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The best podcasts and newsletters of 2024
Hi, and welcome to the final CulinaryWoman Newsletter for 2024! It’s been a full year of dining and developments. Everywhere you turn, there is a way to learn more about the culinary world. This week, I’m sharing my favorite podcasts and newsletters of 2024 with you.
In case you missed them, you’ll find the best things I ate and baked during the past year here, and my favorite cookbooks and broadcasts here.
If you’re still looking for last minute gift ideas, I encourage you to visit Bookshop.org to purchase my books or any of the cookbooks you’ve seen on CulinaryWoman. And, a paid subscription to any of these newsletters makes a wonderful gift — CulinaryWoman included.
Delicious Podcasts
I often cook or relax to a podcast. These are among my favorites (links take you to the show’s page).
The Sporkful, always informative and fun, from Dan Pashman, who also wrote a terrific cookbook this year.
Milk Street Radio, part of the impressive 177 Milk Street media empire. Christopher Kimball and his team are constantly exploring the world.
Baking Scraps, brand new for this season of the Great Canadian Baking Show. It was fun to be a guest!
Tip of the Tongue, from
, beloved by the South. (Also the name of her Substack newsletter.)
The Food Progrà mme, from the BBC, a British view of food trends that always seems ahead of where we are in North America.
The Bake Down, hosted by bakers from The Great British Bake Off. An insider’s view of those challenges. Check out their classes, too.
Your Mama’s Kitchen, from author and broadcaster Michele Norris. She gets celebrities to talk about their culinary upbringings.
Chewing, a Chicago take from Monica Eng and Louisa Chu. Monica and Louisa bring you Midwestern, national and international perspectives.
Not Food, But Fascinating
Rosebud, by Gyles Brandreth. Gyles is so famous in England that he can get almost anyone to sit for an interview. This week, it’s Dame Mary Berry, who brought a coffee flavored cake to the taping.
All There Is, with Anderson Cooper. He takes on a difficult topic: grief. If you have lost a loved one, his podcast will provide solace, although I’d have tissues close at hand.
The Compound MLB podcast with Ian Happ, Along with being a star outfielder with the Chicago Cubs, Ian owns a stake in a Chicago coffee roaster.
On Base With Mookie Betts. The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar travels with a portable kitchen and often talks about food.
#Sisters in Law. Four brilliant women attorneys discuss legal developments (I profiled panelist Barb McQuade earlier this year for the Ann Arbor Observer).
Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce. She’s brand new to podcasting, but a natural on microphone, occasionally profane and a very relatable mom. Also, she scored Dunkin as her inaugural sponsor, no small feat.
Nutritious Newsletters
I love being part of a community of newsletter writers. Some of you found me through these publications and I’m so grateful you subscribed!
XOXO Dorie from
which is like having a conversation with her. I love reading about her cake testing.from Emily Gaudichon. Emily shares tales of her family, her travels and dining around France. whose newsletter regularly takes me back to my very first trip to France when I was 16. spreads Joie through her newsletter and her shop and her book. I use her tips all the time. writes about many fascinating topics on Culture Study. The conversation is always thoughtful. write Drinks With Broads which is a wide ranging look at Hollywood, television and all kinds of gossp. It’s such a treat.
Keeping Up With CulinaryWoman
I had a wonderful time reporting this story about greenways for Time magazine. These combination walking, biking and recreation areas are transforming American cities. That’s the playground at the Joe Louis Greenway in Detroit, above. Flour Moon Bagels and Hey! Coffee in New Orleans, which are on the Lafitte Greenway, make guest appearances.
I wrote about customers fleeing Tesla in this column for the Boston Globe. CulinaryWoman reader Doug Levy is one of the people who weighed in.
Today would have been my mother’s 111th birthday. She was born in 1913, and we had her until she was 102. Thinking of her in heaven, where she’s probably watching us baking our Christmas treats. (That’s my brother’s take on Taffy Chewies, up top.)
You are always welcome to get in touch with me. Reply to this newsletter, or find me at culinarywoman (@) gmail dot com.
I hope you will have a wonderful holiday season. My paid subscribers will get Red Beans & Rice tomorrow, and then I’ll be ready for a holiday break. See everyone again on Sunday Jan. 5, 2025. Stay well, and thank you for all your support in 2024.