The Clever Cookstr's Quick and Dirty Tips from the World's Best Cooks

Stuart O’Keeffe, the author of the new cookbook The Quick Six Fix: 100 No-Fuss, Full-Flavor Recipes, joins us to share his philosophy for getting in and out of the kitchen in six minutes each for prep and cleanup, with only six key ingredients. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/21UyzX2

Pati Jinich is the host of the popular PBS show Pati’s Mexican Table, the official chef of the Mexican Cultural Institute, and the author of the new book Mexican Today: New and Rediscovered Recipes for Contemporary Kitchens. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1X2J9dU

Jim Koch is the founder and brewer of the Boston Beer Company, the producers of Sam Adams beer. He’s also the author of the new book Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned Over a Beer or Two. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1VGl6C6

Michael Wex, the author of seven books including Born to Kvetch and his new book, Rhapsody in Schmaltz: Yiddish Food and Why We Can’t Stop Eating It, visits the Clever Cookstr to talk about Yiddish food idioms, the importance of matzoh, and what modern foodie culture has in common with kosher law. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1RUXuqG

Our guest today is J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, the managing culinary director of seriouseats.com and the author of the cookbook The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science. In this book, Kenji applies chemistry and physics to show home cooks how they can achieve better results in the kitchen, from egg poaching to making mac and cheese with the perfect texture. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1RUXqXO

Diane Morgan is the award-winner author of seventeen cookbooks, most recently Salmon: Everything You Need to Know + 45 Recipes. She's here to tell us how versatile this favorite fish can be in the kitchen. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1SB8iWS

Autumn Giles is a freelance writer and recipe developer whose work has appeared in Modern Farmer, New American Homesteader, PUNCH, Serious Eats, Edible Baja Arizona, and elsewhere. She blogs at autumnmakesanddoes.com and is on Twitter and Instagram @autumnmakes. She is the author of Beyond Canning: New Techniques, Ingredients, and Flavors to Preserve, Pickle, and Ferment Like Never Before. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1MIOqiU

Our guest today is Sara Moulton, chef, and award-winning cookbook author. Her new book, Sara Moulton’s Home Cooking 101: How to Make Everything Taste Better, shares her philosophy on great home cooking in ten indispensable tips. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1UxNe8w

The #1 New York Times bestselling author, chef, and healthy living expert Rocco DiSpirito returns to the Clever Cookstr podcast to talk about his revolutionary whole foods-based diet plan and new cookbook, The Negative Calorie Diet: Lose Up to 10 Pounds in 10 Days with 10 All You Can Eat Foods. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/22iWEL0

Amie Valpone is a personal chef, culinary nutritionist, food writer, and blogger at TheHealthyApple.com. She’s also the author of the new book Eating Clean: The 21-Day Plan to Detox, Fight Inflammation, and Reset Your Body. Amie joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about her personal journey to clean eating and why she doesn't advocate deprivation in crafting a sustainable eating plan. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1nN1b5z

Our guest today is Aidan Friedson, who at age 12 won Food Network's reality cooking show Chopped Junior. He's here to talk about his secret ingredients, his food truck aspirations, and the trick to great bread pudding. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1RliXo4

Our guest today is Jessica Duprey, author of the new cookbook United Tastes of Texas: Authentic Recipes from All Corners of the Lone Star State. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1QekiRn

Our guest today is Marjorie Williams, travel and food blogger and author of the books Markets of Paris and now, Markets of Provence. She joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about her food discoveries in these markets, her go-to French pantry items, and her top tips for travelers on making the most of local cuisine. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1WHiL6T

Biological anthropologist Stephen Le explains how cuisines of different cultures are a result of centuries of evolution, finely tuned to our biology and surroundings, and what lessons we can apply from how our ancestors ate to our modern diets. Read the full transcript: http://bit.ly/1QlYVti

Marci Izard is the blogger behind Marci’s Table on the Houston Chronicle’s website and the author of Nourishing Your Whole Self: A Cookbook with Feelings. She joins the Clever Cookstr to talk about eating your feelings in a positive way, and the connection between brain and body, diet and mood. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1QPxomT