Joy Manning, Author at Local Mouthful

148: Fourth of July Cooking

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Happy almost Holiday Weekend, everyone!

This episode is dedicated to all things Fourth of July–grilling, picnics, classic sides, refreshing sips, and patriotic cakes.

We also address food safety, which is always important when combining mayo and the hot sun!

Stay cool out there.

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147: Lunch Special!

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Today we present the second in a series of three special episodes dedicated to mealtimes. You may remember the Breakfast Special.

Today? It’s the Lunch Special. We cover, among other things:

Other cultures’ lunch traditions versus ours in the USA
Lunch at work versus lunch at home
Lunches from when we were kids and for kids
#notasaddesklunch #never
Packing lunch for our husbands
Our current favorite lunches
Going out to lunch
Weekend lunches

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146: Zoodles, Summer Getaways, Jennifer McGruther

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New food website alert: Extra Crispy

Do you zoodle? (Make “noodles” out of zucchini.) Joy is a big fan.

We catch each other up on our first summer getaways of the season.

Marisa chats with Nourished Kitchen author, Jennifer McGruther

Plus, we share ideas for sour cherry season!

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Episode 145: The Fast Casual Kitchen, Pudding, Organized Recipes

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The Wall Street Journal asked, “Can a Pan Add Iron to Your Diet?” And we were all ears for the answer.

You may have noticed that so-called “Fast Casual” restaurants are taking over the world … but can you bring the ideas behind them into your home kitchen? We think so. We’ll tell you how.

This week we sing the praises of an often overlooked dessert classic–pudding.

How do you organize your recipes, both the ones you already love and the ones you want to make? We have some strategies we discuss here.

We’re finally breaking into local cucumber season at the farmers’ market. We’ll tell you how we love to use them.

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Episode 143: Gnocchi, DIY Meat Grinding, Traveling Dinner Parties

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During this week’s Food News segment, we took a moment to share some personal news: Local Mouthful won an award! Thank you so much, Rad Girls, for naming us “Storyteller of the Year.”

We also talked about the New York Time’s recent story about what happens to Biggest Loser contestants after the show. Unsurprising spoiler: They gain the weight back, and sometimes more.

We discussed the gnocchi in all of its glorious forms. (Joy really likes this ragu over gnocchi.)

To grind or not grind–that is a question we explore on this episode. We talk about when it makes sense to grind your own meat and how to do it even if you don’t own a meat grinder.

Sometimes you host a dinner party at your house; sometimes you take the dinner party on the road. We share strategies for the latter.

Our seasonal ingredient crush of the week is English peas.

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Episode 142: Quesadillas, The Silver Palate Cookbook, Camille Storch

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Camille Storch, our guest and author of the blog Wayward Spark

Our news item of the day? The sugar shortage.

In our “What’s for Dinner?” segment we talk about an unrated old reliable: Quesadillas.

We discuss our latest Cookbook Club pick, The Silver Palate Cookbook.

Marisa interviews one of our favorite people, bloggers, and honey purveyors, Camille Storch author of the blog Wayward Spark.

And final we talk about the charms and challenges of a seasonal darling–the fava bean.

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Episode 141: Birthday Special

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Both of us have our birthdays this week! So we wanted to make a special episode on the theme of food and birthdays.

We cover:

Childhood birthday favorites
All the birthday cakes we’ve ever loved
Celebratory restaurant birthdays
Pot lucks and other homemade birthdays
Take-out birthdays
Birthday dinners for two at home
Food related birthday gifts (For Joy’s cast iron pan birthday story, you need to go listen to episode 127)

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Episode 140: Stuff on Toast, Teriyaki, Sleeping & Eating

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A favorite use for asparagus: breakfast tacos

Our story of the week is Farm to Fable from the Tampa Bay Times. We talked about one reporter’s attempt to fact check farm-to-table claims on menus. What she found is disturbing.

We sing the praises of “stuff on toast.” You know, like avocado toast and its less trendy cousins.

Marisa explains the West Coast teriyaki restaurant culture.

We talk about how much a good night’s sleep (or lack thereof) matters to the way you eat.

It’s time to eat as much asparagus as you can–we tell you how.

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Episode 139: Plant-based Proteins, Stir Fry Strategies, Allyson Kramer

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9129831181_6f58cc31ca_z — Some of Joy’s favorite stir fry ingredients ready to cook.

We talked about how the state of Vermont has helped the cause of GMO labeling. Our take: What’s the harm of letting people know what’s in their food?

What is the deal with protein, and especially plant-based protein? We talk about our favorite meat free sources of this macro nutrient.

We share our hard-won stir fry wisdom and strategies.

Maris interviews vegan cookbook author Allyson Kramer about her work and her new book, called Naturally Lean.

At the market for us this week? Fiddlehead ferns.

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Episode 138: Potatoes, Lost in the Supermarket, Passover

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A recipe twice baked potato Joy made and enjoyed

There are drugs in the salmon. UGH. We hate this news.

Potato forward meals. Surprisingly, the unfairly maligned spud makes a substantial centerpiece for a meatless meal.

We want you to keep listening to this podcast, but there are other food themed podcasts you might want to check out, too. We suggest adding Lost in the Supermarket to your audio diet.

Marisa explains the foods and recipes of Passover to Joy. She spills her brisket secrets.

And finally, all about stinging nettles.

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