{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/6ace62dc3b41843137c37b16?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"580: Big James Beard Thoughts and Buttery Baking Trends with Nicole Rucker","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/b185f4d5b74ee15ef13455d9d11f7afc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We love catching up with<strong> Nicole Rucker</strong>. She’s a Los Angeles–based chef and owner of the wildly creative pie shops <a href=\"https://www.fatandflourla.com/\">Fat + Flour</a>. She’s also the author of a <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593801784?tag=randohouseinc7986-20\">new cookbook</a>, which covers some of the iconic pies at the shop and so much more. In this episode, we catch up about her favorite Los Angeles restaurants, have a blast debating fruit fillings, and cover all the big decisions a home baker needs to make.</p><p>Also in the episode, we have a terrific conversation with <strong>Shaily Lipa</strong>. She’s the author of a really cool new cookbook, <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Yassou-Simple-Seasonal-Mediterranean-Cooking/dp/1648291856\"><em>Yassou: The Simple, Seasonal Mediterranean Cooking of Greece</em></a>. We talk about all the foods she ate traveling through Greece while growing up and so much more.</p><p><em>Do you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on</em><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1393739959\"><em> Apple</em></a><em>, or star us on </em><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/3LsLXfnYt6Ugml415hyUfh?si=71a9e1c8df324372\"><em>Spotify</em></a><em>. We’d love to hear from you.</em> </p><p><strong>See more:</strong></p><ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://tastecooking.com/taste-podcast-40-nicole-rucker/\">This Is TASTE 40: Nicole Rucker</a> [TASTE]</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2025-04-15/baking-nicole-rucker-fat-flour-cookbook\">The Founder of Fat + Flour Busts the Biggest Baking Myth</a> [LA Times]</li>\n</ul>\n      <p> </p>","author_name":"Matt Rodbard & Aliza Abarbanel"}