Salt & Spine

This week, we're excited to welcome chef Preeti Mistry to SALT + SPINE, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks.Preeti is the author of The Juhu Beach Club Cookbook: Indian Spice, Oakland Soul, and the force behind the for-now-shuttered Juhu Beach Club restaurant.A graduate of Le Cordon Bleu, Preeti worked in fine dining, and then as executive chef at the de Young Museum and Google before opening Juhu Beach Club. A short stint on the sixth season of Top Chef marked Preeti's national debut.‍‍Preeti's first cookbook, The Juhu Beach Club Cookbook, highlights some of the best and most well-known dishes from the restaurant—from the famous Manchurian Cauliflower to the Pulled Pork Vindaloo Pav to the JBC Doswaffle, a hybrid between a South Indian dosa and a Belgian-style waffle.We sat down with Preeti at San Francisco's The Civic Kitchen cooking school to talk about this cookbook-memoir, their influences, and Preeti’s philosophy behind running a restaurant. Get full access to Salt + Spine at

"You cannot be powerful if you're not fed—and you should be able to feed yourself." –Nigella LawsonWe're thrilled to have home cook evangelist Nigella Lawson as our first guest on SALT + SPINE, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks.You might know Nigella from her 10 hugely popular cookbooks—or from her TV shows like "Nigella Bites" or "Nigella Eats." For 20 years, Nigella has been producing cookbooks geared for home cooks, starting with her first book How To Eat, which is a staple worldwide and was called “the most valuable culinary guide published this decade” by the Sunday Telegraph.She is the author of At My Table, How to Eat, Simply Nigella, How to Be a Domestic Goddess, among other cookbooks.Nigella's latest work, At My Table, is a celebration of home cooking and includes over 100 accessible and delicious recipes—from the chicken and pea tray bake (which we loved) to Turkish eggs to a recipe for "subverting" that spiralizer in your pantry.“It’s

Salt + Spine is hosted by Brian Hogan Stewart and produced by Alison Sullivan, with support from Nina Earnest and Clara Hogan.Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | GooglePlayOur website is SaltAndSpine.com.Find us on Patreon, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.We record Salt + Spine at San Francisco's The Civic Kitchen. Thanks to Jen Nurse, Chris Bonomo, and the Civic Kitchen team. Thanks to Celia Sack at Omnivore Books.Our theme song was produced by Brunch For Lunch. For more music, visit soundcloud.com/BrunchforLunch. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to Salt + Spine at saltandspine.substack.com/subscribe