A Mess in the Kitchen Podcast

03/06/2022

Words of wisdom from about two culinary icons. We ❤️ and ! See you this weekend in the Hamptons, ladies! 👩‍🌾👩‍🍳🥂

28/05/2021

Next week, we start recording season 3 of A Mess in the Kitchen. We're taking listener questions about food/cooking/cleaning/cocktails. So.... anyone have burning questions (no pun intended)? For example, Air fryers: worth the hype? How do I make boring food look fancy? Best way to find restaurants when you travel?

08/04/2021

How Dusti Kugler and I met. Plus spilling the beans on what really happens at those celebrity chef foods festivals. ;)

From first jobs to current gigs, Dusti and Molly are going down memory lane sharing their stories of how food became an important part of each of their lives at young ages, how they first met, and how they bonded for life over food festival trips.

08/03/2021

We love chips. Especially tortilla chips from Pasqual's Cantina, specific kinds of Tostitos, Late July Organic Snacks hint of lime and jalapeno, Cape Cod Potato Chips reduced fat chips (Costco-sized bag, obviously), Old Dutch Foods, and and and and.... chip podcast sponsors welcome. ;)

Molly and Dusti discuss the best and worst tortilla chips, their favorite chips (including what makes Dusti lick her fingers), and they share their go to snacks in high school (chips on a sandwich anyone?).

22/02/2021

Raise your hand if you're in a food rut! 🖐 Here's how we break out of them.

Dusti is helping Molly to bust out of her food rut. The ladies discuss why a food rut is so easy to fall into and advice on how to find something new to eat from recreating a restaurant dish at home to passing the task to someone else.

22/01/2021

Anyone else STRUGGLING to incorporate more veggies into their diet? That's why we love salads. Not the wimpy ones, the good ones. This week, Molly won't shut up about Salad Girl Organics and The Original Chopped Salad; and Dusti talks about her love of Revol Greens, and her favorite dressing to put on frozen pizza. Nope, it's not ranch... though we do give some love to the iconic Hidden Valley Ranch. Where is the Hidden Valley and can we do a live podcast from there one day?🤞 Listen to the week's episode here. https://amessinthekitchen.com/episodes/salads

Molly & Dusti share their favorite salad toppings, dressings, and recipes, plus a Dusti’s trick for making a beet salad without staining your hands.

07/01/2021

Did your Dry January go bye-bye yesterday? 😬 On this week's episode, Dusti and Molly talk about all-things home cocktails, as well as their favorite non-alcoholic drinks.

Dusti and Molly are making A MESS IN THE KITCHEN this week talking what makes a  delicious cocktail, where to find a really good spirit (hint: it’s more local than you think), and how to avoid a hangover.

22/06/2020

To say we adore Dana Cowin is an understatement. You may know her as the former longtime editor of Food & Wine, or the woman behind Heritage Radio Network's Speaking Broadly. We talk with her about building confidence in the kitchen, and much much more.

Molly & Dusti catch up with Dana Cowin, the former long-time Editor-in-Chief of Food & Wine Magazine . We talk about building confidence around cooking, mastering kitchen mistakes, and more.

08/06/2020

ABC News aired this important conversation about talking to your kids about race. It features our producer & the matriarch behind Matriarch Digital Media, Twila Dang. Please watch. If you're a parent to white kids, these are topics you've probably never deeply considered talking to your children about. It's time we did.

What do you tell your children? Moms talk with ABC News about raising their kids in racially turbulent times.

26/05/2020

Since we can't physically be with many of the people we care about, how 'bout loving someone up with food? Here are a few of our ideas for knocking that outta the park. ⚾️

When someone is sick, has a new baby, or grieving, feeding yourself can be challenging. Meal trains are common in the Midwest— it’s a great solution when you are looking for ways to support loved ones.

23/04/2020

The latest episode is out, and Dusti Kugler & I are talking kitchen essentials. Do you really need a knife set? Are Le Creuset Dutch ovens are great as everyone says? What's the best wine opener?

PS We want to know all about your favorite kitchen items!

Do you really need an entire knife set, or will just a few key pieces do? Are you pro All-Clad, or think it’s a bunch of bull? And where the EFF is Molly’s stock pot? We talk all things kitchen gadgetry on this week’s episode.

09/04/2020

Our resident neat freak Dusti Kugler goes in-depth on how she keeps her kitchen spotless. Hint: lots of paper towels and lemon, but also some mystery chemicals. 😷

Kitchens get dirty. How should we be cleaning them? Resident neat-freak Dusti talks us through the best ways to clean your oven, refrigerator, countertops, cutting boards and more.

26/03/2020

26/03/2020

26/03/2020

With most of us stuck at home for the next few weeks, it seems like the perfect opportunity to discuss how to make home cooking easier. The internet LOVES the Instant Pot... an electric pressure cooker that magically turns a pork butt into slow cooked goodness in a snap. But is it all it's cracked up to be? Molly discusses with food blogger, cookbook writer, and Instant Pot expert Nom Nom Paleo - Michelle Tam.

Are you an Instant Pot person? Tell us your favorite recipes!

The internet loves the Instant Pot… but is it all it’s cracked up to be? Molly and Michelle Tam of Nom Nom Paleo discuss.

12/03/2020

It's finally here! Our first episode is all about picky eaters. Tell us: what foods are you picky about? Do you have a picky eater at home? Any tips and tricks for getting them to try new foods? Share in the comments!

PS I (Molly) made my kids quesadillas for the 4th time in a week today, so I need all the help I can get.... 😬

‎Food · 2020

28/11/2019

It's a Thanksgiving miracle! Our premiere episode is out!
Dusti and I talk about Thanksgiving... our fave recipes, what’s a waste of space (mashed potatoes are the packing peanuts of Turkey Day), and why we prefer to eat in a garage versus some fancy restaurant.
The preview episode is streaming on all Matriarch Digital Media podcasts: MollyMay+, The Gynocast, Me Before Mom, or Twila and Natalie. The show will for-real for-real be out in December. Woohoo!

14/10/2019

Loving this fun cover art by Becky Lang! Things are starting to feel official around here.