Latest Eat your words Podcast Episodes
Bar Icon Jim Meehan
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - August 10, 2023 14:59 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsWhen John got started in the cocktail world, Jim Meehan was his first boss at the acclaimed neo-speakeasy, PDT (Please Don’t Tell). Jim also wrote the foreword to John’s first book, Drink What You Want. The finale of this miniseries, this is a touching interview between two longtime friends and ...
Editor Amanda Englander
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - August 04, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsEditors are the unseen heroes of the publishing world, offering critical behind-the-scenes feedback that can take an author’s work from good to spectacular. Amanda has not only been John’s editor for both Saved by the Bellini and Drink What You Want, she’s also a dear friend. Here they chat abou...
Bar Icon Julie Reiner
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - July 28, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsJulie Reiner is one of John’s bar heroes. Although he never formally worked for her, she had a tremendous impact on his career. In the course of his research for Saved by the Bellini, he came across a New York Times article from 2000 in which Julie was quoted for her Appletini recipe. Listen to ...
Artist Mel Chin
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - July 21, 2023 09:52 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsOne of the most interesting references in Saved by the Bellini is to Melrose Place, the Beverly Hills 90210 spinoff that was one of the first primetime network shows to feature a gay character. Unbeknownst to many viewers at the time, Mel Chin led a group of conceptual artists to quietly install...
Author Brian Raftery
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - July 14, 2023 10:35 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsA significant portion of Saved by the Bellini is devoted to the iconic movies that defined the decade. A few years before writing Saved by the Bellini, John read Best. Movie. Year. Ever: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by journalist Brian Raftery. Listen to hear just how much of an impact Brian’...
Bartender Toby Cecchini
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - July 07, 2023 14:23 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsJohn’s exploration of the world of Saved by the Bellini takes a turn towards drinks this episode with a conversation with legendary bartender Toby Cecchini, the inventor of the iconic Cosmopolitan recipe. Hear them chat about the wild backstory of the Comopolitan’s disputed authorship, Madonna’s...
Illustrator Clara Kirkpatrick
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - June 30, 2023 12:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsIn the premiere episode, John chats with Saved by the Bellini illustrator Clara Kirkpatrick to get the 411 on how the book’s radically 90s-themed artwork came to be. Hear them get nerdy about Clara’s process, why some of the the drinks in the book have arms and just what the hell “line boil” is....
Coming Soon: Saved by the Bellini
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - June 27, 2023 12:55 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 50 ratingsThis summer we're presenting something special on the Eat Your Words feed. This show has always been about exploring and celebrating the people and processes behind your favorite cookbooks. Over the course of the next 7 episodes, we're going deep with one author and their most recent work. Our...
Coconut & Sambal with Lara Lee
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - December 13, 2020 18:51 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsFor the season finale of Eat Your Words, Cathy dials up Lara Lee, whose acclaimed new book celebrates Indonesian cuisine. Hear how Lara's fond memories of cooking with her grandmother inspired her to explore her food and culture more, and how Indonesian cooking can be replicated anywhere in the ...
Xi'an Famous Foods with Jason Wang
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - November 23, 2020 18:12 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsWe can thank Jason Wang for expanding the tastes of New Yorkers and the rest of the world through his popular and influential small chain, Xi'an Famous Foods, specializing in the cuisine of Western China. And his new cookbook, also called Xi'an Famous Foods, is destined to be a classic. Hear Jas...
East by Meera Sodha
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - November 16, 2020 03:43 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy dials up Meera Sodha, bestselling author (and The Guardian’s vegan columnist) to chat about her latest cookbook. We talk about how her book thoughtfully incorporates the cuisines of many Asian countries, and how Meera collaborated with the home cooks and chefs she met on her culinary journ...
The Chilean Kitchen
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - November 08, 2020 20:08 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy dials up the authors of The Chilean Kitchen, Pilar Hernandez and Eileen Smith. They discuss the classics of Chilean cuisine and the rich history of influences that has molded it over the centuries. Image courtesy of Skyhorse Publishing. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported non...
Snacky Tunes Cookbook
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - October 18, 2020 17:52 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy welcomes Darin and Greg Bresnitz, the hosts of the podcast Snacky Tunes on HRN, and authors of a new cookbook on food and music also called Snacky Tunes: Music is the Main Ingredient. The authors share the fun behind-the-scenes of working on the book, which includes recipes from acclaimed ...
Perilous Bounty
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - October 11, 2020 20:04 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsTo kick off the fall season, Cathy welcomes to the show Tom Philpott, a veteran food and environmental reporter currently with Mother Jones. Tom's new book, Perilous Bounty, is an urgent wake-up call to the plight of the American farming system that just might remind you of classics like Silent ...
Billion Dollar Burger with Chase Purdy
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - July 27, 2020 17:59 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy chats with Chase Purdy, a reporter for Quartz and POLITICO who has covered the business and technology of food. His new book, Billion Dollar Burger, explores the bright promise of cell-cultured meat and the political regulations it’s up against by following the Silicon Valley startup cl...
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - July 12, 2020 17:56 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy calls up Dr. Marcia Chatelain, scholar, speaker and Professor at Georgetown University whose latest book, Franchise, examines the intersection of the post-1968 civil rights struggle and the rise of fast food industry. Marcia talks about how the fast food industry targeted Black communities...
The Whole Okra
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - June 28, 2020 18:06 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy chats with Chris Smith, author of The Whole Okra, which won the 2020 James Beard Award in the Reference, History, and Scholarship category. This is NC-based garden writer Chris Smith's first book and shares a rich collection of okra history, lore, recipes from celebrated chefs, growing adv...
Hungry: Avocado Toast, Instagram Influencers, and Our Search for Connection and Meaning
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - June 21, 2020 16:49 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy catches up with Eve Turow Paul, the author Hungry: Avocado Toast, Instagram Influencers, and Our Search for Connection and Meaning. Eve has been on the show before to discuss her previous book, A Taste of Generation Yum, and she follows up her research on millennial food trends with her ne...
Kitchen Remix with Charlotte Druckman
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - May 17, 2020 18:05 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy calls up Charlotte Druckman, food writer and cookbook author whose latest book is Kitchen Remix: 75 Recipes for Making the Most of Your Ingredients. Hear how the book's themes of resourcefulness strikes a chord with home cooks during quarantine, and learn a few simple tricks you can do at ...
My Korea by Hooni Kim
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - April 26, 2020 17:59 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy dials up Hooni Kim, chef-owner of Danji, a Korean tapas restaurant in Midtown Manhattan, to talk about his new cookbook, My Korea: Traditional Flavors, Modern Recipes. Hooni shares the state of business right now due to COVID-19 and discusses the possible future of the restaurant industry,...
Alpine Cooking
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - April 24, 2020 20:15 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy is joined on the phone by Meredith Erickson, author of Alpine Cooking. Meredith has co-authored several cookbooks, including Joe Beef and Kristin Kish Cooking, and she shares why she wrote Alpine Cooking over the course of 6 years of research and traveling throughout the Alps. Find out why...
The Hamptons Cookbook
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - April 12, 2020 18:35 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy welcomes back Hillary Davis, author of French Comfort Food, French Desserts, and her most recent cookbook, The Hamptons Kitchen, co-authored by Stacy Dermont, who also joins us on the line. We talk about how the Hamptons has become associated with a certain rustic-chic lifestyle and cuisin...
LeCorbuffet by Esther Choi
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - April 05, 2020 16:59 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy calls up Esther Choi, author of LeCorbuffet: Edible Art and Design Classics. Photo Courtesy of Prestel Eat Your Words is powered by Simplecast.
Chop Suey Nation
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - March 15, 2020 17:55 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy dials up Ann Hui, author of Chop Suey Nation, a history of Chinese Canadian food. Photo Courtesy of Douglas and McIntyre. Eat Your Words is powered by Simplecast.
Start Simple
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - March 08, 2020 16:47 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCathy is joined in the studio by Lukas Volger, whose latest book is called Start Simple. Photo Courtesy of Harper Collins. Eat Your Words is powered by Simplecast.
Rage Baking with Kathy Gunst and Katherine Alford
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - February 16, 2020 15:08 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsCo-authors and veteran women in food media, Kathy Gunst and Katherine Alford join Cathy in the station to discuss the new book they co-authored. Gunst explains how the idea for the book was spawned while watching the confirmation trial of Justice Kavanaugh. The authors discuss the contributors t...
Darra Goldstein on Beyond the North Wind
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - February 09, 2020 18:48 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsVeteran cookbook author Darra Goldstein visits the studio to chat about her scholarly new book on Russian cuisine, Beyond the North Wind. Image Courtesy of Ten Speed Press. Eat Your Words is powered by Simplecast.
Episode 377: Indian-ish with Priya Krishna
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - June 23, 2019 17:01 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsThis week, Cathy invites Priya Krishna to the studio for a chat about her latest book, Indian-ish: Recipes and Antics from A Modern American Family, which she co-wrote with her mother, Ritu Krishna. Priya cuts to the chase about why her mom's cooking is considered American, and why this cookbook...
Episode 376: Midcentury Kitchen
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - June 09, 2019 17:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsToday, Cathy is joined in the studio by Sarah Archer, a contributor to Slate, The Atlantic, Architectural Digest, and more, on her latest book exploring The Midcentury Kitchen. What does the design of our kitchens say about our society? Sarah tells us about some of the pioneering women behind th...
Episode 375: Aloha Kitchen
Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini - May 05, 2019 17:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 50 ratingsTo kick off the spring/summer season of Heritage Radio Network, Cathy calls up Alana Kysar, author of Aloha Kitchen: Recipes from Hawai'i. Alana is a food blogger who was born and raised in Hawai'i, and grew homesick for the food of her home state the minute she left for college. Alana shares he...
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