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SummaryPastor Martinez reflects on God's unwavering faithfulness through four decades of miracles, battles, and breakthrough. From the story of the woman with the alabaster flask to a journal entry from the mission field in India, this message calls every believer to give sacrificially, reflect intentionally, and move forward boldly.Now is the time. Let this sermon stir your soul and propel your life forward into God's next move.https://TakingTheLandPodcast.comSUBSCRIBE TO PREMIUM FOR MORE:• Subscribe for only $3/month on Supercast: https://taking-the-land.supercast.com/• Subscribe for only $3.99/month on Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/taking-the-land/subscribe• Subscribe for only $4.99/month on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3vy1s5bChapters0:00 - A Monumental Moment in Ogden1:54 - Different Kinds of Givers4:26 - The Woman with the Alabaster Flask7:14 - What Connects You to the Vision?9:50 - A Monumental Altar in Joshua 2213:03 - Journal Entry from India & Laughing at the Past16:00 - A Testimony of God's Faithfulness17:42 - Deuteronomy 2:7 – God Has Been With Us22:23 - These 40 Years: The Meaning of Time24:52 - Biblical Pattern of 40 Years26:08 - Pastor Mitchell, Jesus & The Power of 4031:21 - A Time of Reflection33:51 - God's Presence in Revival and Trials36:41 - He Has Blessed Us & We've Lacked Nothing41:42 - God's Favor Over Our Failures44:54 - God Still Believes In Us48:36 - Confines & Coercion of Time53:37 - Time to Move On and Go North58:29 - Time Is Gone Forever1:01:54 - Numbering Our Days with Wisdom1:03:34 - A Final Call to Stop Wasting Time1:10:54 - The Work Is Just Beginning1:12:35 - Salvation Call & Altar InvitationShow NotesALL PROCEEDS GO TO WORLD EVANGELISMLocate a CFM Church near you: https://cfmmap.orgWe need five-star reviews! Tell the world what you think about this podcast at: • Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3vy1s5b • Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/taking-the-land-cfm-sermon-pod-43369
Stephanie Hansen:Hello everybody, and welcome to Dishing with Stephanie's Dish, the podcast where we talk to people that are obsessed with food and they come across their obsessions through cookbooks, podcasts, content writers, and today we're talking with Maggie Hoffman. And I was excited because I said I don't get to talk to fellow podcasters very often. Congratulations on your podcast. It is the Dinner Plan podcast. Maggie is the former digital director of Epicurious. She also has many newsletters. So I'm excited to talk to you about that. The Dinner Plan plus What to Drink , plus The Vintage Table Maggie Hoffman - You are my person.Maggie Hoffman:Maybe too many newsletters. We'll see.Stephanie Hansen:Yeah, I'm sure it's a lot. So where should we jump in first? Let's just, let's talk about your newsletters because you already commented on my background. I have a lot of vintage pieces in the background. How did you start the Vintage Table or what was your first newsletter?Maggie Hoffman:Well, it's a little bit complicated, but I actually started with what to drink. In sort of a previous life, I was mostly a cocktail writer. I used to review bars for the San Francisco Chronicle. And I've written two books about cocktails that were published by Ten Speed. The One-Bottle Cocktail: More than 80 Recipes with Fresh Ingredients and a Single SpiritBatch Cocktails: Make-Ahead Pitcher Drinks for Every OccasionAnd so that's like a whole side of my life. And I was running a drinks newsletter for Epicurious when I was there. And when I left, that was sort of the, the going independent. I was able to send one newsletter to that audience and say this is where I'll be.So, you know, I don't update that one as often, but I do have. I like to talk about what I'm drinking, you know, when I'm trying new non alcoholic beers, or sometimes I'll share cocktail recipes from new books I'm reading. So that one was actually first. My main gig is the Dinner plan, which is a podcast and substack. It's sort of a living, breathing system. So the podcast goes Every week I interview a cookbook author every week. We talk about inspiration and where they find dinner ideas and the books they love. And then at the end of every show, someone calls in and shares what's in their fridge and the cookbook author guest comes up with a dinner idea for them.And usually these folks are people with cookbooks, often new cookbooks. And so in the substack each week, we share all of the links to all the recipes that they have talked about so people don't have to like, take notes. Anything they've recommended, it's all there in the newsletter. And then we reprint a recipe from Their books. You can get a little preview of the book, and that's why you should sign up for the newsletter. Someone told me they were taking notes on the show, and I was like, oh, no, no, no, you don't have to do that.Stephanie Hansen:You have such good notes on the episodes.Maggie Hoffman:And, I mean, I listen to these things over and over.Stephanie Hansen:You have, like, attached and linked every single recipe idea anyone's ever discussed in the pod. I mean, it's extensive, you guys, you gotta follow.Maggie Hoffman:And then I have a big list, which I think is really fun, of every book that has gotten recommended. So each person comes with, like, two or three ideas. Well, that has become a very big list. We're getting close to 50 episodes, and each person. I mean, you do the math. So, yeah, that's the main project, and then the vintage table is a little side project, and maybe they'll get merged at some point, but I just cannot buy every piece of vintage tableware that I love. And so I thought I should probably start sharing the links so that I get. Maybe other people will take them off the market.Stephanie Hansen:That is smart, because once you start, like, in that Facebook marketplace or Etsy channel of looking for vintage things, ebay, they find you. Yeah, yeah.Maggie Hoffman:So there's usually, like, a theme, you know, sort of beachy things for summer or, you know, whatever is the thing that I'm sort of obsessing over. And that's just for fun, but it's a lot of fun.Stephanie Hansen:Yeah, I. I find it very fun. When you were so how long were you the digital director at Epicurious?Maggie Hoffman:I think I was there a total of four years. I started as the senior editor under David to Markin, who's at King Arthur Flour now, and I took over running it when he left.Stephanie Hansen:And we're probably better off now because we have so many different avenues for creators. Right. Substack has really, like, democratized the creating world. From podcasting, did you find, like, you know, when you work for a big company, there's resources and podcast studios, and then all of a sudden you're on your own and you have to figure it all out. Substack makes it so easy.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah, substack and all the other ways. You know, I think everyone's ability to sort of launch their own independent media is truly exciting, and people are doing it in all sorts of, you know, not just substack, but also their own websites and Patreon and, you know, people have huge success.Stephanie Hansen:Do you think that that is. I mean, I feel sad about that. I think it is cutting into traditional magazine resources, digital resources, digital archives, because people don't necessarily need that to be seen anymore. They can create their own engines. But I also, like, every time I get a magazine, it's a little bit thinner. I think, like, oh, don't wait. Because I still love some of those traditional printed forms and I love linear television, and I also like terrestrial radio still. Like, I want there to be all those things and not have it be just one thing.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah, I mean, I think it's a little more complicated. I wouldn't blame independent creators for the shrinking of food media. I think that has a lot more to do with, you know, everything moving to digital and then sort of being flooded with ads and then search changing so much. I mean, there's just so many things that have shaped that. And I think it's incredibly sad to see, you know, so much of, you know, both book publishing and magazine publishing struggle. It has to do with ad dollars. And, you know, those are places where there are the resources for everything to be tested and tested again. And, you know, I think there's going to have to be a question of how many independent creators people can support.And I don't think advertising is over. I think that is a way to fund some of this as well. You know, if an advertiser wants to support an independent creator, I think that's great. The budgets are going to be smaller than what they were paying for something else. And maybe it can all coexist, I'm.Stephanie Hansen:Hoping, because I think it ultimately, if it raises all boats right. But I mean, we are consolidating in a pretty rapid clip with the top seven media companies and social influencers. But when you think about your podcast and when you conceived it and knew who you wanted to talk to, what did that look like? Like, did you know right away what you were going to zero in on?Maggie Hoffman:Did I know? I was at the beach and was taking a long walk with my husband and sort of saying, were to do this thing, what would it be? I had gone through the process of pitching a show to Conde, which they decided they didn't want, and so I was pretty heartbroken and kind of had lost confidence. I've been in food media about 15 years now, a really long time. I actually worked in book publishing before that and blogging, and I was at Serious Eats in very early, exciting years. And. And I love being a part of that community. I love being able to see what's coming soon. Like, one of the biggest joys when I first started at epicurious, was I showed up and there was this stack of cookbooks on one of the, like, files sitting on one of the file cabinets. And people would sort of say, hey, does anybody have a copy of this? Does anybody have a copy of that? I was like, this is where I'm supposed to be like, you know, I mean, you can see the.Stephanie Hansen:Yep.Maggie Hoffman:Stacks of cookbooks continue. And so I sort of was like, what will be Feel like it sort of captures some of that excitement that I could do independently, and what would it take to do independently, and who would I want to talk to, what new books are, am I excited about? And, you know, just what would that conversation be? And I knew I didn't want it to be a podcast, really, about feeding kids. That's really not what it is. It's really for all cooks, and it focuses a lot on that moment of inspiration. And, you know, I was really burnt out, and it was affecting my cooking. And I think everyone who works really hard can feel that affecting their cooking.Stephanie Hansen:I'm just coming off a cookbook launch or getting ready to launch, and I'm like, sometimes the idea of what to eat, I'm just like, all I've done is cook this week. Like a million places for a million people, for a million things, documented it all. And I just want a piece of peanut butter toast.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah. And that's fine, I think. But, you know, even if you don't work in food, I think if your job is stressful, the world is stressful. Everything, you know, everything feels like it's on fire. Cooking can be really nourishing, sort of mentally and, you know, spiritually, or it can be a thing that causes stress. And how do you get to a place where it feels like it is soothing, where it feels like it's a meditation. Meditation. Whatever it is you need from cooking, how do you get to a place where your dinners make you happy, where you're delighted by what you eat? And so we talk a lot about that.And so I think that came out of. I had written a story about cooking burnout during the days of the early pandemic. And it was something I kept getting notes about where people would be like, oh, my gosh, this is totally me. And so that's the thing I come back to, and people's answers are very different. I sort of wondered, like, if we kind of bring up this topic with so many different food people, is it going to start to get repetitive? But sometimes someone will just floor me with a totally different response to this problem. And so that's been really interesting.Stephanie Hansen:During the pandemic, I've had a radio show about food for, gosh, 18 years, I think. And during the pandemic, we did a lot of that. We called it pantry panic because you were going into the grocery store with your mask and your cart or your bucket, whatever you were putting your groceries in, and you were just literally like throwing staples in just because you didn't want to run out of yeast or flour or sugar and beans and rice and whatever you had. And then you'd get home, you'd be looking at your pantry and like, oh my gosh, how am I going to actually turn this into a meal for cooks and home cooks? You know, that was what we do. Like, okay. But for a lot of people that were two working families had really relied on a lot of convenience type of foods, that was a really new experience for them. To be staring at a bag of split peas and figuring out how to get that to the table.That was such a great. For me as a cook, it was such a great reorienting of how we look at our food systems and how to help people. And it reinvigorated my love of cooking and wanting to write cookbooks that would be for everybody necessarily. Not like, you know, I'm from the Midwest, we cook pretty. Basically, we don't have access to a lot of the fresh stuffs on either coast, but we do have these great grains and we have all these things that are in the breadbasket of the United States. It that pandemic, silver lining for me was going back to actually cooking.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah. I also think we saw the rise of a lot of small businesses that are making things to make life easier and to add flavor. You know, there's. There's so many more companies selling various, you know, sauces and seasonings and things. You know, I think I was in a moment where I was like, oh, man. Like you had to replace restaurant food with home cooked food. And was I really going to do something complicated? And that's where, you know, I just am really cheering for these small businesses because it can be so amazing to have those on hand. And you can usually mail order them.Stephanie Hansen:And just thinking about, like, the condiments, like chili crisp is a condiment that has been around for a long time, but just came into the zeitgeist in the last five years. You know, obviously the proliferation of hot sauces, but also like sumac and za' atar and some of these more world spices that we weren't familiar with necessarily. It's really brought a whole new way of looking at your basic home cooking.Maggie Hoffman:And, of course, some people have been cooking with those things forever, for sure. But I also think there, you know, the cookbook publishing industry is very slow because it takes two years for books to come out. Right. It's a very slow process. And so I think you're finally seeing so many more books from so many more voices, and so you have a guide. You're not just blindly using something you've never seen before.Stephanie Hansen:Along those lines, are there, like, a handful of books that have come across your desk recently that you're like, yes.Maggie Hoffman:I mean, so many. That's, like, my whole thing. Let me think. I mean, there's so many, I think, of the recent one. Zaynab Issa, Third Culture Cooking, is really wonderful. She was a Bon Appetit, and it's just incredibly talented with flavor. She does a lot of development for NYT Cooking now, and that's a good place to find her recipes. But that book's really lovely.Norma Rod's book, she was at Yotam Ottolenghi, and her book is called “Lugma, Abundant Dishes and Stories From My Middle East”, and she's from Bahrain. And that book is just. You just want to cook everything in it. Just really, really. I mean, the photography is stunning. Oh, my gosh. What else? Rick Martinez's new salsa book, “Salsa Daddy, a Cookbook: Dip Your Way Into Mexican Cooking” is really fun and really just, like, a smart thing. If you are feeling bored with sort of, you know, your rotation of, like, protein.Like, if you are doing rotisserie chicken, can of beans, pasta, like, if you were doing that rotation, the answer. When I talked to Rick, he was talking about how when you make salsas, like, so many of them, you could freeze. And so then you can mix and match. You can pull one from your freezer. You can, you know, toss that rotisserie chicken with a green salsa one night and a different salsa the other night. And that was just, like, so exciting to me.Stephanie Hansen:Do you use your freezer a lot? I mean, I find, like, cooks. I have two freezers, and they're always loaded, and I'm trying to eat out of the freezer constantly with the very little success.Maggie Hoffman:That's always the challenge. You really have to keep a list. You really have to put, like, a freezer night on your schedule. My husband travels a lot, and so I try to eat from the freezer when he's gone. So it's like, this is super easy when I'm juggling. I use the freezer for all kinds of things. You know, I do try to put sauces in there. But he had that problem of, like, chucking half of the can of chipotle is in the freezer.Stephanie Hansen:You never get to it.Maggie Hoffman:One thing, I did have one sort of freezer epiphany recently. Not so much of summer food, but I often make turkey chili. It's one of my favorites. Really comforting. And I always put beans in it, which is how I grew up with it. And I was freezing a big, big batch and realized there was no way I was going to fit this batch in the freezer. But I'm just, you know, putting a can of beans in it and letting it simmer for half an hour. Right.So I was like, oh, wait, I'm not going to include the beans in the frozen version. I'm just going to freeze the part that is less bulky, and then when I take it out of the freezer, I can add the can of beans, heat it all up, and that way I'm not taking something from the pantry where it's fine, and using up the space in my freezer.Stephanie Hansen:Gosh, that is kind of, like, weirdly groundbreaking because I'm using Ziploc bags and freezing them flat. I'm using super cubes, mason jars, quartz pints, but.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah, that's right.Stephanie Hansen:Wow. Yes. Okay. I'm just. I'm that.Maggie Hoffman:And I wonder if there's other things like that.Stephanie Hansen:Well, I was just trying to think.Maggie Hoffman:And you just don't need to add something bulky before freezing.Stephanie Hansen:Yeah. Maybe even, like, just sauces, like adding the meats where you can just quickly saute the meats, throw in the sauce, and. Huh.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah.Stephanie Hansen:All right. You might be on to something. This is exciting.Maggie Hoffman:I mean, and especially I use the instant pot a lot in the summer. My kitchen's really hot. And so if you're making just, like, a basic, you know, shredded chicken in an instant pot, any sauce could be the liquid.Stephanie Hansen:Yep. I also find, like, I make a lot of soups and Stewie and breezy things, and there's only two of us, and I cook, like, for eight. So by the time I'm done after making the initial meal, having a leftover meal, maybe a lunch, I still have, like, four portions, and by then, I don't want to eat it anymore. So I'm like, oh, okay, how can I freeze this? And how can I make it into a handy meal for the next? I give away a lot of food probably because of that, because I just don't want to deal with it anymore.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah. If you're recipe testing, if you're working on books, there's just, you gotta share.Stephanie Hansen:And you've made three of the same thing and it's very similar. Maybe a little dash of this or dash of that. You're just like, ugh, I don't want to look at it one more second. When, when you think about the vintage table, just going back to that a second, we're seeing a lot of vintage things come back in vogue. So like the sterling silver platters and the farm glass. And you mentioned DANSK, you know, food 52 reinvested in that company and rebought it out of bankruptcy. Are there trends that you're seeing like with linens or silverware or things that you're excited about?Maggie Hoffman:I mean, I love weird silver. Sort of how this all started is that my favorite thing is, you know, and they're not that expensive if you have just like a tiny little fork. But you know, there's forks for everything. There's a lemon fork and an olive fork and a sardine fork. And so I love that a berry spoon. I had, I found this beautiful berry spoon that kind of had. It was pierced so that if you had like, you know, something that was a little wet, the, the water would run off and it was just gorgeous. And I put it in the newsletter and a friend of mine reached out and said, I have that.Maggie Hoffman:I got it for my wedding for my grandmother and I've never seen a similar one. And there it was on ebay.Stephanie Hansen:That's so cool.Maggie Hoffman:I think that's neat. And, and so, yeah, I'm really into the strangest silver you can possibly find.Stephanie Hansen:It's funny because you don't think about how many pieces there are. And you were like. The first time I ate at a French restaurant with my mother in law who was very proper, I was so intimidated. There was literally like 18 pieces of silverware on the place setting. And I mean, I knew like from the Joya cooking diagram that my mom showed me, like, but there were so many pieces of silver, I had no idea. And I just waited to eat. I ordered the same thing she did. And I waited to eat until she picked up something and then I would pick it up.And years later I kind of confessed and we laughed. And she was like, I didn't know what half of that stuff was. We just don't eat like that now.Maggie Hoffman:No. And I like to have these little things, like to set out snacks for friends, you know, put out a bunch of bowls of things and then it's just like that. The little serving fork you know, on the plate of charcuterie or whatever is old.Stephanie Hansen:I want to tell people too. Like, if you have pieces that are real sterling or fancy crystal dishes, whatever it is, like, use them, you know, Like, I think we wait for this special occasion, that our lives are special occasions. You know, we are being inundated with a lot of information and a lot of weird news. And if you can just have that moment of feeling luxurious by yourself or in your own home or with your friends, I think it brings. Breaks down the barriers of entertaining. Like, serve beans and rice on crystal dishes if you want to. Who cares?Maggie Hoffman:And like, anytime you're in real life with an actual human is especially. Yes.Stephanie Hansen:Like, get out that vintage coupe glass and pour yourself a mocktail or a cocktail, whatever.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah, I have these. My husband grew up with these little cocktail. They're like cocktail picks. I think they're for like an olive and your martini. And they're little swords from Toledo, Spain, which is where, like, swords are made. And they're real little swords. And he and his cousins used to like, sword fight with them. And they're absolutely dangerous.It's a terrible idea. But they're really fun. For olives or for like, you know, that little tapa that's like pepper and an anchovy and an olive.Stephanie Hansen:Yes. What do they call those? Pinchos.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah, so we do that sometimes and we had the little swords and one time someone was clearing the plates and just threw one out. Oh, a little like. So in the end, I actually ended up finding another set. They're around, they're not expensive. And so now the ones that were his grandmother's are like on a shelf sort of displayed. And the. The ebay ones are in rotation.Stephanie Hansen:Wow, that's pretty great. When you are looking for guests, do you search the Internet? Do you spend a lot of time on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook? What's your.Maggie Hoffman:I have known the book publicists from all the different publishing houses for a long time. So often I get an email when a book's coming out. I also go on. Just like if you go on a. On a bookstore website, you can go on Amazon and sort by date. I can see what's coming out. You know, like, here are all the books coming out in August under Cooking and Food. So I often do that.I'm planning several months in advance. So it's really sort of trying to figure out when is the right time to talk to somebody. And often, you know, people are juggling like a European tour and an American tour. I try to talk to them before things get really busy. And in fall. Fall's the big cookbook season, and so there's so many new releases, and some of them are too busy to talk to me, but I'm talking to some really exciting people. This.Stephanie Hansen:Oh, nobody would be too busy. I always think it's kind of shocking. Like, the first time I reached out to Yodam Odalingi, actually, and I just was like, oh, I don't know what he's doing, but I want to talk to him. He's fun. And so I just, like, sent him an Instagram message, and he replied. And we booked an interview for the radio show, and he was so delightful that we recorded a video podcast of it, too. And he was just so great. And people were like, oh, my gosh, I can't believe you got him.I was like, well, maybe sometimes people just don't ask. And I don't know. I just think you always can ask. People can always say no.Maggie Hoffman:Exactly. Exactly. And, you know, I'm not strict. I'd say almost all of my guests are people with, like, a book coming out that week. But then there's also just people I want to talk to. I talked to Hetty McKinnon, and now that was last year, and she has a new book coming out this year, and maybe we'll do it again. But, you know, this challenge, it can be interesting to talk to people in different moments of their lives. People who have just finished a book sometimes are kind of overwhelmed, and it's not the moment where they're, like, thinking about cooking for themselves necessarily.So it can be useful sort of across the board.Stephanie Hansen:When you are booking a guest, do you think about, like. And maybe this is a separate question, too, but the monetization of the podcast, like, do you worry about that? You're a freelance person. Is this, like. I. I'm kind of thinking about the substack algorithm and wondering if it's peaked for. Because people feel like they're subscribing to lots of things, and people are feeling kind of poor right now because the economy's not necessarily been great. Do you worry about that, or do.Maggie Hoffman:You just let me tell you about my business a little bit? So, I mean, I'm making it up as I go, but very early on, I felt like I wanted the newsletter to be visible to everyone because it's part of the service of the show. I want everyone to get all those links, and I want people to listen, and I want it to serve as a reminder, like, hey, there's, a new show up, you know, and the day that I publish the show every week, you know it's going to show up. If you follow in Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you listen, you know, that's a thing. But so I have paid subscriptions as an option on Substack and that is people who want to support the show. The show costs money. I record at a studio. I don't record at home mostly because there's a construction project going on next door. I recorded a studio with an amazing engineer and his team.So I pay them for the space and for the help and everything else I do myself. It is my full time job. So in order to pay for all those things, I have advertising and I sell the advertising myself. So yeah, so I'm reaching out to people and saying, look like this is this wonderful audience that loves to cook and is looking for things that will make their cooking life better or easier, more delicious. And people are interested. And so the people who are paid Substack subscribers are supporting the show and to thank them, every week I give away a copy of the author's book and that goes to paid subscribers. So my hope is that people might sign up for an annual subscription. It's 30 bucks.Maggie Hoffman:And then they might win a book. That would be 30 bucks and it would all work out. I have a super exciting. I'm doing like a big thank you to paid subscribers for the 50th episode of the show which is coming up. And it is an unbelievable prize. It's going to be so awesome. But so that's the most of my money is not being made by paid subscribers. I have like not very many.Stephanie Hansen:Yeah.Maggie Hoffman:And, but I love substrate and I love the community. Something I'm really into is the notes part of it which I think some people hate because it's social media. But I think there is a cool food scene on there and something that I do is just post my like actual boring dinner, not a picture. It's literally just like this is my plan. First thing in the morning I'll say this is what I'm doing tonight and that can be fun. And so most of the money that pays for the production of the show and for my full time work is coming from advertisers. I'm so grateful for them. And you know, I think when I listen to a podcast and I hear a recommendation in the host voice, I often consider buying those.And so I believe, I believe in the power of it. And I work with advertisers who I think are cool. And it's a fun part of the business, which is that I get to talk to founders of food companies and cookware companies. And so I actually wouldn't give that up. I think it's really fun.Stephanie Hansen:That's very unique because I came from a sales background myself. I've owned a couple of companies and food is my full time life too. But it's freelance. I mean, I'm freelance. Radio, freelance podcast, freelance TV show, all the things. Freelance cook, write a cookbook. And you cobble together the pots of money and at the end of the year you have 15 W9s and you pay your own insurance. But there is a little bit of freedom in that.That's nice too. So I'm impressed that you're doing all that yourself. That's cool.Maggie Hoffman:I mean, freelance writing, I would say. There's so many great writers out there and people who are writing features for magazines and that's their like full time gig. Like those are really amazing people. I am an editor at heart, really. I've always been an editor and it's harder to put together editing gigs and so the writing, the things that I was being offered weren't that exciting. And I was like, what if I just invest in this? What if I take a couple of months and see what it's going to cost and what I can raise in advertising? And I told myself I was going to take the leap and not evaluate whether it was a good idea or not for six months.Stephanie Hansen:Smart.Maggie Hoffman:And it turned out we sort of said, okay, I'm going to learn how to do it. I'm going to get better at it and try to make it good. Then I'm going to try to grow it and increase the audience and then I'm going to try to monetize it. And it's turned out that I've sort of done all those things at once.Stephanie Hansen:It is the dinner plan and I can really think of no better way than to end this podcast than those last three minutes of you describing what it's like and what it feels like to make this a full time endeavor and why people want to listen and support you. I really enjoyed this chat. You're really doing some incredible work and I just like everything you're doing. So congratulations on getting this all figured out.Maggie Hoffman:Thanks so much.Stephanie Hansen:Yeah, I'm going to put links to all the newsletters and the pod. I'll work on getting this episode prepared and send you a proof before we release it. But thanks, Maggie. I appreciate you being a guest today.Maggie Hoffman:Thank you.Stephanie Hansen:All right, we'll talk soon.Maggie Hoffman:All right. Bye.Stephanie Hansen:Okay, bye. Bye.Stephanie's Dish Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. 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Stephanie Hansen:Hello everybody, and welcome to Dishing with Stephanie's Dish, the podcast where we talk to people that are obsessed with food and they come across their obsessions through cookbooks, podcasts, content writers, and today we're talking with Maggie Hoffman. And I was excited because I said I don't get to talk to fellow podcasters very often. Congratulations on your podcast. It is the Dinner Plan podcast. Maggie is the former digital director of Epicurious. She also has many newsletters. So I'm excited to talk to you about that. The Dinner Plan plus What to Drink , plus The Vintage Table Maggie Hoffman - You are my person.Maggie Hoffman:Maybe too many newsletters. We'll see.Stephanie Hansen:Yeah, I'm sure it's a lot. So where should we jump in first? Let's just, let's talk about your newsletters because you already commented on my background. I have a lot of vintage pieces in the background. How did you start the Vintage Table or what was your first newsletter?Maggie Hoffman:Well, it's a little bit complicated, but I actually started with what to drink. In sort of a previous life, I was mostly a cocktail writer. I used to review bars for the San Francisco Chronicle. And I've written two books about cocktails that were published by Ten Speed. The One-Bottle Cocktail: More than 80 Recipes with Fresh Ingredients and a Single SpiritBatch Cocktails: Make-Ahead Pitcher Drinks for Every OccasionAnd so that's like a whole side of my life. And I was running a drinks newsletter for Epicurious when I was there. And when I left, that was sort of the, the going independent. I was able to send one newsletter to that audience and say this is where I'll be.So, you know, I don't update that one as often, but I do have. I like to talk about what I'm drinking, you know, when I'm trying new non alcoholic beers, or sometimes I'll share cocktail recipes from new books I'm reading. So that one was actually first. My main gig is the Dinner plan, which is a podcast and substack. It's sort of a living, breathing system. So the podcast goes Every week I interview a cookbook author every week. We talk about inspiration and where they find dinner ideas and the books they love. And then at the end of every show, someone calls in and shares what's in their fridge and the cookbook author guest comes up with a dinner idea for them.And usually these folks are people with cookbooks, often new cookbooks. And so in the substack each week, we share all of the links to all the recipes that they have talked about so people don't have to like, take notes. Anything they've recommended, it's all there in the newsletter. And then we reprint a recipe from Their books. You can get a little preview of the book, and that's why you should sign up for the newsletter. Someone told me they were taking notes on the show, and I was like, oh, no, no, no, you don't have to do that.Stephanie Hansen:You have such good notes on the episodes.Maggie Hoffman:And, I mean, I listen to these things over and over.Stephanie Hansen:You have, like, attached and linked every single recipe idea anyone's ever discussed in the pod. I mean, it's extensive, you guys, you gotta follow.Maggie Hoffman:And then I have a big list, which I think is really fun, of every book that has gotten recommended. So each person comes with, like, two or three ideas. Well, that has become a very big list. We're getting close to 50 episodes, and each person. I mean, you do the math. So, yeah, that's the main project, and then the vintage table is a little side project, and maybe they'll get merged at some point, but I just cannot buy every piece of vintage tableware that I love. And so I thought I should probably start sharing the links so that I get. Maybe other people will take them off the market.Stephanie Hansen:That is smart, because once you start, like, in that Facebook marketplace or Etsy channel of looking for vintage things, ebay, they find you. Yeah, yeah.Maggie Hoffman:So there's usually, like, a theme, you know, sort of beachy things for summer or, you know, whatever is the thing that I'm sort of obsessing over. And that's just for fun, but it's a lot of fun.Stephanie Hansen:Yeah, I. I find it very fun. When you were so how long were you the digital director at Epicurious?Maggie Hoffman:I think I was there a total of four years. I started as the senior editor under David to Markin, who's at King Arthur Flour now, and I took over running it when he left.Stephanie Hansen:And we're probably better off now because we have so many different avenues for creators. Right. Substack has really, like, democratized the creating world. From podcasting, did you find, like, you know, when you work for a big company, there's resources and podcast studios, and then all of a sudden you're on your own and you have to figure it all out. Substack makes it so easy.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah, substack and all the other ways. You know, I think everyone's ability to sort of launch their own independent media is truly exciting, and people are doing it in all sorts of, you know, not just substack, but also their own websites and Patreon and, you know, people have huge success.Stephanie Hansen:Do you think that that is. I mean, I feel sad about that. I think it is cutting into traditional magazine resources, digital resources, digital archives, because people don't necessarily need that to be seen anymore. They can create their own engines. But I also, like, every time I get a magazine, it's a little bit thinner. I think, like, oh, don't wait. Because I still love some of those traditional printed forms and I love linear television, and I also like terrestrial radio still. Like, I want there to be all those things and not have it be just one thing.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah, I mean, I think it's a little more complicated. I wouldn't blame independent creators for the shrinking of food media. I think that has a lot more to do with, you know, everything moving to digital and then sort of being flooded with ads and then search changing so much. I mean, there's just so many things that have shaped that. And I think it's incredibly sad to see, you know, so much of, you know, both book publishing and magazine publishing struggle. It has to do with ad dollars. And, you know, those are places where there are the resources for everything to be tested and tested again. And, you know, I think there's going to have to be a question of how many independent creators people can support.And I don't think advertising is over. I think that is a way to fund some of this as well. You know, if an advertiser wants to support an independent creator, I think that's great. The budgets are going to be smaller than what they were paying for something else. And maybe it can all coexist, I'm.Stephanie Hansen:Hoping, because I think it ultimately, if it raises all boats right. But I mean, we are consolidating in a pretty rapid clip with the top seven media companies and social influencers. But when you think about your podcast and when you conceived it and knew who you wanted to talk to, what did that look like? Like, did you know right away what you were going to zero in on?Maggie Hoffman:Did I know? I was at the beach and was taking a long walk with my husband and sort of saying, were to do this thing, what would it be? I had gone through the process of pitching a show to Conde, which they decided they didn't want, and so I was pretty heartbroken and kind of had lost confidence. I've been in food media about 15 years now, a really long time. I actually worked in book publishing before that and blogging, and I was at Serious Eats in very early, exciting years. And. And I love being a part of that community. I love being able to see what's coming soon. Like, one of the biggest joys when I first started at epicurious, was I showed up and there was this stack of cookbooks on one of the, like, files sitting on one of the file cabinets. And people would sort of say, hey, does anybody have a copy of this? Does anybody have a copy of that? I was like, this is where I'm supposed to be like, you know, I mean, you can see the.Stephanie Hansen:Yep.Maggie Hoffman:Stacks of cookbooks continue. And so I sort of was like, what will be Feel like it sort of captures some of that excitement that I could do independently, and what would it take to do independently, and who would I want to talk to, what new books are, am I excited about? And, you know, just what would that conversation be? And I knew I didn't want it to be a podcast, really, about feeding kids. That's really not what it is. It's really for all cooks, and it focuses a lot on that moment of inspiration. And, you know, I was really burnt out, and it was affecting my cooking. And I think everyone who works really hard can feel that affecting their cooking.Stephanie Hansen:I'm just coming off a cookbook launch or getting ready to launch, and I'm like, sometimes the idea of what to eat, I'm just like, all I've done is cook this week. Like a million places for a million people, for a million things, documented it all. And I just want a piece of peanut butter toast.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah. And that's fine, I think. But, you know, even if you don't work in food, I think if your job is stressful, the world is stressful. Everything, you know, everything feels like it's on fire. Cooking can be really nourishing, sort of mentally and, you know, spiritually, or it can be a thing that causes stress. And how do you get to a place where it feels like it is soothing, where it feels like it's a meditation. Meditation. Whatever it is you need from cooking, how do you get to a place where your dinners make you happy, where you're delighted by what you eat? And so we talk a lot about that.And so I think that came out of. I had written a story about cooking burnout during the days of the early pandemic. And it was something I kept getting notes about where people would be like, oh, my gosh, this is totally me. And so that's the thing I come back to, and people's answers are very different. I sort of wondered, like, if we kind of bring up this topic with so many different food people, is it going to start to get repetitive? But sometimes someone will just floor me with a totally different response to this problem. And so that's been really interesting.Stephanie Hansen:During the pandemic, I've had a radio show about food for, gosh, 18 years, I think. And during the pandemic, we did a lot of that. We called it pantry panic because you were going into the grocery store with your mask and your cart or your bucket, whatever you were putting your groceries in, and you were just literally like throwing staples in just because you didn't want to run out of yeast or flour or sugar and beans and rice and whatever you had. And then you'd get home, you'd be looking at your pantry and like, oh my gosh, how am I going to actually turn this into a meal for cooks and home cooks? You know, that was what we do. Like, okay. But for a lot of people that were two working families had really relied on a lot of convenience type of foods, that was a really new experience for them. To be staring at a bag of split peas and figuring out how to get that to the table.That was such a great. For me as a cook, it was such a great reorienting of how we look at our food systems and how to help people. And it reinvigorated my love of cooking and wanting to write cookbooks that would be for everybody necessarily. Not like, you know, I'm from the Midwest, we cook pretty. Basically, we don't have access to a lot of the fresh stuffs on either coast, but we do have these great grains and we have all these things that are in the breadbasket of the United States. It that pandemic, silver lining for me was going back to actually cooking.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah. I also think we saw the rise of a lot of small businesses that are making things to make life easier and to add flavor. You know, there's. There's so many more companies selling various, you know, sauces and seasonings and things. You know, I think I was in a moment where I was like, oh, man. Like you had to replace restaurant food with home cooked food. And was I really going to do something complicated? And that's where, you know, I just am really cheering for these small businesses because it can be so amazing to have those on hand. And you can usually mail order them.Stephanie Hansen:And just thinking about, like, the condiments, like chili crisp is a condiment that has been around for a long time, but just came into the zeitgeist in the last five years. You know, obviously the proliferation of hot sauces, but also like sumac and za' atar and some of these more world spices that we weren't familiar with necessarily. It's really brought a whole new way of looking at your basic home cooking.Maggie Hoffman:And, of course, some people have been cooking with those things forever, for sure. But I also think there, you know, the cookbook publishing industry is very slow because it takes two years for books to come out. Right. It's a very slow process. And so I think you're finally seeing so many more books from so many more voices, and so you have a guide. You're not just blindly using something you've never seen before.Stephanie Hansen:Along those lines, are there, like, a handful of books that have come across your desk recently that you're like, yes.Maggie Hoffman:I mean, so many. That's, like, my whole thing. Let me think. I mean, there's so many, I think, of the recent one. Zaynab Issa, Third Culture Cooking, is really wonderful. She was a Bon Appetit, and it's just incredibly talented with flavor. She does a lot of development for NYT Cooking now, and that's a good place to find her recipes. But that book's really lovely.Norma Rod's book, she was at Yotam Ottolenghi, and her book is called “Lugma, Abundant Dishes and Stories From My Middle East”, and she's from Bahrain. And that book is just. You just want to cook everything in it. Just really, really. I mean, the photography is stunning. Oh, my gosh. What else? Rick Martinez's new salsa book, “Salsa Daddy, a Cookbook: Dip Your Way Into Mexican Cooking” is really fun and really just, like, a smart thing. If you are feeling bored with sort of, you know, your rotation of, like, protein.Like, if you are doing rotisserie chicken, can of beans, pasta, like, if you were doing that rotation, the answer. When I talked to Rick, he was talking about how when you make salsas, like, so many of them, you could freeze. And so then you can mix and match. You can pull one from your freezer. You can, you know, toss that rotisserie chicken with a green salsa one night and a different salsa the other night. And that was just, like, so exciting to me.Stephanie Hansen:Do you use your freezer a lot? I mean, I find, like, cooks. I have two freezers, and they're always loaded, and I'm trying to eat out of the freezer constantly with the very little success.Maggie Hoffman:That's always the challenge. You really have to keep a list. You really have to put, like, a freezer night on your schedule. My husband travels a lot, and so I try to eat from the freezer when he's gone. So it's like, this is super easy when I'm juggling. I use the freezer for all kinds of things. You know, I do try to put sauces in there. But he had that problem of, like, chucking half of the can of chipotle is in the freezer.Stephanie Hansen:You never get to it.Maggie Hoffman:One thing, I did have one sort of freezer epiphany recently. Not so much of summer food, but I often make turkey chili. It's one of my favorites. Really comforting. And I always put beans in it, which is how I grew up with it. And I was freezing a big, big batch and realized there was no way I was going to fit this batch in the freezer. But I'm just, you know, putting a can of beans in it and letting it simmer for half an hour. Right.So I was like, oh, wait, I'm not going to include the beans in the frozen version. I'm just going to freeze the part that is less bulky, and then when I take it out of the freezer, I can add the can of beans, heat it all up, and that way I'm not taking something from the pantry where it's fine, and using up the space in my freezer.Stephanie Hansen:Gosh, that is kind of, like, weirdly groundbreaking because I'm using Ziploc bags and freezing them flat. I'm using super cubes, mason jars, quartz pints, but.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah, that's right.Stephanie Hansen:Wow. Yes. Okay. I'm just. I'm that.Maggie Hoffman:And I wonder if there's other things like that.Stephanie Hansen:Well, I was just trying to think.Maggie Hoffman:And you just don't need to add something bulky before freezing.Stephanie Hansen:Yeah. Maybe even, like, just sauces, like adding the meats where you can just quickly saute the meats, throw in the sauce, and. Huh.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah.Stephanie Hansen:All right. You might be on to something. This is exciting.Maggie Hoffman:I mean, and especially I use the instant pot a lot in the summer. My kitchen's really hot. And so if you're making just, like, a basic, you know, shredded chicken in an instant pot, any sauce could be the liquid.Stephanie Hansen:Yep. I also find, like, I make a lot of soups and Stewie and breezy things, and there's only two of us, and I cook, like, for eight. So by the time I'm done after making the initial meal, having a leftover meal, maybe a lunch, I still have, like, four portions, and by then, I don't want to eat it anymore. So I'm like, oh, okay, how can I freeze this? And how can I make it into a handy meal for the next? I give away a lot of food probably because of that, because I just don't want to deal with it anymore.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah. If you're recipe testing, if you're working on books, there's just, you gotta share.Stephanie Hansen:And you've made three of the same thing and it's very similar. Maybe a little dash of this or dash of that. You're just like, ugh, I don't want to look at it one more second. When, when you think about the vintage table, just going back to that a second, we're seeing a lot of vintage things come back in vogue. So like the sterling silver platters and the farm glass. And you mentioned DANSK, you know, food 52 reinvested in that company and rebought it out of bankruptcy. Are there trends that you're seeing like with linens or silverware or things that you're excited about?Maggie Hoffman:I mean, I love weird silver. Sort of how this all started is that my favorite thing is, you know, and they're not that expensive if you have just like a tiny little fork. But you know, there's forks for everything. There's a lemon fork and an olive fork and a sardine fork. And so I love that a berry spoon. I had, I found this beautiful berry spoon that kind of had. It was pierced so that if you had like, you know, something that was a little wet, the, the water would run off and it was just gorgeous. And I put it in the newsletter and a friend of mine reached out and said, I have that.Maggie Hoffman:I got it for my wedding for my grandmother and I've never seen a similar one. And there it was on ebay.Stephanie Hansen:That's so cool.Maggie Hoffman:I think that's neat. And, and so, yeah, I'm really into the strangest silver you can possibly find.Stephanie Hansen:It's funny because you don't think about how many pieces there are. And you were like. The first time I ate at a French restaurant with my mother in law who was very proper, I was so intimidated. There was literally like 18 pieces of silverware on the place setting. And I mean, I knew like from the Joya cooking diagram that my mom showed me, like, but there were so many pieces of silver, I had no idea. And I just waited to eat. I ordered the same thing she did. And I waited to eat until she picked up something and then I would pick it up.And years later I kind of confessed and we laughed. And she was like, I didn't know what half of that stuff was. We just don't eat like that now.Maggie Hoffman:No. And I like to have these little things, like to set out snacks for friends, you know, put out a bunch of bowls of things and then it's just like that. The little serving fork you know, on the plate of charcuterie or whatever is old.Stephanie Hansen:I want to tell people too. Like, if you have pieces that are real sterling or fancy crystal dishes, whatever it is, like, use them, you know, Like, I think we wait for this special occasion, that our lives are special occasions. You know, we are being inundated with a lot of information and a lot of weird news. And if you can just have that moment of feeling luxurious by yourself or in your own home or with your friends, I think it brings. Breaks down the barriers of entertaining. Like, serve beans and rice on crystal dishes if you want to. Who cares?Maggie Hoffman:And like, anytime you're in real life with an actual human is especially. Yes.Stephanie Hansen:Like, get out that vintage coupe glass and pour yourself a mocktail or a cocktail, whatever.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah, I have these. My husband grew up with these little cocktail. They're like cocktail picks. I think they're for like an olive and your martini. And they're little swords from Toledo, Spain, which is where, like, swords are made. And they're real little swords. And he and his cousins used to like, sword fight with them. And they're absolutely dangerous.It's a terrible idea. But they're really fun. For olives or for like, you know, that little tapa that's like pepper and an anchovy and an olive.Stephanie Hansen:Yes. What do they call those? Pinchos.Maggie Hoffman:Yeah, so we do that sometimes and we had the little swords and one time someone was clearing the plates and just threw one out. Oh, a little like. So in the end, I actually ended up finding another set. They're around, they're not expensive. And so now the ones that were his grandmother's are like on a shelf sort of displayed. And the. The ebay ones are in rotation.Stephanie Hansen:Wow, that's pretty great. When you are looking for guests, do you search the Internet? Do you spend a lot of time on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook? What's your.Maggie Hoffman:I have known the book publicists from all the different publishing houses for a long time. So often I get an email when a book's coming out. I also go on. Just like if you go on a. On a bookstore website, you can go on Amazon and sort by date. I can see what's coming out. You know, like, here are all the books coming out in August under Cooking and Food. So I often do that.I'm planning several months in advance. So it's really sort of trying to figure out when is the right time to talk to somebody. And often, you know, people are juggling like a European tour and an American tour. I try to talk to them before things get really busy. And in fall. Fall's the big cookbook season, and so there's so many new releases, and some of them are too busy to talk to me, but I'm talking to some really exciting people. This.Stephanie Hansen:Oh, nobody would be too busy. I always think it's kind of shocking. Like, the first time I reached out to Yodam Odalingi, actually, and I just was like, oh, I don't know what he's doing, but I want to talk to him. He's fun. And so I just, like, sent him an Instagram message, and he replied. And we booked an interview for the radio show, and he was so delightful that we recorded a video podcast of it, too. And he was just so great. And people were like, oh, my gosh, I can't believe you got him.I was like, well, maybe sometimes people just don't ask. And I don't know. I just think you always can ask. People can always say no.Maggie Hoffman:Exactly. Exactly. And, you know, I'm not strict. I'd say almost all of my guests are people with, like, a book coming out that week. But then there's also just people I want to talk to. I talked to Hetty McKinnon, and now that was last year, and she has a new book coming out this year, and maybe we'll do it again. But, you know, this challenge, it can be interesting to talk to people in different moments of their lives. People who have just finished a book sometimes are kind of overwhelmed, and it's not the moment where they're, like, thinking about cooking for themselves necessarily.So it can be useful sort of across the board.Stephanie Hansen:When you are booking a guest, do you think about, like. And maybe this is a separate question, too, but the monetization of the podcast, like, do you worry about that? You're a freelance person. Is this, like. I. I'm kind of thinking about the substack algorithm and wondering if it's peaked for. Because people feel like they're subscribing to lots of things, and people are feeling kind of poor right now because the economy's not necessarily been great. Do you worry about that, or do.Maggie Hoffman:You just let me tell you about my business a little bit? So, I mean, I'm making it up as I go, but very early on, I felt like I wanted the newsletter to be visible to everyone because it's part of the service of the show. I want everyone to get all those links, and I want people to listen, and I want it to serve as a reminder, like, hey, there's, a new show up, you know, and the day that I publish the show every week, you know it's going to show up. If you follow in Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you listen, you know, that's a thing. But so I have paid subscriptions as an option on Substack and that is people who want to support the show. The show costs money. I record at a studio. I don't record at home mostly because there's a construction project going on next door. I recorded a studio with an amazing engineer and his team.So I pay them for the space and for the help and everything else I do myself. It is my full time job. So in order to pay for all those things, I have advertising and I sell the advertising myself. So yeah, so I'm reaching out to people and saying, look like this is this wonderful audience that loves to cook and is looking for things that will make their cooking life better or easier, more delicious. And people are interested. And so the people who are paid Substack subscribers are supporting the show and to thank them, every week I give away a copy of the author's book and that goes to paid subscribers. So my hope is that people might sign up for an annual subscription. It's 30 bucks.Maggie Hoffman:And then they might win a book. That would be 30 bucks and it would all work out. I have a super exciting. I'm doing like a big thank you to paid subscribers for the 50th episode of the show which is coming up. And it is an unbelievable prize. It's going to be so awesome. But so that's the most of my money is not being made by paid subscribers. I have like not very many.Stephanie Hansen:Yeah.Maggie Hoffman:And, but I love substrate and I love the community. Something I'm really into is the notes part of it which I think some people hate because it's social media. But I think there is a cool food scene on there and something that I do is just post my like actual boring dinner, not a picture. It's literally just like this is my plan. First thing in the morning I'll say this is what I'm doing tonight and that can be fun. And so most of the money that pays for the production of the show and for my full time work is coming from advertisers. I'm so grateful for them. And you know, I think when I listen to a podcast and I hear a recommendation in the host voice, I often consider buying those.And so I believe, I believe in the power of it. And I work with advertisers who I think are cool. And it's a fun part of the business, which is that I get to talk to founders of food companies and cookware companies. And so I actually wouldn't give that up. I think it's really fun.Stephanie Hansen:That's very unique because I came from a sales background myself. I've owned a couple of companies and food is my full time life too. But it's freelance. I mean, I'm freelance. Radio, freelance podcast, freelance TV show, all the things. Freelance cook, write a cookbook. And you cobble together the pots of money and at the end of the year you have 15 W9s and you pay your own insurance. But there is a little bit of freedom in that.That's nice too. So I'm impressed that you're doing all that yourself. That's cool.Maggie Hoffman:I mean, freelance writing, I would say. There's so many great writers out there and people who are writing features for magazines and that's their like full time gig. Like those are really amazing people. I am an editor at heart, really. I've always been an editor and it's harder to put together editing gigs and so the writing, the things that I was being offered weren't that exciting. And I was like, what if I just invest in this? What if I take a couple of months and see what it's going to cost and what I can raise in advertising? And I told myself I was going to take the leap and not evaluate whether it was a good idea or not for six months.Stephanie Hansen:Smart.Maggie Hoffman:And it turned out we sort of said, okay, I'm going to learn how to do it. I'm going to get better at it and try to make it good. Then I'm going to try to grow it and increase the audience and then I'm going to try to monetize it. And it's turned out that I've sort of done all those things at once.Stephanie Hansen:It is the dinner plan and I can really think of no better way than to end this podcast than those last three minutes of you describing what it's like and what it feels like to make this a full time endeavor and why people want to listen and support you. I really enjoyed this chat. You're really doing some incredible work and I just like everything you're doing. So congratulations on getting this all figured out.Maggie Hoffman:Thanks so much.Stephanie Hansen:Yeah, I'm going to put links to all the newsletters and the pod. I'll work on getting this episode prepared and send you a proof before we release it. But thanks, Maggie. I appreciate you being a guest today.Maggie Hoffman:Thank you.Stephanie Hansen:All right, we'll talk soon.Maggie Hoffman:All right. Bye.Stephanie Hansen:Okay, bye. Bye.Stephanie's Dish Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. 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It's a perfect party trifecta of tequila, margaritas, and salsa. Plus, we dig into the latest on food dyes. Ted Genoways considers José Cuervo's colorful history, from eluding Pancho Villa's death threats to bringing tequila north of the Mexican border Caroline Pardilla serves up 60 recipes for your next batch of margaritas Rick Martinez chops, blends, and crushes more than tomatoes for endless variations of salsa Dr. Jessica Knurick deciphers fact from fiction in the MAHA agenda. Although they're available year-round, blueberries actually have a season and they're ripe for the picking. Don't forget to sign up for our newsletter!
Stratton is a Mental Health therapist and Mindset Coach with five years of experience helping salespeople feel better so they can sell better. Prior to becoming a Coach, Stratton sold pest control for four years. He combines his personal experience in door-to-door with his passion for spirituality and psychology to help salespeople have greater success, but more importantly, a new level of confidence and well-beingIn this engaging conversation, Rick Martinez and Stratton W. Nielsen explore the profound impact of mindset on personal growth, particularly in the context of door-to-door sales. They discuss the emotional phases individuals experience, the importance of self-awareness, and the role of therapy and coaching in overcoming challenges. The dialogue emphasizes the necessity of building a supportive community, learning from mistakes, and facing fears head-on. Ultimately, they encourage listeners to view sales as a vehicle for personal development and healing, advocating for practical steps to cultivate a positive mindset and emotional resilience.
Writer and cook Rick Martinez talks to Mark and Kate about parental inspiration; being a cheesecake-obsessed teen; how Mexican-Americans are pigeonholed, culinarily; how and why he relocated from New York to Mazatlan; and his new book, Salsa Daddy. The Bittman Project is featuring two recipes from Rick's book, Salsa Daddy: Breakfast Tacos: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/ricks-breakfast-tacos/La Mañanera (The Morning Salsa): https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/la-mananera-the-morning-salsa/Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts.Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Subscribe to The Bittman Project at www.bittmanproject.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's so special having Rick Martinez on the show to talk about his very fun new book, Salsa Daddy. Rick is the author of the best-selling cookbook Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico, and Salsa Daddy is just as delicious. It's a salsa-first approach to cooking, with more than 70 salsa recipes that anchor 24 meals, from torta de Milanesa to pozole verde de pollo, and I can already tell it's going to change my cooking for the better. Also on the show, I chat with author Emma Christensen about the joy of brewing boozy drinks at home with help from her great new cookbook: Hard Seltzer, Iced Tea, Kombucha, and CiderDo you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on Apple, or star us on Spotify. We'd love to hear from you. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Are you craving a crispy, fun, and inclusive party dish that will satisfy vegans, vegetarians, and meat-eaters…all at the same dinner table? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate this week to inspire each other – and you! You'll want to make this classic Mexican party dish that accommodates a range of dietary restrictions from gluten-free to dairy-free, and are easy to customize with fresh toppings! You'll also want to cook up this one-pot weeknight meal that's veggie-forward, helping you get dinner on the table in a snap!Tune in for a quick dose of home cooking inspiration! Links to from this week's show:The kind of veggie quinoa bake that inspired Sonya's weeknight meal Rick Martinez's chicken taquitos from the NY Times Mashed potato taquitos from Abraca Shaba***We love hearing from you — follow us on Instagram @foodfriendspod, or drop us a line at foodfriendspod@gmail.com! Or give us a CALL on our kitchen phone! 323-452-9084Sign up for Sonya's free Substack, or order her debut cookbook Braids for more Food Friends recipes!
In honor of National Men's Health Month, a pulmonologist and NBC News medical contributor answers a few important questions every guy should be asking. Plus, a few sales and deals from Amazon Prime Day that you won't want to miss. And, chef Rick Martinez shares a delicious grilled chicken with peach Dijon glaze recipe.
Rick Martinez brings his warm, fun and exuberant personality to this collection of Mexican cuisine from different regions of Mexico. We love the color and texture throughout this book and talk about one of the yummiest meals we've shared together. Somebody book us a trip to sunny Mexico! Recipes mentioned in this episode: Enchiladas mineras (page 74) Aguachile (page 242) Gaspacho moreliano (page 90) Arroz blanco con mantequilla (page 50) Pozole verde, estilo Guerrero (page 116) Chiles jalapeños en escabeche (page 64) Salsa macha (page 60) Tacos árabes (page 93) Tortillas árabes (page 44) Pan de muerto (page 102) Resources mentioned in this episode: Tajín Join our Cookbook Club! Our Instagram, @cookbookclubshow E-mail us: cookbookclubshow@gmail.com Find Renee and Sara on Instagram: @hipchickdigs and @realtor_saragray Our sponsors: Dropcloth Samplers Cook along with us! Next episodes coming in September 2024 after a summer break!
Pie is wonderful. Dessert pie is the best. And it makes us feel downright patriotic. Join us as we geek out on crust, fillings and baking techniques in this episode all about pie. Recipes mentioned in this episode: Tart and pie dough (The Art of Simple Food) All butter crust (America's Test Kitchen) The only pie crust (Alison Roman) Lime pie with Anzac biscuit crust (Family) Carrot pie (Six Seasons) David Liebovitz's salted honey pie (Grains for Every Season) Banana cream pie (NYT) Coconut cream pie (America's Test Kitchen) Salted lemon cream pie (Sweet Enough) Apple ombre pie (NYT) Cookbooks mentioned in this episode: The Book on Pie, by Erin Jeanne McDowell Baking with Dorie, by Dorie Greenspan Dessert Person, by Claire Saffitz Join our Cookbook Club! Our Instagram, @cookbookclubshow E-mail us: cookbookclubshow@gmail.com Find Renee and Sara on Instagram: @hipchickdigs and @realtor_saragray Our sponsors: Dropcloth Samplers Cook along with us! Next cookbook episode (releasing 6/12/2024 most likely — thanks for your patience!): Mi Cocina, by Rick Martinez
Bryant Terry is a visionary in the vegan cooking world, and we tried out this well-known cookbook. We talk about nesting doll recipes, brilliant vegan flavor boosters and decide whether this book could ever work on a weeknight. (And yes, we know we sound a little breathy in the audio on this episode, we're working on it!) Recipes mentioned in this episode: All-green everything salad with creamy sage dressing (page 148) Cornbread muffins (page 37) Dill pickled fennel (page 44) Red rice with spring vegetables (page 74) Sweet potato, russet potato and tempeh hash (page 183) Millet, red lentil and potato cakes (page 175) Lentil soup (page 215) Creamy carrot coconut soup (page 208) Resources mentioned in this episode: Spotify dinner playlist Join our Cookbook Club! Our Instagram, @cookbookclubshow E-mail us: cookbookclubshow@gmail.com Find Renee and Sara on Instagram: @hipchickdigs and @realtor_saragray Our sponsors: Dropcloth Samplers Cook along with us! Next cookbook episode (releasing 6/12/2024 most likely — thanks for your patience!): Mi Cocina, by Rick Martinez
"These doors have always been there." In this conversation, Rick shares his journey from building a company with 600 employees to becoming a ghostwriter. He provides tips on overcoming overwhelm and the importance of saying no. Rick also discusses the joys and challenges of running a large business and the doors it opened for him. … The post #97: Rick Martinez: What building a company of 600 employees taught me appeared first on Website Love.
Rick Martinez is a celebrated cookbook author, New York Times best-seller, beloved cook, and food personality. Rick's Mexican heritage is spotlighted in his cookbooks, TV show hosting gigs, and in his online recipe content. On this episode, we talk about his illustrious career, his future goals, as well as some of his favorite foods!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Feedfeed by becoming a member!The Feedfeed is Powered by Simplecast.
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The ability to connect with people shapes your life and business. Join us on the Million Dollar Relationships podcast as we explore Rick Martinez's remarkable journey from Registered Nurse to successful entrepreneur. From military experiences post-9/11 to profound encounters at a local Jiu Jitsu gym, Rick's story is a testament to the power of meaningful relationships. Tune in to learn how to prioritize growth, seize the day, and make a bigger impact in your own life. Visit www.rickmartinez.com and ricktheghost.com for more insights into Rick's incredible work. Rick Martinez is a ghostwriter for 7-figure companies. He's also the creator of the wickedly famous, Outlaw Writing Challenge. He writes about ghostwriting, the freelancer economy, what it means to be unemployed and unemployable, personal development, and how he's achieved his dreams in very UNconventional ways. All through the lens of someone who has dedicated his life to helping others. Key Highlights: [00:01 - 12:04] Registered Nurse to Successful Entrepreneur and Ghostwriter Rick Martinez, a registered nurse with over two decades of experience, doubled his salary by transitioning to direct hospital contracts Founded and eventually sold his staffing firm, marking a transformative career exit Despite initial setbacks, Rick's passion for writing led him to become a ghostwriter Focused on ghostwriting for high-achieving CEOs and entrepreneurs with seven and eight-figure businesses. [12:05 - 22:45] Honoring a Profound Impact: Serving as a Nurse and Army Reservist Rick, an army reservist, was activated and deployed to Washington, D.C. after 9/11 Worked alongside newly graduated nurses in a ward where patients had lost limbs Formed meaningful connections with Secret Service agents and Marines [22:46 - 34:28] The Marine Pilot Who Inspired Me to Keep Moving Forward Rick's friend, John James, a Marine pilot, flew Marine One during presidential flights and specialized in troop extraction “Heroes is zeros” —from taking care of heroes, you can't go back to taking care of zeros Rick's desire is to keep moving forward and seizing the day to make a difference Key Quotes: "Each morning, I wake with a sense of duty and opportunity. I am alive today, empowered to make a difference." - Rick Martinez "You can't go back. You got to keep pressing forward, growing, discovering, and becoming the best version of yourself so that you can make your biggest impact in this world." - Kevin Thompson Connect with Rick: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rick.martinez.5680899 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/purposehack Website: https://www.therickmartinez.com , https://www.ricktheghost.com Honoring: John James Connect with me on LinkedIn! LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, AND LEAVE US A REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or whatever platform you listen on. Thank you for tuning in and Stay Tuned for the Next Episode COMING SOON!
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One's legacy should be defined by the success of others they have helped along the way. In this episode, Jerome welcomes Rick Martinez, a former nurse turned entrepreneur who built a successful staffing agency serving the federal government. Rick shares his unique perspective on value extraction from businesses and his journey from being a nurse to starting his own company and eventually exiting it for a profit. He explains how he contracted himself to hospitals and increased his salary by becoming a strike breaker before finally realizing he could become the contract body himself. The conversation also explores the idea that financial freedom may not be the ultimate goal but fulfillment and freedom in other areas of life. Rick shares personal experiences of achieving financial success and realizing it did not bring him the anticipated happiness. The conversation highlights the importance of making decisions based on personal values and beliefs rather than societal expectations. Please tune in for an engaging conversation with someone who has turned his dreams into reality. [00:01 - 15:20] From Nurse to Entrepreneur: The Inspiring Journey of Rick Martinez Rick Martinez's unique perspective on value extraction in business Journey to becoming self-employed and contracting directly with hospitals How Rick has built a multi-state staffing agency [15:21 - 30:32] A Veteran's Journey of Serving Heroes and Building a Business Rick shares what it meant to be a nurse for soldiers He opened CrossFit gyms and tailored programs for amputees Financial freedom is not the ultimate goal; fulfillment is The acquisition of wealth can lead to feelings of loneliness and a need for deeper meaning [30:33 - 45:13] Entrepreneurship and the Loneliness of Success Rick talks about the sadness and loss after achieving a goal Rick discovers the importance of having support groups for entrepreneurs Rick formed a corporate entity called Life Pivot LLC after leaving the military and closing their gyms Existential crisis and the process of redefining oneself [45:14 - 49:46] Closing Segment Rick's final message: find the freedoms that are going to fulfill your life Connect with Rick through the links below! Quotes: "The founder, the CEO, is always the biggest bottleneck. It's a hard pill for CEOs and founders to swallow because they think they're the reason, and they're not. They're the hurdle, and I never knew that until the day I had to know that." - Rick Martinez "If we chase money, we're chasing the wrong thing." - Rick Martinez Connect with Rick! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/purposehack/ Website: https://www.therickmartinez.com/optin1620132235803 LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to explode their business growth by sharing this episode or click here to listen to our previous episodes. Dreamcatchers is an inclusive organization that targets people's interest in being more instead of a certain demographic. We have people from all walks of life at many different ages. Find out more at www.dreamsshouldbereal.com. Find out more about Jerome at www.d3v3loping.com or www.myersmethods.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our latest podcast episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Rick Martinez about his expertise in recruiting and the importance of building confidence in the industry. Rick shared valuable tips on how to attract the right talent to your company and emphasized the need for self-reflection when facing challenges in recruiting. We also dove into Rick's personal story and learned about his struggles with feelings of inadequacy and how he overcame them. Don't miss out on this insightful conversation.Executive Producer - Eric OberembtProducer/Editor - Alexis ReedOther podcast platform links:https://tinyurl.com/BeAuthenticSpotifyhttps://tinyurl.com/BeAuthenticGoogle...https://tinyurl.com/BeAuthenticAppleP...https://tinyurl.com/BeAuthenticAmazon...Be Authentic or GTFO podcast Social Media:FB: https://www.facebook.com/beauthentico...IG: https://www.instagram.com/beauthentic...Website: https://beauthenticorgtfo.comPodcast Host: Eric OberembtFB: https://www.facebook.com/eric.oberembtIG: https://www.instagram.com/oberembt/
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This week, a Quinta-less Alan and Scott were joined by their Lawfare colleagues senior editor Molly Reynolds and managing editor Tyler McBrien to talk over some copycat-ing that's been taking place in the national security space, including:“Hoppin' the Fence at Lulapalooza.” In a clear echo of the Jan. 6 insurrection, followers of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sacked the country's parliament this past week, just days after his successor Lula da Silva was sworn in—and while Bolsonaro himself was visiting former U.S. President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate. What's the relationship between Jan. 6 and Brazil's recent experience? Is this the beginning of a dangerous global trend?“The Divider House Rules.” After fifteen votes, Rep. Kevin McCarthy is now the Speaker of the House. But to get there, he had to make a lot of concessions—many of which are now showing their face in the House rules and in committee appointments, while others remain secret. What constraints has McCarthy accepted in order to win office? And will they mean for the coming Congress?“C'mon, Man!” Several months after FBI agents raised former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate to recover classified documents, lawyers for current President Biden have acknowledged that they located a few classified documents from his time as vice president in Biden's private office as well. Critics in Congress and elsewhere are crying out that this reflects a double-standard, but does it? How big a deal is this, and what will it mean for the ongoing Mar-a-Lago investigation?For object lessons, Alan passed along Rick Martinez's winter-friendly recipe for pozole verde. Scott recommended revisiting an old classic, Louis Menand's “The Metaphysical Club,” as a reflection on the emergence of pragmatism as an American intellectual tradition. Molly endorsed Melissa Clark's latest cookbook, “Dinner in One,” even if you have to go to the bottom of the ocean to get a copy. And Tyler invoked Kyle Chayka's concept of "ambient tv" to justify his viewing of season 3 of “Emily in Paris.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the Good Food team revisits their favorite segments of the year. KJ Kearney, founder of Black Food Fridays, works to recognize the contributions of his ancestors every week. Anthropologist Deepa Reddy explains banana diversity in India which makes the fruit ubiquitous and vital to the country's culture. Food scholar Darra Goldstein describes the evolution of Russian cuisine despite scarcity and isolation. To understand his cultural history and deepen his culinary passion, Austin-born Rick Martinez moved to Mexico and visited 32 states. Coinneach MacLeod spent much of his time during the pandemic baking. Soon, he became a TikTok star. At Bé Ù, Uyên Lê serves Vietnamese comfort and street food while promoting equity and sustainability.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora Francis Lam hosts the 2022 pre-recorded edition of our popular Thanksgiving show. Francis is joined by special guests Claire Saffitz, author of Dessert Person, Rick Martinez author of Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico, Chef, and Chopped judge Maneet Chauhan, and our very own Jesse Sparks, host of The One Recipe podcast to answer Thanksgiving questions. Broadcast dates for this episode: November 24, 2022
Referenced in this episode Mi Cocina: CookbookSweet Heat: Rick's Video SeriesGenius-Hunter Extra CreditBorderline Salty: Rick's Podcast with Carla Lalli MusicHave a genius recipe you'd like to share? Tell me all about it at genius@food52.com.Theme Music by The Cabinetmaker on Blue Dot Sessions
Rick Martinez, Executive Director of the California Fire Foundation California Fire Foundation (CFF) about, with support from The PG&E Corporation Foundation, has awarded a total of $730,000 in wildfire safety grants.
Carla Lalli Music has spent years working in many facets of food, from restaurant-managing to editorial work, to teaching. Today she is a James Beard Award-winning author, podcast host, and host of her popular youtube cooking series, Carla's Cooking Show. Listen in for an episode chock-full of recipes and tips, along with tales from the culinary and publishing worlds. We begin with her tried and true, go-to soup that she found herself revisiting during the pandemic, and all across the years with its many iterations, and get into food memories---from her childhood and through college. We discuss how she thinks about meal prep; tips for new home cooks and cooking in college, where and how to get the best culinary training, what she learned about chefs, cooking and restaurants during her time at Bon Appetit magazine, working for Martha Stewart, cookbooks, cookbook writing, her process behind recipe naming, and how she learned to write for the home cook. She shares what it's like when she's recipe-developing, and her vision for her distinct visual branding. We talk about the importance of good on-set vibes for creating and making, and the secret sauce that makes her cookbooks ones that the home cook reserves a permanent place for on their counters. We discuss personal influences, and Carla shares some insight into food writer and television cook Nigella Lawson, including why Nigella loves her work. We got the media maven's take on why cooking content has exploded online, and we talk the many ways in which people make cooking videos. Carla breaks down Borderline Salty, the podcast she shares with fellow cook and author, Rick Martinez , their relationship, how they met, and why they complement one another. We wrap with the lessons found in learning, going and getting what's next, what she's cooking next, and a must-have list of her most favorite things. Discover more and shop the podcast:Carla's Borderline Salty PodcastCarla's Cooking Show on YouTubeWhere Cooking Begins by Carla Lalli MusicThat Sounds So Good by Carla Lalli MusicCarla's favorite Zojirushi Rice CookerCarla's go-to Ren Jelly CleanserCarla drinks bubbly water with Superieur Electrolyte MixCarla uses Nars Lip Pencil in Promiscuous
What does a cookbook editor actually do day-to-day in the year 2022? It turns out, more than you could ever imagine. On this episode of the show, we catch up with our old friend Raquel Pelzel. She's the editorial director at Clarkson Potter and has authored more than a dozen cookbooks of her own. It's clear that Raquel has tremendous respect for her authors, including Eric Kim, Rick Martinez, and Claire Saffitz, and we find out how she allows her authors' voice to shine through. We also talk about the way she edits a recipe, which goes back to her time working at the demanding Cooks Illustrated. Was her mom “the worst cook in the world”? Yes, she was, and we find out about Raquel's interesting upbringing living on the North Side of Chicago. This is such a great conversation about making and loving cookbooks!More from Raquel Pelzel:High Cuisine: How I Wrote a Serious Pot Cookbook [TASTE]Thank You, WhatsApp. Or, How to Crowd-Source an Israeli Family Recipe. [TASTE]What Cookbook Author and Publishing Maven Raquel Pelzel Cooks for Her Family in a Week [Epicurious]
On this episode, hosts Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music give pointers for getting golden brown cutlets, share strategies on veg-heavy dishes that won't heat up your kitchen, and help a caller achieve the ideal crispy-chewy-crunchy-gooey chocolate chip cookies. Plus, actress Eva Longoria joins this week's Total Kitchen Nightmare segment to discuss how cooking mishaps made her a better chef. This week's recipe book: Rick's Giant Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie Carla's California Veggie Sandwich Stella Parks' Chocolate Chip Cookies Carla's Crunchy Chicken Cutlet Sandwich As always, we'd love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663). Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm. If you can't get enough of our hosts – we don't blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com. You can order Rick's cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this episode, hosts Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music discuss solutions for achieving perfectly softened buttah, share how they remedy jalapeño hands for…post-dinner activities, and talk through some helpful tips for what to eat (or drink) while dealing with health issues that take solid foods off the table. This week's recipe book: In NYC? Check out Parcelle Wine Bar and Heart of Dinner Rick's Cheesy, Meaty Lasagna Carla's Instant Pot Black Bean Soup This week's Rad Fad/Bad Fad contender: Where Do You Find the Best Chicken Caesar Wrap in NYC? As always, we'd love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663). Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm. If you can't get enough of our hosts – we don't blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com. You can order Rick's cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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On this episode, hosts Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music dive into the dos and don'ts of grilling sausage, break down the different ways to store your baked goods, and share the kitchen appliances they think are the most underrated. And on the latest No, Thank You, Please, Rick and Carla make a very convincing argument for trying eggplant. This week's recipe book: In Mexico City? Check out Los Cocuyos Carla's Sorry, I Like Celery Rick's Cowboy Cookies Carla's Vanilla Brown-Butter Tart Rick's Roasted Eggplant Sabich Sandwiches As always, we'd love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663). Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm. If you can't get enough of our hosts – we don't blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com. You can order Rick's cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I'm not just a podcast creator, I'm a long-time listener as well. My number one category is business, but you can't listen to business all the time. No matter what I'm hearing though, I can't turn off my brain when it comes to the production values. First up, cooking and food shows. I have found that food shows are relaxing and often help me relax and fall asleep! Borderline Salty is a weekly podcast hosted by Carla Lalli Music and Rick Martinez. These chefs and test kitchen experts have great chemistry together and they talk about food, take calls and answer questions from listeners. It's a fun listen. Dinner for One is the audio exploration of what happens when the Paris fairytale ends and real life begins. This is the genius of Sutanya, the creator and host. She's a Jamaican-born, Bronx-raised, American living in Paris' cooking dinner and sharing her story. Next up, true crime. Of course I listened to Serial which is one of the biggest shows in the genre. I'm looking forward to their next season. What's caught my attention right now is Hollywood Con Queen. I don't want to give too much away but it's the story of one of the weirdest and wildest scams in Hollywood history. I'm also into Queen of the Con Irish Heiress. What if you woke up to discover that your best friend isn't who they say they are? This is fascinating to me. Cons are work; a long game all their own and I'm loving how this story is being shared. Another favorite is The Terri Cole show. This is for anyone who wants to learn more about practical psychology, achieving personal freedom, self-improvement, meditation, mindfulness practices, harnessing the power of intention, and real-life strategies for personal transformation. She has a grounded style and uses story to help understand the lesson in the message. Her advice is practical and I'm really looking forward to having her on this show! If she's new to you, I suggest listening to episode 337 on Boundaries first. It's so good. There's so much to dive in when it comes to podcasts. This is what I've been listening to now. I'm always open for new shows so please share your favorites with me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode, hosts Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music offer sweet and salty snack ideas for your next movie night, share safety tips for using a mandoline, and break down their philosophies around recipe development. This week's recipe book: Steve Jenkins' book Cheese Primer Check out this cheese paper Carla's mandoline recommendation Rick's Totally Easy Tortilla Española with Romesco Carla on her love for this perfect popcorn recipe This week's Rad Fad/Bad Fad contender: A Healthy Coke As always, we'd love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663). Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm. If you can't get enough of our hosts – we don't blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com. You can order Rick's cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this episode, hosts Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music give guidance on grit-free mussels and clams, tips on making tender corn tortillas, and suggestions on how to cherish expensive, but delicious, caviar. And this week on No, Thank You, Please, Rick and Carla remind us why tomatoes, especially this time of year, are worth a try. This week's recipe book: In NYC? Check out Leo Sourdough and Russ and Daughters The Espresso Martini Is Everywhere (Again) Carla's Avocado and Fresh Chile Caprese Rick's Tortillas de Harina de Maíz Carla's Party B.L.T Rick's Fried Tomato Sandwich with Lemon-Basil Sour Cream As always, we'd love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663). Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm. If you can't get enough of our hosts – we don't blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com. You can order Rick's cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rick Martinez and Jesse get into it this week to talk about Rick living his dream life in Mexico, the vast superiority of homemade tortillas, and his mouth-watering One: Rajas con Crema, aka roasted poblano chiles in cream. Rick Martinez is a beloved cook, writer, podcaster, and YouTube video host. You can follow him on Instagram @chefrickmartinez. Help support The One Recipe, and shows from APM Studios that bring people together, with a donation of any amount today.
No WTF, no Deep Dive, just bitching in the kitchen. Guest complainers Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music join us for a food and cooking complaint edition of the rant hotline. Rick and Carla are chefs, cookbook authors, video hosts, AND cohosts of the new podcast, "Borderline Salty." We discuss everything from slapping meat, to licking raw chicken, to actual helpful cooking advice, and everything in between. For DBWP, Bari is highlighting Them's article, 7 Banned LGBTQ+ Authors on the Books That Changed Their Lives for some summer reading inspo. Follow the team: @MattBellassai, @FinkelBariPie, @UnhappyHourPod (on Twitter,) and @UnhappyHour (on Instagram) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, we're excited to tell you about Borderline Salty, a new weekly call-in food podcast from Pineapple Street Studios, hosted by acclaimed chefs Carla Lalli Music and Rick Martinez. They'll share their latest ingredient obsessions, give you their hot takes on the latest food trends, and bring you their kitchen nightmare stories. Whether you're still finding your way in the kitchen or have been cooking for years, this show has something for everyone. New episodes come out weekly — wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We're having special guest complainers Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music of the podcast Borderline Salty on the show. So of course that means that we want to share your food rants with them! Call our Rant Hotline and let us know what foods, trends, kitchen utensils, or culinary traditions you hate! Call our Rant Hotline at 601-600-RANT. That's 601-600-7268. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A child of the 1970s, chef Rick Martinez grew up in Austin before moving to Mexico in search of his heritage. Food workers and farmers are galvanizing and forming unions to push for fair practices. Chef and activist Suzanne Barr didn't have aspirations to own a restaurant, but cooking for her ailing mother sent her career on a new trajectory. Eddie Lin remembers Yening “Lupe” Liang of Hop Woo, a Chinatown institution. Felix Böck was inspired to develop a recycling system for reusing chopsticks. LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits the new location of Shunji. Dragan Ivanovic drives a refrigerated truck with his forage that he brings directly to chefs' doorsteps.
In the aftermath of Diapér-gate we discuss why GP's sophisticated satire goes over normies' heads. Agnes recounts her Prolon week, and Bryan suffers the wrath of G*nter reply-gals after Dr. J*n threatens to dox someone for calling her a libtard. We also talk blood sugar's relationship to anxiety, clean summer scents, BA alum Rick Martinez's regional Mexican cookbook, the NFT collapse and more!
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For the last few years, Rick Martinez, food writer and host of multiple food shows on YouTube, lived in Mexico, travelling around the country trying different dishes and experimenting with Mexican ingredients in his home kitchen. Now, his new cookbook, called Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook, summarizes his favorite dishes from his adventures, from Oaxaca, to Sinaloa, to Mexico City. Martinez joins us to discuss Mexican cooking. Cemita Poblana Fried pork cutlet sandwich topped with strands of queso Oaxaca MAKES 4 CEMITAS I had walked to the Mercado Municipal La Acocota in Puebla and was looking at ceramics when a crazy thunderstorm started. It shook the building and wouldn't let up. I had not intended to eat there, but I was trapped. I didn't want to walk in the rain and there were no taxis nor Ubers nearby. I saw a woman at a cemita puesto (sandwich food stall) take balls of queso Oaxaca and pull them apart into long, thin threads of cheese—it was like watching someone pull apart a sweater into strands of fiber. Queso Oaxaca is similar in flavor to Monterey Jack with the string-like texture of fresh mozzarella—it is made by pulling the cheese into strands and rolling it up like a ball of yarn. After unraveling it, the vendor took a handful of the cheese strands and used them to top the cemitas before smashing the avocado into the bread and closing the cemita. I was in complete awe. I ordered a sandwich, of course. This was also my first time tasting pápalo, an herb that has a flavor similar to the combination of cilantro, mint, and basil. It is pretty difficult to find, even in parts of México. So, if you can't find it, and you probably won't, just use a combination of herbs to mimic the flavor. But if you do see it, buy it and try it! 4 boneless center-cut pork chops (6 oz/170 g each), excess fat trimmed Morton kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 cup all-purpose flour 3 large eggs, at room temperature 3 cups panko Japanese-style bread crumbs or unseasoned bread crumbs ½ cup vegetable oil 2 large avocados, peeled, seeded, and halved 4 cemitas poblanas, teleras, bolillos, or brioche rolls, halved and toasted Chiles Chipotles en Escabeche,or sliced Chiles Jalapeños en Escabeche, plus brine from the jar ½ medium white onion (5.6 oz/160 g), thinly sliced 1 cup (packed) pápalo (1 oz/30 g) or a combination of cilantro, basil, and mint 8 ounces queso Oaxaca or fresh mozzarella (226 g), pulled into thin strands or shredded 8 ounces thinly sliced smoked or cooked ham (226 g) Place a pork chops between two sheets of plastic wrap and pound to a ¼-inch thickness. Unwrap and set aside on a plate. Repeat with the remaining chops, then season both sides with salt and pepper. Add the flour to a shallow bowl (a pie plate works best). Place the eggs in another shallow bowl and beat to combine. Place the panko in a third shallow bowl. Season the flour, eggs, and panko with salt and pepper. Working with one at a time, dredge a chop through the flour, shaking off any excess and making sure both sides are well coated. Transfer to the bowl with the eggs and turn to coat. Lift from the bowl, letting any excess drip off. Add the pork to the panko, pressing it into the crumbs on both sides to adhere, then transfer the pork to a sheet pan. Repeat with the remaining chops. In a large skillet over medium-high, heat ¼ cup oil. Cook 2 cutlets at a time until the coating is deep golden brown and the pork is just cooked through, for about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels. Wipe out the skillet and repeat with the remaining ¼ cup oil and 2 cutlets. Smash half of an avocado onto the top half of each toasted cemita so that it sticks to the bread. Set a pork cutlet on each bottom half. Top the pork with the chipotle, onion, pápalo, queso, ham, and a generous drizzle of chipotle brine. Top the cemita, cut in half, and serve.
This week, we're sharing a trailer for Borderline Salty, a new weekly call-in food podcast from Pineapple Street Studios, hosted by acclaimed chefs Carla Lalli Music and Rick Martinez. They'll share their latest ingredient obsessions, give you their hot takes on the latest food trends, and bring you their kitchen nightmare stories. Whether you're still finding your way in the kitchen or have been cooking for years, this show has something for everyone. New episodes come out weekly — wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, we're sharing a trailer for Borderline Salty, a new weekly call-in food podcast from Pineapple Street Studios, hosted by two of our friends, Carla Lalli Music, and Rick Martinez. They'll share their latest ingredient obsessions, give you their hot takes on the latest food trends, and bring you their kitchen nightmare stories. Whether you're still finding your way in the kitchen or have been cooking for years, this show has something for everyone. New episodes come out weekly — wherever you get your podcasts.
We're bringing you something special this week. We're introducing a new podcast produced by Pineapple Street Studios, the same folks who created the shows 9/12 and Back Issue. Borderline Salty is hosted by acclaimed chefs Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music, who have spent years cooking together and have encountered every kitchen mishap imaginable. Now, they're ready to take on your questions to help you become a better, smarter, happier cook. The hosts will also share their latest ingredient obsessions, hot takes on the latest food trends, and how they recovered from total kitchen nightmares. Whether you're still finding your way in the kitchen or have been experimenting for years, this show has something for everyone. We're going to play you the trailer from the new podcast, Borderline Salty, from Pineapple Street Studios. New episodes weekly — wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora This week, we're celebrating the cookbooks of Spring 2022! We talk with British chef Asma Khan about her latest book, Ammu. The book is an homage to her mother and she walks us through her childhood eating, imagine the aroma of pakoras (onion fritters) frying during monsoon season in India! Then, we chat with Rick Martinez about his latest book, Mi Cocina and his decision to move to Mexico City to connect with his culture. He leaves us with a delicious recipe for Ceviche de Camarón y Leche de Coco (Raw shrimp and watermelon tossed with coconut milk and lime juice). We talk to Reem Assil, author of the book Arabiyya , Recipes from the Life of an Arab in Diaspora about Arab bread and why she considers it the foundation of Arab cuisine. Then, Jess Damuck gives us tips to ensure the perfect salad every time, her latest book is Salad Freak. Broadcast dates for this episode: April 1, 2022 (originally aired)