Kitchen Confidante®

Five Little Things I loved the week of August 7, 2026: chocolate sardines, the DMV(!), Odyssey spoofs, and more!

In Episode 139 of the Kitchen Confidante Podcast, Liren talks to Chef Crystal Wahpepah about how she is reclaiming indigenous foodways and her cookbook, A Feather and A Fork.

In Episode 138 of the Kitchen Confidante Podcast, Liren Baker talks with leadership expert Adam Kingl about his latest cookbook, Executive Eats, and how food fuels focus, creativity, and success.

This homemade orange sherbet is a cool, refreshing dessert made with freshly squeezed orange juice, milk, heavy cream, and sugar. Inspired by a classic frozen treat with Persian roots, every creamy scoop delivers the bright, nostalgic flavor of an orange creamsicle.

In Episode 137 of the Kitchen Confidante Podcast, Liren Baker talks with Bobby Hicks about his unconventional path into professional kitchens, how a pandemic-era hobby turned into a deep dive through a century of food history, and what it took to bring 100 retro recipes back to life for the modern table in his cookbook, Retro Recipes.