Episode 44

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23rd May 2022

The Secrets Of Ice, Our One-Minute Cooking Tip, An Interview With Author Emmanuel Laroche, Pickled Peaches & Champagne!

Here's a common ingredient nobody talks about: ice. It's not "just" frozen water. It can make or break some concoctions.

We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks, including THE ULTIMATE PARTY DRINK BOOK.

In this episode, we talk a culinary ingredient most never consider: ice There's more to it than just freezing water. We'll talk about making perfect ice cubes and using ice properly in cocktails.

We have a one-minute cooking tip about, yep, ice. Then Bruce interviews Emmanuel Laroche, author of CONVERSATIONS BEHIND THE KITCHEN DOOR. And we tell you what's making us happy in food this week.

Here are the segments of this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE AND MARK:

[00:59] You’re putting ice in that? A frank discussion about a culinary ingredient nobody talks about!

[14:17] Our one-minute cooking tip: how to make better ice.

[16:00] Bruce’s interview with Emmanuel Laroche, author of CONVERSATIONS BEHIND THE KITCHEN DOOR.

[39:20] What’s making us happy in food this week? Spiced pickled peaches and champagne!

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About the Podcast

Cooking with Bruce and Mark
Fantastic recipes, culinary science, a little judgment, hysterical banter, love and laughs--you know, life.
Join us, Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, for weekly episodes all about food, cooking, recipes, and maybe a little marital strife on air. After writing thirty-six cookbooks, we've got countless opinions and ideas on ingredients, recipes, the nature of the cookbook-writing business, and much more. If you've got a passion for food, we also hope to up your game once and a while and to make you laugh most of the time. Come along for the ride! There's plenty of room!

About your host

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Mark Scarbrough

Former lit professor, current cookbook writer, creator of two podcasts, writer of thirty-five (and counting) cookbooks, author of one memoir (coming soon!), married to a chef (my cookbook co-writer, Bruce Weinstein), and with him, the owner of two collies, all in a very rural spot in New England. My life's full and I'm up for more challenges!