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Food · Elinor Hutton & Lukas Volger

SALT PIG

by Elinor Hutton & Lukas Volger

Lukas and Ellie really hate washing greens. We may be two professional cookbook writers, but when the aprons come off, we eat quesadillas for dinner more often than we might like to admit. Real home cooking is improvisational, intimate, surprising, creative, sometimes mundane, sometimes memorable, and always best when debriefed with a pal. Topics include: dried mushrooms and where to use them, making stock out of arguable trash, the joy of broccoli pancakes, what not to bring to a dinner party, how we really clean our cast iron pans (even when people say not to), gauging the lifelessness of one’s sourdough starter, and a seemingly neverending discussion on how to pronounce fricassee. Join us as we get together to break down the flops, the good enoughs, and the pleasures and hilarity of home kitchen life. --- Elinor Hutton has been a writer, ghostwriter, editor, and publishing and culinary consultant since 2010. She’s worked on more than 25 books to date, including four New York Times bestsellers, most recently as the co-author of Gisele Bündchen’s Nourish. She’s also judged the James Beard awards twice, ran the test kitchen for a meal-kit company, and has worked in book packaging and design.  www.elinorhutton.com Lukas Volger is the author of six cookbooks, including Start Simple and Bowl, and has collaborated on numerous other cookbooks, including two New York Times bestsellers. Previously, he co-founded the award-winning queer food journal Jarry, and created a line of premium, fresh, and locally made veggie burgers called Made by Lukas. He lives in Brooklyn. www.lukasvolger.com 

Latest episodes

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It's Unofficial Annual Pesto-Making Time

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We are so thrilled to be back for season 2 of SALT PIG! We’re kicking things off by talking about a favorite autumn tradition (at least for us): making pesto from all the

Oct 20
51 min

A Summer Drop-In and Re-Release: We ❤️ Dishwashers

Welcome to SALT PIG! How's your summer going?? Today we’re sharing a bonus episode, in which Ellie and Lukas check in from opposite sides of the northern hemisphere.

Jul 23
47 min

Intentionality in the Kitchen

Welcome to SALT PIG! After analyzing all sorts of home-cooking topics over these last 22 episodes (!), we marvel at how often we neglect certain basics and niceties when

Jun 10
49 min

Beans at Home, with Steve Sando!

Bean tribe, unite! This week, we have a very special guest joining us: Steve Sando, founder of everyone’s favorite heirloom bean company Rancho Gordo and author (or publi

Jun 2
47 min

Striving for No-Stress Dinner Hangs

Sometimes having people over can be kind of stressful. But as they say, you have to make the community you want, right? And we want dinner parties. We share the successes

May 26
43 min

Is Costco Worth It?

Welcome to SALT PIG! There comes a time every year when we wonder: is paying for a membership at Costco worth it? Especially given the spectacle of the almost-fistfights

May 19
47 min

Homegrown Food Highs & Lows

Welcome to SALT PIG! This week, we are pushing back against the enshittification of Big Food and talking about what veggies are growing on Lukas’ roof and in Ellie’s back

May 12
43 min

Outside Food

Welcome to SALT PIG! This week we are talking about eating food outside of home: from the beach to the park, from a car trip to just about every social interaction during

May 5
32 min

Does Lukas Hate Lentils?

Welcome to SALT PIG! Buckle your seatbelts everyone, because we are about to break the biggest scandal this side of the East River. Or at least in SALT PIG history, in al

Apr 28
39 min

Life Beyond Tupperware

Welcome to SALT PIG! This week, we go beyond the Tupperware drawer of yore to discuss the food storage realities of our kitchens: what containers are best for freezing ou

Apr 21
39 min

Living Through Our Salad Days

Welcome to SALT PIG! From a nostalgic walk through of Lukas’ family’s Costco paint can of blue cheese dressing, to the maybe French/maybe made-up habit of Ellie’s family

Apr 14
38 min

Food for Resetting

Welcome to Salt Pig! Given our perpetual professional exposure to wellness culture, this week we discuss what healthier cooking means in our kitchens on a day-to-day basi

Apr 7
34 min

Food Gifting with Jenny Rosenstrach

To mark a dozen episodes(!), this week we have cookbook writer Jenny Rosenstrach joining us as our first ever SALT PIG guest. We discuss all the food we give our friends

Mar 31
33 min

The Kitchen Cleanliness Spectrum

Welcome to SALT PIG! Where are we on the kitchen cleanliness spectrum? And what actually matters when it comes to keeping the germs at bay? We discuss gloves in the kitch

Mar 24
35 min

Mildly Desperate Dinners

Welcome to Salt Pig! Dinner must be made most nights, but sometimes you have no plan or ingredients lined up. We’re there often! This week, Lukas and Ellie describe some

Mar 17
33 min

Water Is the Best Ingredient

Welcome to Salt Pig! This week, we're celebrating the glory of tap water. Ellie and Lukas break down the numerous ways that water is one of the most useful ingredien

Mar 10
33 min

What Recipes Get Wrong

Welcome to Salt Pig! Does our society’s penchant for using recipes broaden the horizons of home cooks, or constrain them? This week, Lukas and Ellie discuss who recipes a

Mar 3
37 min

Cast Iron's Mystique

Welcome to Salt Pig! What do Alice Waters, Ellie’s ex-boyfriend, and everybody’s militant neighbor have in common? They all clean their cast iron pans differently than Lu

Feb 24
36 min

The Hot Drinks We Can and Can't Live Without

Welcome to Salt Pig! This week, we are talking about coffee culture, tea rituals, and all the surprising hot concoctions we drink now as people in our forties. Tune in fo

Feb 17
37 min

Convenience Food Snobs

Welcome to Salt Pig! This week Ellie and Lukas discuss the convenience foods that we love and the ones we snub. Indian jarred sauces and Trader Joe’s frozen treats are in

Feb 10
34 min

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#8
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#130 ▲ 45 Food US

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Love it, utterly delightful. Feels like a sweet hang with wise friends. Great advice and hot takes. SO FUN!

TINAMVB · May 2026

This podcast calms my nervous system while also reframing the way I cook, shop, repurpose leftovers, use recipes…the list goes on. I think it’s because these two are so creatively inspired while also being humble and relatable. It makes me feel so much less alone in the challenges of home cooking. As someone who’s in it for the long haul cooking for my family, I value this podcast so much!

Sienna Meadow · May 2026

I don’t enjoy cooking even a fraction as much as these two do, and I still find this podcast to be delightful company. It’s relatable and inspiring and always makes me laugh.

Lex Beach · Feb 2026

Lukas and Elinor know what they’re talking about but keep it real—a refreshing podcast for food lovers!

DATMZ1 · Jan 2026

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