Tips from a Chef: Gathering w/ loved ones, good food, and how the proper prep can lead to (little to) no stress w/ Chef Andreya Nightingale and Jen Joyce

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Chef Andreya is back to share so much amazing information about how to host a holiday party without the stress. She walks us through the planning stages that she has perfected as a chef, along with many valuable tips she has picked up over her amazing career. But what Chef Andreya really wants to remind you is that a holiday gathering (or any gathering with friends and family) should be about sharing space, love, and community, and a delicious meal is a great reason to come together.
Wait, what does this have to do with the act of making? As a multicraftual app and podcast, we love to celebrate making of all types, which includes cooking and baking! So grab your notebook, WIP, and a snack (because you might get hungry with all this food talk), and hit play.
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More about Andreya
Find Andreya on the Making app: @andreya. Her Making Marketplace shop offers menu templates for dinner parties year-round.
Potato Dumpling Society
Gather, cook, and have fun with your best pals for a monthly dinner party. As a paid subscriber, you'll get a seasonal menu with recipes, wine pairing recommendations, shop list, to-do/timeline list, hosting tips, and printable menus for your table à la Cookie Jar style.
Cookie Jar (Andreya's SubStack)
A virtual space to reclaim a joy for cooking, gathering, and setting our creativity free. Not by seeking perfection, but rather curiosity. Home of the Potato Dumpling Society, Cookie Chat Newsletter, and Andreya's writing on food, wine, and travel.

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• Allie Phelps
• Time Article by Sean Sherman
• Sean Sherman/ Sioux Chef
• Lois Ellen Frank/ Red Mesa Cuisine
• Autumn Harry/ Pyramid Lake Angler Guide and Native Rights Activist
• Taste The Nation/ Episode 7 The Original Americans
• Knife sharpening demo

Music by Despatches.

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