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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?

Chart trend

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

#10
all-time peak
2
days in the top 10 since Nov 2024

Latest episodes

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

#21 trending · Food

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

Hosting this Fall? Four Menus for Seasonal Cooking at Home

What do you serve when you want to host, but don’t want to spend the entire day in the kitchen? Fall is one of our favorite seasons for gathering, from back-to-school di

Sep 1
38 min

One-Pot Meatballs & Greens + Two Italian Cookies | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

What do you make when you have a package of ground chicken but no plan for dinner? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate th

Aug 27
13 min

Recipes We’re Really Cooking! A Summer Recap + The Best of Season 4

What if the best recipes aren’t the newest ones, but the ones you keep coming back to? This week, we’re revisiting some of our favorite summer meals and sharing the reci

Aug 25
28 min

A Must-Try Pizza Recipe + A Favorite Breakfast Dish | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

Can a mountain of zucchini turn into a homemade pizza you can’t stop taking “just one more” slice of? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the be

Aug 20
14 min

Meatless Sheet-Pan Dinners for Easy Home Cooking (Re-Release)

What if your next vegetarian dinner could be packed with flavor - and made entirely on a sheet-pan in your oven? Whether you're trying to cook more plant-based meals, ac

Aug 18
29 min

Grandma’s Plum Crumb Bars + A One-Skillet Summer Dinner | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

What do you make when you want a homemade dessert that feels special, but takes almost no effort to bake? In this bite-sized episode, we share the best things we ate thi

Aug 13
14 min

Puerto Rican Home Cooking, with Omi Hopper

What if you could easily fill your kitchen with the comforting aromas of sizzling sofrito, fluffy rice, and tender stews? This week, we’re talking to Omi Hopper, TikTok

Aug 11
27 min

Too Hot to Cook? Easy Summer Dinner Ideas to Beat the Heat

What do you cook when it's too hot to turn on the oven (or even the stovetop)… but everyone still needs dinner? When summer temperatures climb, even the simplest meal ca

Aug 4
32 min

Summer Corn! 10 Recipes for Cooking Easy Seasonal Meals at Home (Re-Release)

Are you up to your ears in corn and scrambling for new ways to use up one of the best summer ingredients? If you’re looking for easy and inspired recipes to enjoy this

Jul 28
28 min

Two Salads You Can Make Once, And Eat Twice (or Three Times)! | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

What salads can really hold up for days and transform into multiple meals? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate this week

Jul 23
12 min

Our Top 10 Best Bites of All Time! Celebrating 300 Episodes of Food Friends

What recipes truly stand the test of time — the ones you make again and again because of their ease, deliciousness, and nostalgia? This week, we're celebrating our 300th

Jul 21
37 min

A One-Bowl Berry Almond Cake + Homemade Chopped Cheese Sandwiches | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

Can a humble pound of ground beef from your freezer turn into the best dinner of your week? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things

Jul 16
13 min

Our Top 8 No-Bake Desserts for Summer Hosting! (Re-Release)

What sweet treats do you make when you feel like hosting, but temperatures are climbing, and you can't imagine turning on an oven? This week we're re-releasing a fan-fav

Jul 14
28 min

A 10-Minute Dessert from Cookbook Club + A Lemony Pasta with Greens | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

Are you looking to beat the heat with an easy, refreshing, and QUICK dessert? By the end of this episode, you'll want to try a tapioca pudding topped with fresh summer b

Jul 9
18 min

What Do You Do With All The Zucchini? Cooking Seasonal Summer Recipes

What do you do with a pile of zucchini? If you're torn between making the same tired zucchini bread again or scrolling through hundreds of recipes hoping to find one tha

Jul 7
29 min

The New York Times' Most Popular Recipe + Fried Zucchini Blossoms | Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

What makes one recipe become the most popular in the New York Times Cooking’s history? In this bite-sized episode, we share the best things we ate this week to inspire e

Jul 2
13 min

A Food Person’s Summer: Cookbooks, Hosting, and What to Cook Right Now, with Adam Roberts (Re-Release)

Ever wonder what food people actually cook when guest come over — and why those recipes always work? This week, we're re-releasing our fan-favorite episode with Adam Rob

Jun 30
34 min

A 30-Minute Korean Short Rib Dinner + A Citrusy Summer Salad | Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

What if you could make a short rib dinner that tastes better than takeout, in less than 20 minutes? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best

Jun 25
13 min

What to Cook this Summer: Four Seasonal Menus for Hosting

Are you stumped on what to serve for your next summer dinner party, backyard BBQ, or weeknight hang? This week, we’re taking the guesswork out of what to cook with four

Jun 23
34 min

Chart positions

Where Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 6, 2026).

#96 ▼ 1 Arts US
#19 ▼ 1 Food US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Exactly the type of food podcast I was looking for. The hosts are so genuine and sincere. Nice, easy listening.

goodpodclub · May 2025

I recently discovered this podcast and it is such a delight! Listening to these two really motivates me to be more creative in the kitchen :) Sonya and Kari’s voices are also so soothing to listen to.

Lia C S · May 2025

This podcast has become one of my favorites. The hosts have a great rapport and know how to keep their episodes concise, engaging, and informative.

Lorrie in Tennessee · Mar 2025

Love this podcast! Just FYI- the Charlie Bird farro salad calls for 1 cup *apple cider,* not apple cider *vinegar.* I made this mistake the first time I made it and was turned off by the high acidity. The plain cider is lovely!

claire2855 · Mar 2025

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