The Recipe with Kenji and Deb
Hosted by Deb Perelman and J Kenji López-Alt and Deb and Kenji · Deb Perelman & J. Kenji López-Alt
4.7from 796 ratings
- 41
- Episodes
- 34
- Transcribed
- 796
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About The Recipe with Kenji and Deb
Hi, we’re Deb Perelman (Smitten Kitchen) and J. Kenji López-Alt (Serious Eats, The Food Lab, The Wok). We’re professional home cooks, which means we can - and will - make the same meal 57 times in a row on the quest for the perfect recipe. Is it crazy? For us, no, because we do this for a living. But for you? Yes, probably. Which is why you should listen to The Recipe with Kenji and Deb. You'll hear us talk about what goes into writing our recipes — the techniques we test, the ingredients we taste — so that you can be on your way to creating your own perfect recipe. Whether you're cooking meatloaf, pancakes, or chicken soup in all its forms, we got you, and you've got this. The Recipe with Kenji and Deb is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX, a network of independent and listener-supported podcasts. Discover audio with vision at radiotopia.fm (http://radiotopia.fm).
- Publisher
- Deb Perelman & J. Kenji López-Alt
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Oct 2023
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
34 of 41 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Carla Lalli Says Food Is A Feeling, from Expense Account
13 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
Live from New York: Kenji guests on The Sporkful Live
23 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT
Mailbag Part 4
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Carla Lalli Says Food Is A Feeling, from Expense Account
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that's first of all, very service oriented where I wanted to like, lead into like an emotional lead with an emotional connection. But it also kind of presumes that every time we cook, it's like, yay. Whereas for me, and I think so many people like we eat, eating when you're sad, out of sorts, annoyed, you know, good day, bad day. Like we eat through all of that time. Um, you have to eat, you have to eat. Yeah. And this is like a good, it should be a good thing. Yeah. I mean, once you can figure out how to feed yourself, that's, I mean, I'm not even good at like the self-help kind of thing, but that's how you can learn how to be nice to yourself and to treat yourself. […]
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- Carla Lalli
- Judy Gold
- Christopher Kimball
- Nigel Poor
- Earlonne Woods
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 458 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 338 ratings
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts The Recipe with Kenji and Deb?
Deb Perelman and J Kenji López-Alt and Deb and Kenji host the show. Published by Deb Perelman & J. Kenji López-Alt.
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