S1E4: Dan Jurafsky

Robyn Eckhardt is a widely published food writer whose work work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Saveur and other publications. She and her husband, photographer David Hagerman, fell in love with Turkey during a three-week vacation. This obsession led them to return to the country as often as they could until they finally ditched their jobs and headed there to write a book about it, spending 16 months traveling to every corner of the country by car, tasting and researching the cuisine, including exploring areas on the edge of war zones. The result was Instanbul & Beyond: Exploring the Diverse Cuisines of Turkey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

When many people think of Turkish food, they conjure up images of kebabs. In this fascinating conversation, we discussed the remarkable diversity of the cuisine and how the typography dramatically affect it. She also discussed her time covering street food in Asia for The Wall Street Journal.

Featured recipe: Tahtakale Market Chicken Wings with thyme-chile salt, a great recipe that you'll make again and again. Get the recipe on the episode page. 

In this episode of my food podcast, Hungry for Words, I interviewed Holly Hughes, the editor of the long-running Best Food Writing series. We talked about the lengths she went to unearth great food writing, reading as many as 1,500 stories a year to curate each annual volume. 

We explored her life before the series, as executive editor of Fodor’s travel books. When she started the series in 2000, many people didn’t think she could find enough food writing to fill a book.

We delved into what separates bland food writing from the best examples. I read aloud some of my favorite leads and we discussed why that particular piece intrigued her enough to include it. I worked up the nerve to ask why none of my work was ever included — and she offered an unexpected answer. 

Be sure to listen to the end of the podcast; there’s some surprising news about The Best Food Writing series.

Host Kathleen Flinn talks vinegar with author Michael Harlan Turkell about his book, Acid Trip, and they even try some out-of-the-world examples, such as vinegar made from candy canes (!) You'll never think of vinegar the same way again.

[Michael Harlan Turkell ](https://harlanturk.squarespace.com/)is an author and podcaster. He's the host of the popular podcasts " Food Scene," "Modernist Breadcrumbs" and Food 52's "Burnt Toast." He's the author of the books _Acid Trip: Travel in the World of Vinegar_, _The Beer Pantry_ and _Offal Good_. For this podcast, I made Sea Foam Candy, one of my favorite treats from childhood. It's easy and a great recipe for gifts or to make with kids as it's got a little science experiment quality to it.

Get the recipe at KathleenFlinn.com 

Alana Chernilla is the kind of woman who grows her own food and makes her own Pop Tarts. These traits along with her down-to-earth charm and straightforward recipes have endeared to readers of her blog, Eating from the Ground Up and her books, including the instant classic The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making. In this episode, we discuss her follow-up book, The Homemade Kitchen (Clarkson Potter). Her books include all kinds of deeply useful, yet simple techniques. We also discuss her top 10 scraps worth saving.

Featured recipe: Dill popovers, a culinary nod to the late satirist Dorothy Parker. You'll find the recipe on the episode page.

Host Kathleen Flinn talks with food writer Joe Ray about his experience co-authoring the book Sea and Smoke with famed genius chef, Blaine Wetzel, as they sip a most unusual broth. Joe Ray is an award-winning widely published food and travel writer who regularly contributes to Wired magazine. Get more information on Joe and the recipe for madrona broth at http://hungryforwords.show

Special Guest: Joe Ray.

Host Kathleen Flinn talks with PBS cooking show host and award-winning cookbook author Joanne Weir about her culinary life as part of a discussion about her 17th book, Kitchen Gypsy, from her early days at Chez Panisse to cooking across Europe to life owning her own acclaimed restaurant in San Francisco. To learn more about Joanne and to get the awesome recipe for fish skewers with green salsa verde, visit http://HungryForWords.show

Special Guest: Joanne Weir.

Host Kathleen Flinn talks food with culinary linguist Dan Jurafsky, author of "The Language of Food" as they nibble on coconut macaroons. Get the recipe and more about Dan on the episode page at http://hungryforwords.show

Special Guest: Dan Jurafsky.

Host Kathleen Flinn talks with culinary icon Darra Goldstein, founding editor of Gastronomica magazine and author of numerous books, most recnetly the Scandinavian-focused cookbook, "Fire and Ice." Get more details about Darra and the recipe for the apple and juniper soup featured in this episode at the episode page.

Special Guest: Darra Goldstein.

Host Kathleen Flinn talks to noted Vietnamese food writer and author Andrea Nguyen about everything from dumplings to pho to her dramatic escape from her home country in 1975 at the height of the war. Get more about Andrea - plus the recipe for the Rotisserie Chicken Pho from the episode - at http://hungryforwords.show

Special Guest: Andrea Nguyen.