Best Leftover Lunch Podcasts (2024)

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Pizza Party with Suzy 28:01

17d ago28:01

28:01

To participate with Operation Olive Branch with assisting families in Palestine, visit their LinkTree https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch It's just me and you today, friend! Follow me on Instagram @nermernermer. I had a really great time recording and publishing these episodes for you all and today I am pulling back the curtain on the show a bit to tal…

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The Ace of Spades with Nick Razum 22:31

18d ago22:31

22:31

To participate with Operation Olive Branch with assisting families in Palestine, visit their LinkTree https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch Last but not least, today's episode is all about 💜🖤🤍ASEXUALITY🤍🖤💜 with Nick Razum (@spazum720 on IG!) For information about other podcasts on Nermer Nermer Network, visit https://linktr.ee/nermernermer & if you like …

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The Buzz on Bisexuality with Cassie 33:25

19d ago33:25

33:25

To participate with Operation Olive Branch with assisting families in Palestine, visit their LinkTree https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch It's the last week of pride and we still have new episodes of Exposing the Holes. Today Suzy speaks with Cassie about the secret truth about bisexuality. For information about other podcasts on Nermer Nermer Network,…

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Drinking Milk with Xazrianna Walker 25:01

24d ago25:01

25:01

To participate with Operation Olive Branch with assisting families in Palestine, visit their LinkTree https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch Thanks for listening, non-lesbian women! Today I talked to Xazrianna Walker (@xazrianna_mind on IG) about opposite-sex attraction and lesbian stereotypes. You can see Xazrianna perform with the improv group Grandpa T…

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Juneteenth! Queer Black Podcast Recommendations 8:05

28d ago8:05

8:05

To participate with Operation Olive Branch with assisting families in Palestine, visit their LinkTree https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch Amber Ruffin Answers Frequently Asked Juneteenth Questions with Seth Meyers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uif9B_xOxos Podcasts to listen to: The Pleasure’s All Yours {Apple | Spotify} is hosted by Courtney and Lex …

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Wrestling in Full Drag with Kayla Fabe (fka Tricky Dick) 22:25

26d ago22:25

22:25

To participate with Operation Olive Branch with assisting families in Palestine, visit their LinkTree https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch What's up sports fans, it's really great to see you on this episode of Exposing the Holes. Today's guest is comedian and improvisor Jim Kappas (aka Kayla Fabe, fka Tricky Dick). Here's a clip of Kayla Fabe's first pe…

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The Best Yet to Come with Leftover Lunch 30:46

1M ago30:46

30:46

To participate with Operation Olive Branch with assisting families in Palestine, visit their LinkTree https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch Good morning, dreamers ✨ Today's guest is Leftover Lunch (@leftoverllunch on IG!) For information about other podcasts on Nermer Nermer Network, visit https://linktr.ee/nermernermer AND consider nominating "The Ole S…

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The Pulse Nightclub 8th Anniversary 8:57

1M ago8:57

8:57

Today’s bonus episode is a memorial for the lives lost at the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12th, 2016. The 49 victims were: Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34. Stanley Almodovar III, 23 Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20 Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22 Luis S. Vielma, 22 Kimberly Morris, 37 Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30…

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Dressing the Part with Timothée Chalamet 30:14

1M ago30:14

30:14

To participate with Operation Olive Branch with assisting families in Palestine, visit their LinkTree https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch Timmy fans, our special guest today was portrayed by José Queervo, @queervoqueen on IG! José Queervo is performing on Friday at Arcade Comedy Theater! For information about the show visit https://www.arcadecomedythea…

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Rainbows and Unicorns with Dig 31:03

1M ago31:03

31:03

To participate with Operation Olive Branch with assisting families in Palestine, visit their LinkTree https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch Howdy y'all, today is Thursday! And that means I'm talking to Dig about unicorns. @dirt_dyke_ on IG Recommendations from Dig: Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly podcast {Apple | Spotify} This zine about relationship anarchy! For…

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No Labels with Carl the Cum King of Comedy 28:21

2M ago28:21

28:21

To participate with Operation Olive Branch with assisting families in Palestine, visit their LinkTree https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch Apologies in advance for today's guest, portrayed by Erin Ross. In the episode, I promised to share Carl's phone number to meet ladies. If you'd like to call Carl, you can reach him at (850) 717-9337. For tickets to …

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Peeking Through Gloryholes with Asher O’Briant 25:33

2M ago25:33

25:33

To participate with Operation Olive Branch with assisting families in Palestine, visit their LinkTree https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch Hey people, it's really great to see you on this first episode of Exposing the Holes. Today's guest is comedian Asher O'Briant! Asher is performing on Friday at Arcade Comedy Theater! For information about the show v…

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Lube: The Pre-show 11:26

2M ago11:26

11:26

To participate with Operation Olive Branch with assisting families in Palestine, visit their LinkTree https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch Hey queers! This is the pre-show episode to get you excited for the Exposing the Holes podcast and for Pittsburgh Pride. If you have any interest in the Pittsburgh events mentioned, please visit the QBurgh events pag…

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Season 1 Trailer 1:07

2M ago1:07

1:07

Welcome, queer people of the world, to the only Pittsburgh-based podcast dedicated to debunking the myths about the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. My name is Ed Suzy and I am the Ellen Degeneres of this show. Deep underground, below the Titty Sphinx in Allegheny Cemetery, I have a lab full of gay scientists dedicated to manufacturing statistics and misinfor…

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Amanda Hesser's Persian Rice Bowl with Barberries 1:06:06

8M ago1:06:06

1:06:06

One of my all-time favorite food writers is Amanda Hesser, the co-founder of Food52 and author of The New York Times Cookbook, and it's a huge thrill to have her on Lunch Therapy this week. In today's session, I ask her all about Cooking for Mr. Latte (one of my all-time favorite food books), how she went from being a writer to starting a business,…

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John Birdsall's "Pretty Boring" Cheese Sandwich 57:17

9M ago57:17

57:17

The James Beard award-winning biographer of James Beard, John Birdsall, swings by the office today for a lunch therapy session. We talk all about who'd be the best actor to play James Beard, how the pandemic interrupted his book tour plans, raw onions, working at Deborah Madison's Greens in a Zen Center in SF, and how his gentle temperament worked …

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Dwight Garner's Peanut Butter and Pickle Sandwich 54:47

9M ago54:47

54:47

Dwight Garner is one of the most feared and yet funny voices in the pages of The New York Times Book Review, where he's one of their most beloved critics, as well as the former editor. He's now the author of a brand new book called The Upstairs Delicatessen and in today's session we talk all about being a book critic with a book, facing the authors…

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Abi Balingit's Ground Beef and Corn Tortillas 58:37

9M ago58:37

58:37

Welcome back to Lunch Therapy! Today's patient, Abi Balingit, is the creator of the blog ⁠The Dusky Kitchen⁠ and the author of the brand new, Filipino-American dessert cookbook, ⁠Mayumu⁠. In today's session, we talk all about growing up in California, her parents' Filipino background, the food that they cooked and how she took a lot of it for grant…

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Leah Koenig’s Fajitas with Leftover Chicken and Peppers 56:23

11M ago56:23

56:23

Today's Lunch Therapy patient, Leah Koenig, is the author of seven cookbooks, including The Jewish Cookbook and Modern Jewish Cooking. Her latest, Portico, is all about Roman Jewish cuisine and our conversation today covers everything Roman and Jewish, from frying artichokes to weighing fish. We also delve into Leah's relationship to food and cooki…

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Amy Thielen's Leftover Baked Potatoes and Onions from the Garden 59:55

12M ago59:55

59:55

This week's Lunch Therapy patient is Amy Thielen, the multitalented cookbook author and chef whose latest cookbook, Company, is hot off the presses and features 125 amazing new recipes. In today's session, we talk all about Amy's childhood in Park Rapids, Minnesota, her journey to New York's four-star restaurant kitchens, and her journey back to wh…

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Alex Jung's Miyeokguk 57:43

12M ago57:43

57:43

Today's patient, Alex Jung, is an accomplished journalist for New York Magazine and Vulture, who's profiled countless celebrities and been nominated for a National Magazine Award. He's currently got the best gig in the city, writing the column "The Year I Ate New York" for which he dines across all five boroughs, cataloguing his experiences every t…

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Rosie Schaap's Northern Irish Latkes 1:01:49

12M ago1:01:49

1:01:49

Raise your glass to this week's Lunch Therapy patient: Rosie Schaap, the author of two books (Drinking with Men, Becoming a Sommelier) and the former Drink columnist for The New York Times. In today's episode, we talk all about drinking, how to manage it, how to know when it's gone too far, and how everything changes as you get older. We also talk …

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Susan Spungen's French Vegetable Salad 59:17

1y ago59:17

59:17

My patient today is the illustrious food stylist and recipe developer Susan Spungen, the author of the brand new book Veg Forward, and the founding editor at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. You very likely have seen her work food styling for such films as Julie & Julia, It's Complicated, and Eat, Pray, Love. In today's session, we talk all about t…

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Anya von Bremzen's American Slice 56:06

1y ago56:06

56:06

This week's Lunch Therapy patient, Anya von Bremzen, is the author of a brand new book, National Dish, that's been called "a fast-paced, entertaining travelogue" by The New York Times. In today's episode, we learn all about the ways Russia uses borsch for propaganda, the meat pie with ketchup she ate growing up (her family's version of "pizza"), li…

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Jeff Gordinier's Asparagus and Mushroom Sandwich 1:01:28

1y ago1:01:28

1:01:28

Jeff Gordinier is one of the most prolific, influential food writers in the biz: not only does he work on Esquire's Best Restaurants list every year, he contributes regularly to The New York Times as both a food writer and a poetry critic (!) AND he's the author of the book Hungry, for which he traveled around the world with René Redzepi, frequentl…

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Lee Sung Jin's Classic Shakshuka 1:01:30

1y ago1:01:30

1:01:30

Welcome back to Lunch Therapy! We start this brand new season with Lee Sung Jin, the creator of Netflix's hit show BEEF. I worked with Lee several years ago on the ABC sitcom The Real O'Neals and since then he's gone on to write for Dave, Tuca and Bertie, and now his breakout, runaway hit starring Steve Yeun and Ali Wong. In today's session, we tal…

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The California Veggie Sandwich with Starlee Kine 59:47

1+ y ago59:47

59:47

My guest today is the creator of one of my favorite podcasts of all time, The Mystery Show with Starlee Kine. If you haven't listened to that, turn this off and go do that first. It's amazing. I asked Starlee if she had a favorite recipe and she didn't. I asked her if she had a favorite thing to eat in L.A. and she sent me to Griffith Park to eat t…

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Ramen Noodles with Mushrooms, Chiles, and Lime with Chris Tucker 56:04

1+ y ago56:04

56:04

Vegan chef Chris Tucker (@veganchefchristucker) is a private vegan chef -- he's making vegan desserts for Elton John's Oscar party in two weeks! -- who appeared on Season Four of The Great American Baking Show. In today's episode, Chris sends me Heidi Swanson's recipe for caramelized mushrooms with chilies and peanuts and lime and cilantro which I …

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Whey Pancakes with Homa Dashtaki 50:09

1+ y ago50:09

50:09

Today's guest, Homa Dashtaki, is the co-founder (along with her father) of The White Mustache yogurt, some of the most celebrated yogurt in the country. She's also the author of a brand new cookbook called Yogurt & Whey (coming out March 5th) that gives away her signature yogurt recipe as well as all of the things you can make with the yogurt itsel…

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Baked Chicken Thighs with Butter and Onions with Aaron Hutcherson 1:00:20

1+ y ago1:00:20

1:00:20

Our guest this week, Aaron Hutcherson, is a writer and recipe developer for The Washington Post's Voraciously and recently moved to Washington, D.C. for the gig. In today's episode, we learn all about Aaron's previous career as a wealth manager on Wall Street, how he grew up loving being in the kitchen with his mother, and how her unpretentious app…

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Keema Pau with Karan Soni 1:00:20

1+ y ago1:00:20

1:00:20

This week Karan Soni, who you may recognize from Deadpool or Miracle Workers, shares a recipe from the Dishoom cookbook for Keema Pao: a punchy combination of yogurt, ground lamb, and an herb paste made with mint and cilantro. Learn all about Karan's childhood in India, how his parents sent him to a boarding school to lose weight, how he learned to…

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Sheng Jian Bao with Jenn Harris 54:14

1+ y ago54:14

54:14

This week we're shaking things up, shifting from a "you've got to taste this" recipe to a "you've got to taste this" field trip! LA Times food writer and host of The Bucket List Jenn Harris knows more about L.A. food than most people twice her age; that's because she grew up here with a Jewish grandmother and Chinese grandmother who love to eat. To…

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Silesian Heaven Crispy Pierogis with Nicole Rucker 59:56

1+ y ago59:56

59:56

One of my favorite bakers (and favorite people) is Nicole Rucker, owner of Fat & Flour in the Grand Central Market here in L.A., and the very first guest on my very first podcast, Lunch Therapy. In today's episode of "You've Got to Taste This," Nicole sends me a recipe for Silesian Heaven crispy pierogis from "Pierogi" by Zuza Zak. These pierogis a…

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Makoviy Rulet with Felicity Spector 1:00:24

1+ y ago1:00:24

1:00:24

This week's "You've Got to Taste This" recipe comes to us from Felicity Spector, a Harvard Fulbright scholar and London-based journalist, whose interest in Ukraine and Russia far precedes the current conflict there. That interest certainly informs her recipe choice: Makoviy Rulet, a braided babka-ish bread studded with apples and infused with a swe…

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Porcini Rosemary Tomato Sauce with Noah Galuten 54:01

1+ y ago54:01

54:01

Welcome to "You've Got to Taste This," my brand new podcast centered around dishes that are so good, you've simply got to taste them. My first guest is Noah Galuten, author of the upcoming Don't Panic Pantry Cookbook, inspired by the YouTube show he does with his wife, comedian Iliza Shlesinger. For today's episode, Noah offers up his pasta with dr…

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Thanksgiving Pies with Charlotte Druckman 57:11

1+ y ago57:11

57:11

Now I know most of you already have your Thanksgiving desserts planned out, but just in case you need a little inspiration, I invited Charlotte Druckman (Women on Food, Kitchen Remix) on the podcast to discuss all the pies she tasted recently for a New York Magazine article. We're talking Thanksgiving pies from New York's best bakeries with excitin…

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Cooking Puerto Rican with Illyanna Maisonet 54:28

2y ago54:28

54:28

The author of the brand-new, hotly-anticipated Puerto Rican cookbook DIASPORICAN, Ilyanna Maisonet, swings by the podcast today to talk all about cooking Puerto Rican. We cover achiote oil, her mother's mushroom chicken, which ingredients are different in Puerto Rico vs. the U.S., persimmon cookies, and lots more. Plus: learn how Illyanna pivoted f…

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Weeknight Dinners with Melissa Clark 46:38

2y ago46:38

46:38

Everyone's favorite cookbook author and NYT columnist, Melissa Clark, is back on the pod to talk all about that tricky old subject: weeknight dinners. With her brand new cookbook, Dinner in One, Melissa proves that it takes just a few flourishes to turn a humdrum meal into something special. Today we talk about Thanksgiving on a sheet pan (!), how …

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Food and Fatherhood with Jonathan Melendez 54:05

2y ago54:05

54:05

Jonathan Melendez is a chef, food photographer, and the creator of the blog The Candid Appetite. Recently he's started the biggest job of all: he and his partner Julian (I met them both last year at a Christmas party) are the proud parents of a newborn baby boy named Theodore. How has fatherhood changed his cooking habits? What kind of relationship…

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A Broadway Cookbook with Gideon Glick 49:07

2y ago49:07

49:07

I've been cooking along to show tunes since I first started cooking twenty years ago... so imagine how excited I am that the Broadway cookbook that I cowrote with Gideon Glick (star of Spring Awakening, Little Shop of Horrors, and a Tony nominee for To Kill a Mockingbird), Give My Swiss Chards to Broadway, is coming out this October 4th! Gideon act…

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The Cookbook Biz with Andrea Nguyen 1:04:35

2y ago1:04:35

1:04:35

Andrea Nguyen ís the prolific author of eight cookbooks, including Vietnamese Food Any Day, The Pho Cookbook, Asian Tofu, and The Banh Mi Handbook. She's also the co-host of a brand new podcast called Everything Cookbooks where she, along with her co-hosts Molly Stevens, Kate Leahy, and Kristin Donnelly discuss the ins and outs of the cookbook publ…

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Cooking Who You Are with Chef Vishwesh Bhatt 55:36

2y ago55:36

55:36

When Chef Vishwesh Bhatt started serving his Indian-inflected Southern food at SnackBar in Oxford, Mississippi, the food world was so dazzled, the James Beard committee nominated him for Best Southern Chef five times before he finally won in 2019. His new book, I Am From Here, captures what makes his cooking so original and specific to him and his …

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Gays Who Love Food with Grossy Pelosi 51:40

2y ago51:40

51:40

What's it like to be gay and to love food? Today's guest Dan Pelosi (aka: Grossy Pelosi) knows a little something about it. Having grown up 3/4ths Italian (the other 1/4 is Portuguese), Dan had food foisted on him at a young age. But how did he reconcile that with the body-obsessed gay-culture that he became a part of once he got older? It's a simi…

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TikTok Food Fame with Chef Jon Kung 55:42

2y ago55:42

55:42

What's it like to be famous on TikTok? Ask Chef Jon Kung who has 1.5 million followers on there and is frequently on lists of TikTok's best food accounts. Learn how he went from being a chef in Detroit to being a full-time TikToker, what his process is, whether he writes his narrations or improvises them, what kind of camera he uses, how he thinks …

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How to Pitch the NYT Food Section with Emily Weinstein 51:43

2y ago51:43

51:43

For years, I've been trying to pitch articles to the New York Times food section and for years I've been failing. On a total lark, I invited Emily Weinstein, the food and cooking editor for the Times, on to my podcast and in a mind-blowing turn of events, she said yes! Today's episode, then, gets down to the nitty-gritty: what does Emily look for i…

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The Pie Episode with Kate McDermott 58:16

2y ago58:16

58:16

Kate McDermott is the author of two widely-celebrated books on pie (The Art of the Pie and Pie Camp; Publisher's Weekly called The Art of the Pie "one of the best books written on the subject") and teaches a regular pie-making workshop at her home in Washington State. Today she comes on The Amateur Gourmet Podcast to school me on all things pie: fr…

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The Secret to Writing Recipes with Jessie Sheehan 58:46

2y ago58:46

58:46

What's the secret to writing a really good recipe? How do you make it unique while also making it simple enough for people to do at home? Enter Jessie Sheehan, celebrated baker, TikTok superstar, and author of the brand new cookbook, Snackable Bakes. In today's talk, we cover everything from coming up with the initial recipe concept, bringing it in…

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Analyzing L.A.'s Vibrant Food Scene with Farley Elliott 44:41

2y ago44:41

44:41

This year's James Beard awards COMPLETELY shut L.A. out of the mix, awarding the country's second largest city zero citations for what is commonly considered one of the most vibrant, exciting, and relevant food scenes in the country. Here to talk us through the controversy is Farley Elliott, Senior Editor of Eater L.A., who has lots to say, not jus…

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Latte Art at Home and Other Coffee Secrets with Ever Meister 43:08

2y ago43:08

43:08

Before I got hit by Covid, I spent an hour talking to the delightful coffee expert Ever Meister — who I met at my first favorite coffee shop, Joe on Waverly in the early aughts — about all things espresso, cappuccino, and, most importantly of all, latte art. Meister's been something of a fairy godmother when it comes to my homemade coffee drinks. I…

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Pyrex Obsessions with Nicole Miller 44:21

2y ago44:21

44:21

Have I got a podcast for you! Well: it's for you if you're, like me, OBSESSED with collecting vintage Pyrex and bowls and plates and other kitchen doodads. My guest is a purveyor of all such things: Nicole Miller, who runs @Pyrexnplants on Instagram and has her own Etsy shop. Our conversation covers everything from how she got into all this in the …

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