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**The Genius Recipe Tapes**

A weekly show from Food52’s new podcast network, featuring all the uncut gems from the weekly “Genius Recipes” column and video series. Host Kristen Miglore speaks to the geniuses behind iconic recipes, and uncovers the recipes that changed the way we cook.

Latest Episodes:

Brownie Sundae, but Adulting Feb 10, 2021

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Referenced in this episode:

This Chocolate Cake Makes Its Own Hot Fudge Sauce (Food52)
Hot Chocolate & Halva Pudding recipe
The New Way to Cake

Genius-Hunter Extra-Credit:

Peep Benjamina's elegant-but-simpler braided bread in this Eater recap
Follow her blog, Carrot & Crumb, for more need-to-make-now recipes
Recipes for the chocolate ganache cake, Hermé sablés, and pear cake—thank you for the leads Kristen, Gena (@thefullhelping), and Mike (@mikecooperman_9)!

What's your best, most beloved way of consuming chocolate? Tell me about it at genius@food52.com or tag me @miglorious.

When You Need A Huggi Feb 03, 2021

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Referenced in this episode:

The South Indian Comfort Food We All Need (Food52)
Khara Huggi or Pongal recipe
Khara Huggi or Pongal with Chitra Agrawal (Genius Recipes | YouTube)

Genius-Hunter Extra-Credit:

Chitra's blog: The ABCD's of Cooking
Chitra making coconut dal for herself—and her two-year-old Alok

Special thanks to listeners Stephanie (@leftoversforbreakfast__), Leah (@_leahd_), and Kristina (@veien_til_rom) for sharing your most comforting comforts!

What's your ultimate comfort food? Tell me all about it: genius@food52.com.

Fried Egg Salad to Convert the Haters | | Alex Talbot and Aki Kamozowa Jan 26, 2021

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Referenced in this episode:

My New Favorite Eggs—in 5 Minutes Flat (Food52)
Fried Egg Salad From Ideas in Food recipe

Genius-Hunter Extra-Credit:

Tejal Rao's writeup of Curiosity Doughnuts (Bloomberg)
More Ideas in Food goodness
Watch this interview on YouTube—and like and subscribe!

A very special thanks to listeners Alyson (@dinnerswithinreason), Alex (@alexandraholbrook), and Pamm (@clancy.7) for your stories this week.

What are the recipes you repeat again and again during the week? Brag about them at genius@food52.com.

Kristen Caramelizes Carrots in... Cream? Jan 19, 2021

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On Play Me a Recipe, your favorite cooks will walk you through their most treasured recipes, offering all the insider tips, stories, and tricks you won't get from a written recipe—and you'll be right alongside them, every step of the way. Feel free to pause, jump back, or navigate the steps via the podcast chapters.

If you're cooking along, here's the recipe we're making today. Go ahead and grab the ingredients below (Kristen starts listing them at 1:58) before starting the episode.

Caramelized Cream Carrots

Carrots (as many as you want to eat; Kristen uses 2 large)
Heavy cream (enough to coat the bottom of your pan; Kristen used about 1 cup)
Salt (to taste)

"The question today was what if we cooked carrots in a touch of cream? They should first steam and then caramelize in the cream as it transfoms into brown butter. We would eliminate a par cooking step and keep all the flavor in the vegetable. It turns out that the idea works like a charm. I put the carrots, cream and salt into a pan. I covered the pan and cooked the carrots on medium high. When I heard sizzling I removed the lid and stirred the carrots in the reduced and almost broken cream. I continued to cook the carrots turning them in the fat and coating them in the caramelizing milk solids. The cream became a flavorful browned butter. The carrots are tender with a light bite. The caramelized milk solids add a richness.

The next questions we ask: what can be the carrots and what flavors can we add to our cream?"

Excerpted from Alex Talbot and Aki Kamozawa's Ideas in Food.

Kristen will be back with a new genius recipe and podcast next week, but hey—let us know how these carrots turned out by emailing genius@food52.com.

Blah Oats Get a Movie Makeover Jan 13, 2021

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Genius-Hunter Extra-Credit:

A Genius Shortcut for Better, Faster Polenta (Food52)
Maria Speck's Shortcut Polenta recipe

Have an earth-shattering whole-grain cooking hack to share? Share it with me at genius@food52.com.

Your Most Genius Recipe This Year Dec 30, 2020

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Referenced in this episode:

A Crispy, Cheesy Pan Pizza Anyone Can Make (Food52)
King Arthur's recipe of 2020, Crispy Cheesy Pan Pizza (which, not surprisingly, turned out to be our most popular recipe of the year, too)

Genius-Hunter Extra-Credit:

Jump on it. Perfectly Pillowy Cinnamon Rolls (aka the King Arthur 2021 recipe of the year!)

See you in two weeks, genius-hunters! I'll most certainly be baking these cinnamon rolls; let me know how yours turn out at genius@food52.com.

Bye 2020. Here's a Cookie. Dec 23, 2020

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Special thanks to listeners Shiyam (@foodnflavors), Keshia (@keshia.kan) and Jess (@sodiumgirl) for the truly sweetest cookie stories.

Referenced in this episode:

No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies in 5 Minutes (Food52)
Boiled Peanut Butter Cookies From Scott Peacock (Genius Recipes | YouTube)

Genius-Hunter Extra-Credit:

Learn more about Scott's Biscuit Experience in Marion, Alabama (Garden & Gun)
Edna Lewis' skillet scallions—the 2-ingredient Southern side dish that needs no salt

May your holidays be full of puzzles and cozy beverages and—of course—cookies. Next week: the most genius thing you cooked all year; tell me yours at genius@food52.com.

A Secret Society's Crispiest Potatoes Dec 16, 2020

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Special thanks to listeners Kayla (@kaylacalbano), Rachel (@craftsandcrumbs), and Oumaima (@lemonshmallow) for your potato-tales.

Referenced in this episode:

Ultra-Crispy Roast Potatoes From a Secret Indonesian Cooking Club—Plus 20 Beginner Recipes I’m Still Hunting (Food52)
Crispy Soy & Ginger Roast Potatoes recipe
and of course, Lara's stunning book, Coconut & Sambal

Genius-Hunter Extra-Credit:

Read about how Lara put this book together on Cherry Bombe
Mayukh Sen's beautiful profile of Sri Owen that Lara stumbled across 3 years ago (Food52)

P.S. Help me hunt the 20 remaining recipes for the forthcoming genius beginners book! See the full list and join the conversation here.

Green Bell Peppers Are Un-Cancelled Dec 09, 2020

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Author and illustrator of The Noodle Soup Oracle, Michele Humes, joins Food52 Genius columnist Kristen Miglore to talk about the most underdog of underdogs: the green bell pepper. With just a quick flash in the pan (plus salt, pepper, lemon, and sesame oil), these peppers will have you saying "shishito, who?" Michele also shares what it's been like recovering her sense of smell after contracting COVID-19, and the powerfully flavored ingredients and dishes that have been pulling her through. Special thanks to listeners Wesley (@wesmak), Kristi (@triadfoodies), and Tara (@taraobrady).

Referenced in this episode:

My New Favorite Green Side—in 10 Minutes (Food52)
Shishito-Style Green Peppers from Michele Humes (Genius Recipes | YouTube)

Genius-Hunter Extra-Credit:

Hei Now, You're a Wok Star: A Fiery Hack for Stir-Frying at Home (Serious Eats)
Some of Michele's amazing, almost edible work

Have a genius recipe—underdog or otherwise—you'd like to share? Email it to me at genius@food52.com.

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Kabocha Is the New Pumpkin Dec 02, 2020

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