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Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

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Do you love home cooking but hunger for better recipes that help you deliver quick and delicious meals to your dinner table? Two former personal chefs turned best friends share their expertise with each other and you! Kari and Sonya have been inspiring each other in the kitchen for over 15 years by swapping recipes, tips, and trade secrets in the pursuit of better home cooking. FOOD FRIENDS is a bi-weekly podcast inspiring home cooks to try new dishes in the kitchen by sharing trusted recipes, tips, and friendship. Every Tuesday, each host delivers 3 unique solutions to seasonal home cooking, like: how to make craveable soups with your farmers market haul, the easiest one-pot meals for busy nights, or what to do with leftover rotisserie chicken. On Thursdays, we serve up a pint-sized chat about our “Best Bite” of the week, pantry essentials we can’t live without, and more. Previous guests include Seth & Lauren Rogen, actor Randall Park & writer/director Evan Goldberg, recipe developer Justine Doiron, #1 Food & Beverage Substacker Caroline Chambers, and more. If you’re looking for a boost of fun in the kitchen by discovering recipes that will make mealtime easier and more delicious with a healthy dose of laughter, then you’ll want to dig in with FOOD FRIENDS! First-time listener? Tune into Episode 2: Don’t send flowers, send soup! and Episode 4: What do you bring to a potluck?

Latest episodes

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Nov 7
1 h 06 min

One-Pot Pasta! | Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week, with Nora Singley

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Nov 5
33 min

Meal Prep Like A Private Chef: Four Menus for Busy Weeks

What do private chefs actually cook for families during the week… and what can home cooks learn from it? In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on our client me

Nov 3
35 min

The Best Chocolate Cake? + A Better Way to Make Scones | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

What is the best chocolate cake recipe? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate this week to inspire each other – and you! B

Oct 29
16 min

What Cookbooks Should You Cook From Next? | Recommendations from “Everything Cookbooks”

There are more cookbooks published every season, but which ones are worth keeping on your shelf? And which ones will you actually reach for, year after year? This week,

Oct 27
38 min

A 15-Minute Skillet Dinner + Bakery-Style Pumpkin Muffins | Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

How can you get a satisfying, vegetarian dinner on the table in 15 minutes or less? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate t

Oct 22
16 min

Hot Potato! Our Top 10 Recipes for Cooking Up Spuds at Home

Potatoes are one of the most versatile, affordable, and delicious ingredients… and the possibilities are endless. This week, we’re sharing 10 recipes that make the most

Oct 20
31 min

Two Breakfasts: Indian Comfort Food + A Whole Grain Breakfast Loaf | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

What do you make for breakfast when you’re tired of eating the same thing every day? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate

Oct 15
13 min

Soup Season! 10 Recipes For Cooking Up Comforting Soups At Home

What’s the secret to flavorful soups that don’t involve a ton of ingredients or a ton of time to prepare? This week, we’re back with our annual fall soup episode, with

Oct 13
31 min

Cooking for a Dinner Party Together: When Friends Reunite | Our Best Bites of the Week

What if cooking a dinner party with your closest food friend could make hosting easier, more fun, and even more delicious? In this bite-sized episode, we share deliciou

Oct 8
17 min

Best Breakfasts + The Secrets to Better Baking, with John Kanell of Preppy Kitchen

What’s the secret to a great breakfast that you’ll actually look forward to? This week, John Kanell of Preppy Kitchen joins us to share his best breakfast ideas and the

Oct 6
27 min

One-Pot Braised Chicken Piccata + A Make-Ahead Chickpea Salad | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

What if your next chicken piccata didn’t require dredging or sautéing and could come together in just one pot? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments abo

Oct 1
11 min

What We Eat In A Day! What Chefs Really Cook At Home, Fall Edition

What if you could peek inside two private chefs’ kitchens and see what they really cook — and eat — at home? If you’re tired of the same breakfast every morning or looki

Sep 29
34 min

Cozy Kitchen Strawberry Brownies, Birthday Bundt Cake + More | Our Best Home Cooking Bites, with Adrianna Adarme

What do you make when you want to try something new but still want dinner to feel familiar? In this bite-sized episode, we share the best things we ate this week to insp

Sep 24
19 min

Fall Farmers’ Market Must-Haves: Our Top 12 Recipes for Seasonal Home Cooking!

What do you make when you come home from the farmers’ market with a bag full of beautiful fall produce, and no plan for what to do with it? This week, we’re sharing our

Sep 22
29 min

What Do You Do with Beets? | Answering Your Home Cooking Questions

Could beets become a family favorite if you just found the right way to make them? In this bite-sized episode, we share a listener's question with expert advice, simple

Sep 17
13 min

8 Make-Ahead Salads for Fall

What if your fridge were stocked with delicious fall salads, ready whenever you needed an easy lunch or a dish to bring to the next potluck Fall gets busy fast, and that

Sep 15
26 min

Cookbook Club, Fig & Almond Cake + A Vegetarian Phyllo Pie | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

What if using phyllo dough didn’t have to be difficult, and you could make a golden, buttery pie with a mountain of vegetables? In this bite-sized episode, we share deli

Sep 10
18 min

What to Cook on Busy Weeknights: 6 Dinners, with Maggie Hoffman

How do you make dinner happen every night without feeling like you’re starting from scratch? If you’re staring into the fridge at 5 p.m. with no idea what to make, this

Sep 8
36 min

Easy Pickles, A Quick Way To Use Up Broccoli + A Surprising Carrot Cake with Leah Koenig | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

What do you do when you have more vegetables than you know what to do with? In this bite-sized episode, we share the best things we ate this week to inspire each other—a

Sep 3
25 min

Chart trend

Position in the Food chart (US), last 90 days.

#6
all-time peak
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days in the top 10 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Nov 8, 2026).

#37 ▲ 13 Arts US
#6 ▲ 3 Food US

What listeners say

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I love listening every week! Your podcasts inspires my creative thinking on what to make for food next week. Love hearing what was your favorite bite.

LSDILTs · Aug 2026

I just found this podcast in the last couple weeks and I love it! I’m always looking for meal inspo and these ladies have such great suggestions with seasonal ingredients. I love that the recipes aren’t too complicated and use easy-to-find ingredients. My only thing is I wish the podcasts were a little longer — maybe 2 meals each per episode?!

Samantha Rittenberg · Aug 2026

This is the most practical (and addictive) Food Podcast that I’ve found. I really look forward to each episode and especially appreciate how detailed the show notes are for each episode. I refer to the show notes every time and have found great information, recipes, and instruction. You can tell how much thought and effort they put into this. I’ve found my people!

MCG-Chicago · May 2026

The Food Friends podcast genuinely feels like having a conversation with friends, but not just any friends, friends who know so many useful tips and have so many recipes for me to try! The podcast has become a total comfort listen for me. I highly recommend this podcast!

lipgloss225 · Apr 2026

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