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• Chana-kah Masala (with Helen Zaltzman and Josey Baker)

  December 5, 2025 · 58 min

  Jingle Bells, caramelsDo those two things rhyme?My flour smells, you can tellIt spoils over time! Hey! Tis the season for our season to come to a close, so we are wrapping things up (like a gift) with our friends Josey Baker, to help us…

• Our Stuffing Ourselves

  November 21, 2025 · 54 min

  We're back with a Thanksgiving special! Samin has a cold, and a cold-pressed juicer, but Hrishi's got some mildly spicy jokes (which is why we have our first ever explicit-ish language warning). For this episode, we’re finding new ways to…

• Full of Pith and Vinegar (with Kate Lebo)

  November 7, 2025 · 45 min

  The poet and piemaker Kate Lebo joins us to help discuss her book "The Book of Difficult Fruit," which inspired this episode! We meddle with some medlars and try to make some prickly pears less prickly. Don’t take your pommes for…

• Sari Not Sorry

  October 24, 2025 · 47 min

  Coming to you live from the Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston, with a little cameo appearance from Sumesh Uncle! For recipes, Home Cooking merch, and a transcript of this episode, visit homecooking.show.

• Annie, Get Your Gunk

  October 10, 2025 · 45 min

  It’s the return of Samini's Teeny Tahini Sardini Panini! Plus: the pleasure and pain of making the ultimate chile crisp; blanching at having to blanch; and finding cast iron treasure in the lost-and-fond.  For recipes, Home Cooking merch…

• 2 Babka 2 Furious

  September 26, 2025 · 59 min

  This episode was recorded live in San Francisco at the Sydney Goldstein Theater, as part of Samin’s Good Things book tour! It was hosted by City Arts & Lectures, and recorded by KQED. There’s a real spirit of togetherness and gathering in…

• Mayo May Not Delete

  September 12, 2025 · 46 min

  For the first time, we're recording an episode in the same room! Which means Hrishi is in arm's length of Samin if she decides to smack him for a bad pun! (No Hrishis were harmed in the making of this episode.) We're talking about the…

• Apricot Girl Summer

  August 29, 2025 · 53 min

  We are thrilled to be back for the eleventieth season in our four-part series! Right now, it’s time to KICK OUT THE JAMS! We’ve got questions that are high in iron, and answers that are high in irony. And a Chef Detective that we’re hoping…