Cooking From Scratch Podcast
Welcome to the first non-cooking cooking podcast!
Join Aliye Aydin as she inspires you to create nourishing, from-scratch meals that heal your body and soul.
In each episode, Aliye chats with professional chefs, health coaches, doctors, farmers, nutritionists, and healers to explore their unique perspectives on cooking, culture, healing, and mindfulness.
Aliye, born and raised in sunny Southern California, discovered her love for cooking as a healing tool following a scary health diagnosis in her teens. She learned to cook to implement necessary dietary changes, which not only helped her heal but also shaped her life's work.
After graduating from UC Berkeley, Aliye traveled extensively, diving into international cuisines and cooking alongside grandmas and aunties, including exploring her heritage in Türkiye.
Upon returning to the U.S., she attended culinary school and gained experience in various restaurants and catering kitchens. Aliye worked as a culinary instructor and personal chef, and even ran a farm-to-door organic produce delivery service for 8 years in Long Beach, CA, building relationships with top growers and producers.
As a certified facilitator in Spiritual Literacy and Transformative Practices, Aliye incorporates principles like hospitality, gratitude, presence, and listening, and more into her cooking, enhancing the overall experience and fulfillment.
Aliye empowers her students to transform everyday ingredients into vibrant meals without spending hours in the kitchen!
Explore her latest courses and offerings at www.soulspacechef.com.
Cooking From Scratch Podcast
How to Confidently Cook From Scratch with Matt Miller
In today’s episode we’re delving into a story that beautifully blends culinary expertise with a passion for literature.
Our guest is Matt Miller, a former chef who has traded in their kitchen knives for a different kind of treasure trove: a culinary bookstore called Kitchen Lingo in Long Beach, CA. In addition to owning and curating a bookstore that’s now a haven for food lovers, aspiring chefs, and anyone who finds joy in the written word about food, Matt has been a restaurateur, a cheesemonger, a wine specialist, a coffee roaster, a chocolate maker, a food writer, and a cookbook recipe tester.
Find Matt’s latest on Instagram @kitchenlingobooks or sign up for a class at www.kitchenlingobooks.com.
In this episode you’ll hear
- Why Matt started Kitchen Lingo Books
- The reason why cookbooks are still so popular
- What is a Food Fanatic?
- How stories can inspire us to cook
- How to make perfectly steamed vegetables
- The fastest and easiest way to start cooking from scratch
- How to become more confident at cooking
- Why LIVE cooking classes are essential for learning to cook
- Why we’re living in our fantasy future of food
- Matt’s current favorite recipe
- All about an awesome no-fail savory pastry dough
- Matt’s #1 motivation for cooking
Looking for ways to get your time and energy back on weeknights without giving up homemade meals? In my upcoming LIVE virtual Masterclass, “6 Easy Ways to Quickly Add Variety to Your Meals”, I'll be sharing exactly how you can do that.
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Links:
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- FREE High-Protein Meals Training