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Pumpkin Cake With Pastry Chef Emily Luchetti Nov 07, 2026

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Today’s guest is Emily Luchetti, an award-winning pastry chef, cookbook author, educator, and entrepreneur who helped shape the American pastry scene. Emily spent decades working at some of Northern California’s most celebrated restaurants, including Stars, Farallon, and Waterbar, and won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef in 2004. She’s also the author of several baking books, including “Stars Desserts,” “A Passion for Desserts,” and “The Fearless Baker.” Most recently, she launched Sweet Queen, a line of fruit spreads and caramel sauces.

Emily joins host Jessie Sheehan to talk about her early love of sweets, how she found her way into professional kitchens, her fascination with making chocolate from scratch, and how her longtime love of jam-making inspired her latest venture.

She also walks Jessie through her Cranberry Pecan Pumpkin Upside-Down Cake recipe from “A Passion for Desserts.” It’s a festive alternative to traditional pumpkin pie, featuring a moist cake with tart cranberries, toasted pecans, and a buttery brown sugar glaze.

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Emily’s Cranberry Pecan Pumpkin Upside-Down Cake recipe
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More on Emily: Instagram, Sweet Queen
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Caroline Schiff & Giant Sticky Cinnamon Buns Oct 31, 2026

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Today’s guest is Caroline Schiff, a New York City–based pastry chef, cookbook author, and soon-to-be restaurateur. Caroline is back on the pod to discuss her new book, “Daily Dessert: Treats on Repeat,” and her upcoming restaurant, Monday Diner.

Caroline joins host Jessie Sheehan to talk about her childhood love of baking, including making her own birthday cakes, her early days working with Chef Sohui Kim, and her time as executive pastry chef at the iconic Brooklyn restaurant Gage & Tollner. She also shares the inspiration behind Monday Diner and why she believes dessert should be an everyday ritual.

Then, she walks Jessie through her Giant Sticky Cinnamon Bun recipe from “Daily Dessert.” The recipe was a happy accident, born from leftover yeasted dough that Caroline didn’t want to waste. She explains how she turns the dough into one big spiral, why she adds buttermilk for extra tang, and why she likes to slice the bun like a cake.

This episode was recorded at the Cherry Bombe House Podcast Studio, presented by Resident, in New York City’s Meatpacking District.

Thank you to Fisher & Paykel and California Prunes for supporting our show.

Caroline’s Giant Sticky Cinnamon Bun recipe
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More on Caroline: Instagram, “Daily Dessert”
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Butte Ka Keese Corn Bread With Cookbook Author Rachel Gurjar Oct 24, 2026

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Today’s guest is Rachel Gurjar, a Brooklyn-based culinary creative and author. Her debut cookbook, “East to East: Recipes and Stories from Mumbai to New York,” was just released and features 101 Indian-inspired recipes that bring together the flavors of her childhood in Mumbai and her life in New York City.

Rachel joins host Jessie Sheehan to talk about growing up in Mumbai, learning to cook alongside her mother, and the street foods and sweets that shaped her love of food. She also shares her journey from journalism and PR to culinary school and food media, and how her cookbook explores immigration, identity, and finding home between two cultures.

Rachel also walks Jessie through her Butte Ka Keese Corn Bread recipe from “East to East.” Inspired by a beloved Indian street food made with grated corn and spices, the recipe combines fresh corn, cheddar cheese, and caramelized jalapeños in an upside-down corn bread.

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Rachel’s Butte Ka Keese Corn Bread recipe
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More on Rachel: Instagram, “East to East”
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Biscuit Danishes With Erin Jeanne McDowell Oct 17, 2026

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Today’s guest is Erin Jeanne McDowell. Erin is a baker, food stylist, teacher, and video host. She’s also the author of four baking books, including her brand-new “Bake Anything: Essential Recipes and Techniques to Build On for Endless Possibilities.”

Erin joins host Jessie Sheehan to talk about the sugar cookies that made her fall in love with baking, the path she almost took to art school, and how making ceramics led her to pursue baking as a career. She also shares the inspiration behind “Bake Anything,” which is built around foundational mother recipes, including pâte à choux, puff pastry, brioche, and more.

Erin also walks Jessie through her Cinnamon Cream Cheese Biscuit Danish recipe from her new book. She explains how she transforms biscuit dough into a faux-laminated Danish-style pastry, why the cream cheese filling and streusel make it feel extra decadent, and why she likes making streusel topping with heavy cream.

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Erin’s Cinnamon Cream Cheese Biscuit Danish recipe
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More on Erin: Instagram, “Bake Anything”
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Claudia Fleming & Melissa Clark On The 25th Anniversary Of “The Last Course” Oct 10, 2026

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Today’s guests are Claudia Fleming and Melissa Clark. Claudia is a legendary, award-winning New York City pastry chef and the executive culinary director at Daily Provisions. Melissa is a beloved home cook, author, New York Times Food reporter, and New York Times Cooking contributor.

Claudia and Melissa join host Jessie Sheehan to celebrate the 25th anniversary of “The Last Course,” the cult classic dessert book they co-authored in 2001. The book features 175 of Claudia’s recipes from her time as the opening pastry chef of Danny Meyer’s Gramercy Tavern. Claudia and Melissa talk about how they first met, their instant friendship, and the meticulous recipe testing process that helped make the book a timeless treasure.

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Claudia’s Chocolate Caramel Tart With Peanuts
Melissa’s Classic Roast Chicken
Melissa’s Perfect Pound Cake
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More on Claudia: Instagram, “The Last Course”
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Ice Cream Sandwiches With Anna Gordon Of The Good Batch Oct 03, 2026

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Today’s guest is Anna Gordon. Anna is a pastry chef and the founder and CEO of The Good Batch Bakery in Brooklyn. Anna started The Good Batch in 2010, selling hand-pressed stroopwafels at the Brooklyn Flea, and later opened her brick-and-mortar bakery in Clinton Hill in 2014.

She joins Jessie to talk about discovering her love of baking as a kid, learning through curiosity and experimentation, and growing The Good Batch from a market stand into a beloved Brooklyn bakery.

Anna also walks Jessie through The Good Batch’s signature Goodwich Ice Cream Sandwich, made with oat chocolate chunk cookies, vanilla ice cream, and chocolate ganache. She explains how to create the perfect ice cream sandwich cookie, why the dough gets pressed thin before baking, and how ganache helps hold everything together.

This episode was recorded live at the Cherry Bombe House Podcast Studio, presented by Resident, in New York City’s Meatpacking District.

Thank you to Square, California Prunes, and Resident for supporting our show.

The new issue of Cherry Bombe Magazine
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More on Anna: Instagram, The Good Batch
More on Jessie: Instagram, Substack, “Salty, Cheesy, Herby, Crispy Snackable Bakes”

Sicilian Torta Setteveli With Cookbook Author Ruby Bhogal Sep 26, 2026

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Today’s guest is Ruby Bhogal, baker, recipe developer, and cookbook author based in England. Ruby was a finalist on “The Great British Bake Off” in 2018, and she’s the author of “One Bake, Two Ways.” Her brand-new book, “Around the World in 80 Cakes,” is out this Tuesday in the U.S.

Ruby joins host Jessie Sheehan to talk about her unexpected path from architecture to baking, how a dusty Paul Hollywood cookbook helped her bake her way through unemployment, and what it was like to compete in the “Bake Off” tent. She also shares the story behind the cake from the show that famously became a meme, and how that moment eventually inspired her first cookbook.

Ruby also walks Jessie through her Sicilian Torta Setteveli recipe from her new book. The seven-layer Italian cake features chocolate sponge, hazelnut Bavarian cream, hazelnut crunch, dark chocolate mousse, and a glossy chocolate glaze. Ruby shares tips for making the baking project, including why she wraps cake layers while they’re still warm and why she covers ganache before stirring.

Thank you to California Prunes for supporting our show.

Get Ruby’s Sicilian Torta Setteveli recipe here
The new issue of Cherry Bombe Magazine
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More on Ruby: Instagram, “Around The World In 80 Cakes”
More on Jessie: Instagram, Substack, “Salty, Cheesy, Herby, Crispy Snackable Bakes”

Dona Murad Of Librae & Lucie Franc de Ferriere Of From Lucie, Live From Cherry Bombe House Sep 19, 2026

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Today’s episode is a special live taping of She’s My Cherry Pie from Cherry Bombe House in New York City’s Meatpacking District. Host Jessie Sheehan sits down with Dona Murad of Librae and Lucie Franc de Ferriere of From Lucie to talk about their beloved New York City bakeries and their beautiful cookbooks—Dona’s “Librae: Third-culture Recipes from a Cult New York Bakery,” and Lucie’s “Cake From Lucie: Recipes and Techniques from the French Countryside to New York City.”

Lucie and Dona share stories and childhood memories that shaped their love of baking, from Lucie’s mother baking rustic cakes at her French home to Dona’s grandmother’s wedding cakes, her mother’s house cake, and the Bahraini hospitality traditions that inspired her culinary path.

They also talk about opening their popular bakeries in New York City and the crowd-favorite recipes they include in their books, including Lucie’s chocolate cake with berry jam and buttercream and her salted chocolate chip cookies, and Dona’s loomi and lemon curd babka bun and za’atar labneh morning bun.

Thank you to everyone who came to Cherry Bombe House! This episode was recorded at the Cherry Bombe House Podcast Studio, presented by Resident.

Thank you to California Prunes for supporting our show.

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More on Dona: Instagram, Librae Bakery, “Librae”
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Chocolate Alfajores With Adrianna Adarme Of A Cozy Kitchen Sep 12, 2026

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Today’s guest is Adrianna Adarme, a recipe developer, writer, photographer, cookbook author, New York Times Cooking contributor, and the creator of A Cozy Kitchen food blog. Her newest book, “A Cozy Kitchen Cookbook: 100 Easy Comforting Recipes for Every Mood and Desire,” is out Sept. 29th.

Adrianna joins host Jessie Sheehan to talk about her extended family’s bakery in Lima, Peru, the legendary alfajores her Tia Emilia taught her to bake, and the holiday meals she organized as a teenager. She also shares how her film background shaped her approach to food photography, video, and cookbook writing, and why she wanted her new book to feel like entering a world.

Adrianna also walks Jessie through her Chocolate Alfajores recipe from “A Cozy Kitchen Cookbook.” She explains why she loves Dutch-process cocoa powder, how cornstarch helps give the cookies their melt-in-your-mouth texture, why she adds an egg yolk for richness, and why piping the dulce de leche makes assembling these delicate sandwich cookies a little easier.

Thank you to California Prunes for supporting our show.

Click here for Adrianna’s Chocolate Alfajores recipe.

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More on Adrianna: Instagram, “A Cozy Kitchen”
More on Jessie: Instagram, Substack, “Salty, Cheesy, Herby, Crispy Snackable Bakes”

Funfetti Cake With Author Zola Gregory Of “Sheet Cakes!” Sep 05, 2026

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Today’s guest is Zola Gregory, a Seattle-based food writer, recipe developer, and former professional pastry chef. She writes the biweekly recipe column “Extra Good” for Taste, and her debut cookbook, “Sheet Cakes!: More Than 50 Exceptional Cakes to Make in One Pan,” was recently released.

Zola joins host Jessie Sheehan to share how she learned to bake with her great-grandmother, her family’s coming-of-age pie lessons, the birthday cake book that helped shape her love of cake, and how a wedding cake led to her first pastry job.

Zola also walks Jessie through her Buttermilk Funfetti Cake with Whipped White Chocolate Ganache from “Sheet Cakes.” She explains why the cake gets both butter and oil, why she uses egg whites for a bouncy white cake texture, and how white chocolate helps stabilize the frosting without making it too sweet.

Thank you to California Prunes for supporting our show.

Click here for Zola’s Buttermilk Funfetti Cake recipe.

Click here to join Jessie for a She’s My Cherry Pie Live taping on Sept. 13th at Cherry Bombe House in NYC.

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More on Zola: Instagram, “Sheet Cakes!”
More on Jessie: Instagram, Substack, “Salty, Cheesy, Herby, Crispy Snackable Bakes”