2022

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Brown, social media star turned TV cook, about her recent rise to fame and her new cookbook, Cooking From the Spirit.

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Emily Meggett, the author of Gullah Geechee Home Cooking. Meggett published her cookbook at age 89.

For this 89-year-old Gullah Geechee chef, cooking is about heart

6:30am August 15, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Emily Meggett has spent decades caring for her community and family with her delicious, traditional Gullah Geechee food from South Carolina. Now, she's sharing that cuisine with the world.

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You can have kimchi fried rice, too — just listen to some tunes!

A kimchi fried rice playlist on Spotify teaches you how to make the dish

5:00am July 12, 2022

In today's digital age, following a recipe from a book may seem pretty archaic. So if you're not in the mood to read the ingredients and measurements, then a playlist might be for you.

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Chef Nicole A. Taylor pictured next to her new cookbook, Watermelon and Red Birds.

Chef Nicole A. Taylor talks red birds, red drink, and Juneteenth

6:00am June 18, 2022

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Here on Code Switch, we love food just as much as we love history. So we couldn't let the Juneteenth pass by without getting into the culinary traditions that have been passed down for generations.

Constantine Tsioulcas, holding his daughter Anastasia as a baby.

A father's recipe that crossed three continents

5:01am June 16, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Papa's recipe traveled over generations from Greece to Egypt and back again. It will never mean the same thing to the people who randomly find it online, but it will still be delicious.

Make your own ice cream this Memorial Day weekend

5:44pm May 29, 2022

Food stylist and cookbook author Erin Jeanne McDowell shares tips on how to make your own homemade ice cream.

Rick Martínez's regional Mexican cookbook Mi Cocina is out now.

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Rick Martínez brings 'rapture' to the kitchen with his new cookbook 'Mi Cocina'

12:23pm May 10, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Rick Martínez about his new cookbook Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico.

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Chef and YouTube host Pailin Chongchitnant.

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Cooking up food and identity in Pailin Chongchitnant's "Hot Thai Kitchen"

1:31pm December 28, 2021

by Summer Thomad

When chef Pailin Chongchitnant realized that cable television wasn't ready for a Thai cooking show, she started her own on YouTube. On it, she breaks down some of the misconceptions about the cuisine.

New York Times food writer Priya Krishna says Dorie Greenspan's World Peace 2.0 cookie are impossible to hate.

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5 DIY holiday recipes and crafts to avoid supply chain problems

8:03pm December 10, 2021

It's the most wonderful time of the year, as they say. That is, unless you ordered the latest and greatest gadget too late, and now it's stuck in supply chain limbo. We're here to help.

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