BFF with the Chef
72 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsBFF with the Chef aims to unite a community of like-minded enthusiasts who want to cook beyond recipes, better understand ingredients and hone their techniques and culinary instincts to cook the food they really want to eat.
Each week, Nicole invites a new blogger or culinary professional to her podcast for honest, candid conversations about what they’re cooking, eating and the knowledge, inspiration, and experiences behind it all.
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Even Butter Needs Acid to Taste even Better - Emmeline Kemperyd from Always Use Butter
January 30, 2019 02:14 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBThis week’s guest is Emmeline Kemperyd, the blogger behind Always Use Butter, a blog that’s dedicated to bringing quick, easy and healthy-ish recipes that are designed to make sure her readers eat delicious every day. A Stockholm based foodie and management consultant, Emmeline was raised in a Swedish American household in Stockholm, where her international palate was first cultivated by her American Dad. Since those days, she has continued to seek out new and delicious cuisines around the w...
Always Have Chocolate for Emergency Brownies – Ridhima Gugnani from Everything Dessert
January 23, 2019 04:00 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBThis week’s guest is Ridhima Gugnani, the blogger behind Everything Dessert, a blog that focuses on the sweet treats that she loves to make. Ridhima originally fell in love with baking when she was just 10 years old when her grandmother taught her how to make a sponge cake. A visual communications designer by trade, she fell in love with food photography, which led to her starting her blog in June of 2018. In less than a year, she's gained more than 5,000 followers and her account continues ...
Going to Culinary School ... online! - Madalaine McDaniel from Lakeside Table
January 16, 2019 16:04 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBThis week’s guest is Madalaine McDaniel, the blogger and YouTube host of Lakeside Table. A channel that is dedicated to showing you how to make simple and tasty recipes each week. A native of Saint Louis, Madalaine was a former medical sales rep, and a single mom that started out cooking by listening out for the fire alarm, however, after meeting her husband Jerry, and moving with him and his family to rural Illinois, she decided to buckle down and learn to cook. Since her early days of humb...
Improve Your Health with Small Changes to Your Diet - Olivia Hersey from LivFit Training
January 09, 2019 04:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBThis week’s guest is Olivia Hersey, the owner of LivFit Training, a company dedicated to helping women and men meet their fitness goals. Olivia has been living the dream in Hawaii, where she's been a certified personal trainer since 2014, and she's also a group fitness coach at F45, a high-intensity interval training student. Liv is also an avid foodie and takes her meals quite seriously. She aims to have her clients have a healthy and balanced approach to nutrition so that they can meet the...
Top Ten Cookbooks of 2018
December 24, 2018 04:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBHave you ever wondered what cookbooks a food podcaster loves? Join host Nicole Schwegman as she shares and explores her top ten cookbooks of 2018! From no-knead breads to incredible smashburgers courtesy of the Baking Steel, sinfully delicious brownies, pad thai to incorporating more vegetables into your meals, delicious Persian meals, reimagined roast chicken, how to make elevated gourmet meals for one, odysseys of food and heritage, to divine pies and wine pairings, there’s something for e...
Season One Recap
December 19, 2018 04:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBJoin host Nicole Schwegman on a recap of BFF with the Chef’s first season and our 13 amazing guests! Hear the best cooking tips, recipes and eating advice shared by chefs and bloggers Jen Wooster (Peel with Zeal), Emily Wilson (The Craveable Kitchen), Riz Asad (Chocolates and Chai), Ben Myhre (Ramshackle Pantry), Brenda Sickles (Becoming Betty), Nick Hortense (Blogtastic Food), Haylie Abele (Our Balanced Bowl), Andris Lagsdin (Baking Steel), Madison Surdyke (Sunny Thymes Blog), Wendi Spraker...
How to Make Restaurant Quality Pizza at Home – Andris Lagsdin from Baking Steel
December 12, 2018 04:00 - 55 minutes - 51.4 MBThis week’s guest is Andris Lagsdin, the chef and inventor of the Baking Steel. Andris started out as a chef, but gave up restaurant life to work for his family Steels business. While working there, he had the brilliant idea to create a Steel surface to cook pizza, based on a technique he read about in the book Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold. Andris spent 16 months tinkering with a prototype before he started his first Kickstarter. The Kickstarter became wildly successful after it was ...
How To Eat More Fruits and Vegetables – Jen Wooster from Peel with Zeal
December 05, 2018 04:00 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBThis week’s guest is Jen Wooster, the creator of the healthy food blog, Peel with Zeal. Both Jen and her husband, who she affectionately calls Mr. Peel, suffer from different autoimmune diseases. She has Celiac Disease, while Mr. Peel suffers from a more serious diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. They both follow the Wahl's Protocol, a functional medicine diet, which Jen blogs about each week. Both she and her husband invite their readers to join them as they create healthy recipes that focus ...
Cornstarch Makes Crusts Glass Shattering Crisp – Sandy Axelrod from The Traveling Locavores
November 28, 2018 04:30 - 41 minutes - 38.7 MBThis week’s guest is Sandy Axelrod, the executive chef, blogger and one half of the dynamic duo known as The Traveling Locavores. Sandy and her husband Steve’s blog combine their passion for local food and travel by sharing adventures, recipes and wonderful insight into America’s best food, farmers markets and attractions. Trained at Le Cordon Bleu School of Cookery in London, Sandy spent 18 years as the chef-owner of Affairs to Remember Catering. Her love for great food, family, enter...
Top 10 Black Friday Kitchen Deals
November 21, 2018 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBThis week, Nicole is telling you about the best Black Friday deals for home cooks and she gives a look at to what she’s hoping to buy this holiday season
Eat without guilt this Thanksgiving -- Author and food critic Morgan Murphy
November 13, 2018 01:40 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBThis week’s special Thanksgiving guest is author, traveler and amazing storyteller, Morgan Murphy. His most recent book, On the Road Again immediately hit #1 on Publisher's Weekly when it was released and his book, Bourbon & Bacon also launched #1 in Wine and Spirits. His other books, Off the Eaten Path and Second Helpings have helped to make him one of the culinary world’s best-known food critics. You may have seen him on the Travel Channel or read his work in Southern Living. In short...
Finish Your Dish with a Little Salt – Haylie Abele from Our Balanced Bowl
November 07, 2018 05:22 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBThis week’s guest is Haylie Abele, the blogger and force behind Our Balanced Bowl. Haylie’s blog is a fun, lighthearted place where she shares recipes that come straight from her kitchen. After losing 80 pounds and recovering from an eating disorder, she makes an emphasis on living a balanced lifestyle and is passionate about showing others how it can be done. Her recipes are mostly healthy, occasionally indulgent, and always filled with love. In this episode, we talked about Haylie’s jo...
Taste Your Food as You Cook: Wendi Spraker from Loaves and Dishes
October 31, 2018 08:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBThis week’s guest is Wendi Spraker, the blogger behind the blog Loaves and Dishes, a website dedicated to unapologetic Comfort Food where Wendi also serves up funny stories, memories, and nourishment for body and soul. In addition to running her blog, Wendi serves on the board of The International Food Bloggers Conference where she recently served as a moderator. She’s the director of her local arts council culinary program, "Taste of Stokes" and she’s a food columnist for her local paper...
Bring Eggs to Room Temperature for Cakes: Kathleen Phillips from Grits and Gouda
October 24, 2018 06:13 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBThis week’s guest is Kathleen Phillips, the food stylist and cookbook author behind Grits and Gouda, the blog that features a delectable array of gourmet southern recipes, but, with a healthy and frugal twist. Kathleen’s recipes and food styling have been featured numerous times in Southern Living and Cooking Light cookbooks, as well as Christian Woman, Coastal Living, and Parent's Magazine. Kathleen's goal is to inspire us to get into the kitchen, where she'll show you how to cook with fr...
Just add water to cut the fat: Colleen Kokx of Mitten Dietitian
October 17, 2018 17:14 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBThis week’s guest is Colleen Kokx, the registered dietician behind the blog, Mitten Dietitian. Colleen's blog is dedicated to providing her readers with the tools, tips, and recipes they need to live healthy lives. Colleen truly believes that diets don't work and wants her readers to stop worrying about food, and instead, embrace a no rules approach to eating that allows them to focus on their health and wellness. Colleen's a fan of intuitive eating and demonstrates how to live a culinary l...
Make no churn ice cream: Nick Hortense of Blogtastic Food
October 10, 2018 08:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBThis week’s guest is Nicolas Hortense, the chef behind Blogtastic Food. Nick’s goal for the blog, as he puts it, is to get as many people’s butts into the kitchen as possible”. Nick believes that home cooking can bring people closer together and he invites his readers to learn alongside him as he expands his food horizons. During the episode, Nick teaches us how to make no-churn ice cream.
The merits of Intuitive Eating: Madison Surdyke of Sunny Thymes Blog
October 03, 2018 03:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBThis week’s guest is Madison Surdyke, the incredible founder behind Sunny Thymes blog. Sunny Thymes is a fun, colorful, anti-diet food blog that is dedicated to sharing delicious recipes as well as information on how to practice intuitive eating. Madison is passionate about helping other people make peace with food while discovering their own definition of health. She’s on a mission to help her readers unpack the often-misguided messages that we are given about food, and her goal is to r...
Keep your knives sharp: Brenda Sickles of Become Betty
September 26, 2018 08:00 - 35 minutes - 51.3 MBThis week's guest is Brenda Sickles of Become Betty. Brenda is a full-time teacher and the woman behind the blog: Become Betty. Brenda's blog is dedicated to providing high quality consumer information about all things Trader Joe's and Stew Leonard's. During the interview, we talk about cinnamon rolls, Brenda’s favorite Trader Joes products and why it’s so important to keep your kitchen knives sharp.
Mise en Place your life: Rizwan Asad of Chocolates and Chai
September 19, 2018 08:00 - 35 minutes - 49.5 MBThis week guest is Rizwan Asad, a self-taught home baker who runs the blog Chocolates and Chai. Riz was a finalist in the 2017 Saveur Blog Awards Reader’s Choice for Best Baking and Sweets Blog. During the episode we talk about how he got nominated for this award, we go into details on how to make pate choux swans, and we give away our secrets tips to making the best French Madeleine cakes, plus Riz tells us why we should make a habit of mise en place.
Brighten your food with acid: Emily Wilson of The Craveable Kitchen
September 12, 2018 08:00 - 40 minutes - 58.4 MBThis week, we get to hear from the creator behind the blog The Craveable Kitchen, Emily Wilson. Emily is a former accountant who decided to leave it all behind and become a chef. On today's show, she teaches us how to make quick pickles and the importance of always having an acid nearby to brighten your meals.
Learn to make a Roux: Ben Myhre of Ramshackle Pantry
September 12, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutes - 45.4 MBThis week's guest is Ben Myhre, the man behind the history-focused food blog, Ramshackle Pantry. Ben is a prior soldier who has dedicated a large portion of his blog to taking deep historical dives into the recipes that we all know and love.
Coming September 12th!
September 02, 2018 17:36 - 59 seconds - 1.58 MBComing soon is BFF with the Chef, a podcast that aims to unite a community of like-minded enthusiasts who want to cook beyond recipes, better understand ingredients and hone their techniques and culinary instincts to cook the food they really want to eat. Each week, Nicole invites a new blogger or culinary professional to her podcast for honest, candid conversations about what they’re cooking, eating and the knowledge, inspiration, and experiences behind it all.