Kristin and Molly speak with previous Insider Series guest, Rebecca Eisenberg, about her evolution from blogger to author.

We're turning the hosting reins over to Charlotte Druckman today to learn about Andrea Nguyen and Pim Techamuanvivit's experience collaborating on their new 'instant classic' cookbook, Cooking Thai.

Kate and Andrea speak with cookbook collaborators Joyce Tang and Soleil Ho about their new cookbook, Bake Sum.

Kate and Kristin speak with Frances Abrantes Baca about her wide ranging design experience in the food media space.

This episode is quite special. In fall 2025, Kristin and Kate spoke with longtime book designer Debbie Berne about her work in progress, Cookbooking: A Fan's Guide. She passed away in December 2025, but her indomitable spirt and humor lives on in the pages of Cookbooking.

Welcome to Season 10! Kate, Kristin, Andrea and Molly discuss the upcoming fall cookbook season and some of their thoughts about the current publishing landscape.

This is a live conversation recorded in April 2026 during the first Cookbook Week in San Francisco, a week long city wide event co-founded by Brian Hogan Stewart of the Salt + Spine podcast. Here Leslie Jonath leads the conversation with Jenny Wapner, a publisher, and Kate Leahy, an author, to discuss all things cookbooks.

The whole team, Kate, Kristin, Molly and Andrea, recap a few of their favorite episodes from this past season and answer listener questions.

Molly and Kate speak with Sarah Becan about her illustrator origin story.

Molly and Kate go behind the scenes of a partnership publishing house as they speak about the Cookbook Collective with its founder, Angela Engel, and its editorial director, Amy Treadwell.

Kate and Molly speak with author Alana Kysar and her editor Kelly Snowden about their professional relationship after working on two cookbooks together.

Kristin and Molly speak with writer Ella Quittner about her new book, Obsessed with the Best, and the work and intent behind it.

Molly and Kristin invite our very first copy editor to the show, Melissa Haskin.

Molly and Kate speak with Tanya Bush, the author of Will This Make You Happy, about her cookbook/memoir mashup and how the pandemic contributed to her decision to marry a personal story and a technical text.

Kristin speaks with hosts Molly, Andrea and Kate about blurbs; the good, the bad and the questionable.

Kate and Kristin speak all about crowdfunding with Nandita Godbole, who has fully funded seven books (and counting) through Kickstarter.

Molly and Kristin speak with Saeng Douangdara, a personal chef and academic counselor turned online content creator and now, cookbook author and food photographer.

Kristin and Molly speak with Kathy Gunst, a prolific cookbook author, teacher and now leader of food writing retreats, about her varied career and new project.

Kate and Molly speak with Domenica Marchetti about her newest book and finding a niche in the crowded Italian cookbook category.

Kate and Kristin speak with Ifrah F. Ahmed about how the culmination of her expertise in a culture and a cuisine led to her debut cookbook, Soomaaliya.