We'll say it: late summer is peak pie season. And August's Bake Club recipe - for Shilpa's cardamom-laced Peach-Blueberry Crumb Pie - provides an excellent reason to turn your oven on and crank up the AC. In this episode, Shilpa and Jesse commiserate about how frustrating pie crust seemed (at least until Shilpa developed her Actually Perfect Pie Crust), and ... Show More
Oct 6
BA Bake Club: Glazed Apple Pie Fritters
“I've always wanted to go to a state fair,” Shilpa tells co-host and fellow Test Kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk. “I only know that there's a lot of fried food, and there's sometimes butter sculptures…. Oh my God, what a magical place this sounds like!” In her latest BA Bake Club d ... Show More
54m 42s
Nov 2025
It's Thanksgiving Pie Time, featuring Stacey Mei Yan Fong
<p>It’s high time for pie, and we couldn’t be more excited! </p><p>David and Jessica kick off the show by sharing some of their best pie tips and tricks, before bringing in a real pie expert — Stacey Mei Yan Fong, author of the award-winning cookbook <em>50 Pies, 50 States </em> ... Show More
41m 46s
May 2024
MR MIMS
Author of the upcoming cookie recipe book "Crumbs", former food writer for the la times and die hard wendy williams fan joins CCP to discuss citrus, the pch, willow smith, marie kondo quitting, calling people honey, comment sections closing time vibes, cookie ice cream sandwiches ... Show More
1h 3m
Jul 2026
829: Summer Cooking with Abra Berens and Chef Jiho Kim
This week, it's all about keeping cool and carrying on in the kitchen. First up , chef, farmer, and cookbook author Abra Berens joins Francis to take your calls about how to best use our summer produce. She’s full of ideas for all that zucchini, btw! Abra is the author of three w ... Show More
50m 22s
Mar 2023
How To Bake Pi, Mathematically (And Deliciously)
This March 14, Short Wave is celebrating pi ... and pie! We do that with the help of mathematician Eugenia Cheng, Scientist In Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and author of the book How to Bake Pi. We start with a recipe for clotted cream and end, deliciou ... Show More
13m 4s