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
Jul 7
BA Bake Club: Tiny Tomato Galettes
This month, the Bake Club welcomes its first ever guest recipe developer, Test Kitchen Editor Rebecca Firkser, to discuss her recipe for the oh-so-cute Tiny Tomato Galettes. (For the uninitiated, explains Rebecca, a galette is just “a freeform open-faced pie” filled with… well, w ... Show More
45m 5s
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 10
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