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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Love this recipe, but I have to chime in with our current favorite for serving with roasted potatoes, steaks, etc. No recipe per se, but it‘s roughly 2 parts sour cream, 1 part mayo, up to 1 part horseradish (ymmv), salt, white pepper, and vinegar to taste. Not as “clean,“ but hard to stop eating!

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You’re right to point that out, and I’m pretty sure late summer is not the best time to harvest it. This stuff is pretty crazy though… hotter than any batch I’ve made/brand I’ve tried. The label does not mention oils or extracts. Maybe there’s a special processing technique?

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We have been craving horseradish too. Last weekend, we impulsively drove down the Columbia River Gorge with one purpose: acquire a jar of insanely hot “Exit 44” horseradish in Cascade Locks. We often grate up horseradish from our garden but it’s just not as hot. I think they’re using an extract (?)

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Cook Ting @cookting.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

@joyofcooking.bsky.social should be in every kitchen imho. It's like a writer having a dictionary on their desk. Well worth it.

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 06/04/2026

Today, my fellow founding worker-owners and I are launching a subscription drive to @feedravenous.bsky.social. We are a group of experienced and award-winning food journalists here to publish thoughtful writing and incisive reporting from around the food world. www.weareravenous.com

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

A squiggle of yellow mustard and a generous shake of habanero hot sauce is perfect to my mid-life crisis palate.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Exactly. No roux-making stage, no “Cajun trinity,” no garlic, no cayenne, no andouille. I’m sure some folks prefer a minimalist gumbo, but we want more than a thin chicken soup with a soupçon of disintegrated rice. We fixed the gumbos in our 1997 edition and have improved on them further since.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is a perfect example of why we keep updating the book. The amount of safrole in filé powder is minuscule. It’s a harmless ingredient. Another reason: the gumbos in our latest edition are much, much tastier.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

That’ll put a shine on your coat! Also: “put a patty between two biscuits”? How thick are the biscuits?!

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Thank you! Feedback doesn’t get better than that.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Hard to imagine a rivalry here. Hot cross buns are great and all, but croissant challenger? They seem mismatched.

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Nana's CookBooks @nanascookbooks.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I was wondering what the modern version of 1 of my cookbooks looks like. Thanks to my local library, I now know the difference between 1975 & 2019 @joyofcooking.bsky.social. I'm not saying you should put it on your Christmas wish list, but I wouldn't mind finding it under my Christmas tree.

2 copies of the Joy of Cooking books stacked on top of one another.
The bottom one is from 2019, and the top one is from 1975.

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actioncookbook @actioncookbook.com · 27/11/2024

having exactly (1) day out of the year where every amateur chef in America attempts to cook a giant bird and not fuck it up is, honestly, a wonderful and hilarious tradition

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Love a recipe that tries to manage expectations in the headnote.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Christmas salad is perhaps too elevated. "Cheery as Santa's chuckle" seems accurate tbh.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Big thanks to @katemcdermott.bsky.social for joining us on the pod last week! She recounts her pie whisperer origin story, we talk about geoduck pie (her fam's favorite), why you should be listening for the "sizzle-whump," and how to get the tallest and fluffiest meringue. tinyurl.com/ycys6jdb

Smartphone playing episode 44 of the Joy of Cooking Podcast. Headphones are nearby.

a VERY toasty lemon meringue pie. We got a little enthusiastic with the blowtorch.

Italian meringue on the tines of a stand mixer's whisk attachment. There's one tendril-like peak.

Kate McDermott, smiling at the camera, wearing an apron emblazoned with "Art of the Pie" and a papercut illustration of a pie resting on a windowsill.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

With all due respect to the Campbell’s Company, our tuna casserole recipe in later editions (1997 onward) is much better. It’s a little extra effort, but not as much as you might think.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Perhaps the most "ride-or-die" quality about apple dumplings: we've been telling people how to make them since 1931. All nine editions have this recipe, but you'll find it in the 2019 on page 688.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Our recipe pick for this week does not fall neatly in either category. We did not grow up eating apple dumplings, nor do we bake them when we're feeling low, but they are very old-timey and deeply comforting to eat. We tested the recipe ~8 years ago and have been making them ever since.

Moody overhead closeup of apple dumplings

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

We talk about loving/hating grits, hot wet goobers, pouring peanuts in your Coke, and cod trauma so bad it has you reaching for the hakarl. Plus, we share our picks for "ride-or-die" Joy recipes with a listener. Most of our answers are driven by the need for comfort, others by nostalgia.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

New ep is up! We are joined by Shane Mitchell, author of The Crop Cycle, a @bittersouth.bsky.social essay collection that profiles 11 iconic Southern crops. Shane chronicles the history of their cultivation and poignantly writes of those who grow and devour them. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Overhead view of The Crop Cycle, by Shane Mitchell. The hardcover features big ripe tomatoes set against a background that is the hottest shade pink.

Shane in a farm setting, her garment nibbled by a pig.

A smartphone on a yellow surface, playing our podcast. Headphones are nearby.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Agreed! We really enjoyed talking with him.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Each week, we encourage our listeners to cook along with us from the 2019 edition. This week’s recipe = French Yogurt Cake on p. 734. A simple, tangy loaf cake that’s perfect with whipped cream and fresh berries, or compote, or your favorite jam (we think apricot is a winner here fwiw).

Closeup of French yogurt cake fresh from the oven, cooling in a loaf pan set on a wire rack.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Happy to share our convo w/ Maureen Abood, author of Lebanese Baking. We talk about the genesis of her book, writing generous recipes, a cheater knafeh that uses shredded wheat cereal, and what sets baking apart as an expression of care and remembrance. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Overhead view of Lebanese Baking by Maureen Abood.

Portrait of Maureen Abood, leaning on a white marble countertop, smiling, wearing a yellow patterned blouse.

A smartphone set on a yellow surface plays the Joy of Cooking podcast. A pair of headphones surround the phone.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Thanks for the encouragement Drew ❤️

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We did this with RG royal coronas and it was fantastic!

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Super excited to have @culinarybreeding.bsky.social on our podcast! Lane has been bringing seed breeders and chefs together for over a decade now. We love the community she has created! A good listen for vegetable stans and plant nerds. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Lane Selman, founder of the Culinary Breeding Network, kneeling in a patch of radicchio.

A smartphone and a pair of headphones. Our podcast plays. Where is the listener?

Closeup of four colorful ears of dent corn at a Culinary Breeding Network event.

A plate of indigo-yellow tomatoes at a Culinary Breeding Network event. A sign reads: “Tomato INDIGO P321-9-1B-1-2-1 'Ananas Noire' x 'Indigo Rose' Esthetics breeding project.
Mixture of yellow and red blush.”

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Double boiler/bain marie? Never seen a flared one like that 🤷‍♂️

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Ep 35! We loved talking with @amateurgourmet.bsky.social about his debut novel Food Person, a comedy about a cookbook ghostwriter and their narcissistic celebrity client. Plus: ice creams, cookbook faves, and how bad AI search might be making them more relevant. 🤞 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

A smartphone strewn on a yellow surface with a pair of headphones. The phone is playing episode 35 of our podcast, but whoever was listening has obviously been abruptly called away. I hope they are okay!

A call-to-action “tile” exhorting viewers to join the Joy Scouts Cooking Club by preparing a recipe from the 2019 Joy of Cooking. This week: Pistachio and Rosewater Kulfi, page 853.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

New episode! We talk to Melissa Knific about her upcoming cookbook that celebrates our national parks, and testing recipes from every country in the world (!) for an exciting Jessica Nabongo project. Plus, we offer a listener advice about food and recipe writing.

A smartphone on a yellow background sorrounded by a pair of headphones. Our new podcast episode plays on, deeply affected by but seemingly oblivious to the fascistic hellscape that lurks beyond the image frame.

Melissa Knific, down by the water, hair swept back by a light breeze, smiling at a spectacle or person to the right of the image frame.

A sharply lit plate piled high with shaved fennel and white bean salad, topped with shaved parm. An impossibly blue drinking glass filled with an effervescent liquid is nearby.

A book opened on a surface, its pages fanned out. Text superimposed above and below reads: “Joy Scouts Cooking Club: COOK ALONG WITH US WEEKLY FROM THE 2019 EDITION; SHAVED FENNEL & WHITE BEAN SALAD PAGE 129;
@joyofcooking #joyscoutscookingclub” (those are for Instagram)

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V H US PODCAST @vhuspodcast.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Some of you may know that my wife started a podcast production company and our first show is @joyofcooking.bsky.social . Megan & John are fantastic & the show is like sitting down with friends and talking about food (and more!) Their second season just started so please give it a listen and share!

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

We just posted the first ep of our new season with special guest Roy Choi! We talked about life in the restaurant industry, knowing your audience, building bandwidth into recipes, how to become a more intuitive cook, and his new cookbook, The Choi of Cooking. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Roy Choi, leaning on a bar and eating from a plate of delicious looking chicken wings

A “we’re back” announcement for the Joy of Cooking Podcast. Text reads: Episode 33, August 27, Roy Choi: A Casual Culinary Chat About A Career In Cooking.

A smartphone and a pair of headphones on a yellow surface. The phone is playing our new podcast episode.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Really struggling with the opening comparison… any chance you can unpack @mikecaulfield.bsky.social ?

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

We have not tested this one personally… I’m leaning toward no.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Hmm, we're not super familiar with current offerings. David Leite's "The New Portuguese Table" is great. There's a big Phaidon book with 550 recipes. This old-school tome looks like it's worth checking out. Very $$$ for a hard copy, so maybe borrow from @archive.org first archive.org/details/trad...

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Traditional Portuguese cooking : Modesto, Maria de Lourdes : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Introduction to each region written by António Manuel Couto Viana--T.p. verso

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

We were out running errands and I totally missed this. Thank you! So kind of you to say.

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Friendly reminder that a) if you don't already own the 2019 edition, you should buy it, and b) this is a book that you should just pick up and read on the regular, even if you're not planning to cook anything

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

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FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say

The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Checked the emails... I added a comment to the first draft of the chapter explaining that it was a Mitch Hedberg ref. No response, no edit, so I guess that counts as cool.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

“This meeting’s adjourned… Spread the word on menus nationwide.”

Headnote for the 2019 Joy if Cooking’s club sandwich recipe: “If you like your sandwiches with three pieces of bread, cut in half twice, and impaled with frilly toothpicks, then you are an honorary club member.”

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I appreciate the context! It’s a very polarizing dish, and lots of folks like to hate on it just because it does not conform to their definition of “chili.” I have fond memories of Skyline, but haven’t been in decades. I make my own, using our recipe, and I’ve never had an allspice hangover 🤷‍♂️

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I can personally vouch for this one! The recipe's changed slightly, but that citrus custard filling is nice. Never tried it with the filling and the chocolate icing but what could go wrong?!

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Can confirm @nickmoyes.bsky.social directions! I was not offered the classic option in the "manage plan" menu, only when I opted to turn off recurring billing.

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Joy of Cooking @joyofcooking.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

This entire recipe website appears to be the product of AI. Perusing its pages, I can taste the despair. A friendly reminder to financially support live human recipe developers, cookbook authors, and content creators. dessert-recipes.com/rhubarb-puff...

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Rhubarb Puff Pastry: A Tart Recipe Worth Trying - Dessert Recipes

Feel the delightful balance of tart rhubarb and sweet pastry in this irresistible dessert—discover how to create this mouthwatering treat today!

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