Journalist and cookbook author Anna Hezel returns to the show to talk Party Tricks, her new cookbook built around 50 recipes for elevated snacking and relaxed hosting. Anna was a senior editor at TASTE as well as a cohost of this very show before working at Epicurious and cofounding the independent food publication Best Food Blog. We dig in to her philosophy behind the art of the snack-forward meal, and why a well-stocked freezer might be the real secret to throwing a great party.
Also on the show we catch up with Jaya Saxena to hear about a new publication, Ravenous, she’s launching with several former Eater editors. We hear about the mission and a few of the stories they are working on.
Matt Rodbard is the editor in chief of TASTE and the author of Koreaworld: A Cookbook, Koreatown: A Cookbook, a New York Times Bestseller, and Food IQ, a Publishers Weekly Bestseller and winner of a 2023 IACP Cookbook Award (Food Issues & Matters)
