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Not From Concentrate

Catherine Smart

Not From Concentrate is a food podcast for busy brains from host Catherine Smart — a cook, writer, mom, and creative entrepreneur with ADHD. Tune in for conversations with chefs, authors, creators, and food lovers about sparking creativity, calming chaos, and finding joy in (and out) of the kitchen.

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52 episodes

  1. Cooking Better at Home with Colu Henry 39:31
  2. How Love & Lemons' Jeanine Donofrio Gets Out of a Cooking Rut 35:50
  3. Dan Pashman on Eating for Pleasure and Following Your Curiosity 49:29
  4. Korean Home Cooking with Chef Ji Hye Kim of Little Kim Ann Arbor 48:18
  5. Song Exploder's Hrishikesh Hirway on Creative Breakthroughs, Home Cooking, and His New Album 55:31
  6. From Olive Garden to a James Beard Award with Chef Evan Hennessey 48:25
  7. What Makes a Recipe Work? With Recipe Tester Laura Manzano 54:42
  8. A Hamptons Private Chef’s Secrets to Easier Dinners with Robyn Henderson 45:04
  9. Big Flavor and Bold Living with Claudette Zepeda 41:36
  10. Overcome Garden Overwhelm with Jess Zander of You Can Do It Gardening 51:18
  11. Grill Time and Letting Go of the Perfect Family Dinner with Noah Galuten 49:08
  12. Back-to-School Lunches, Sheet-Pan Dinners, and Finding Joy in the Kitchen with Hillary Dixler Canavan 41:03
  13. Building a Better Local Food System with Erin Baumgartner 41:15
  14. The Radical Act Of Cooking at Home with Trinity Mouzon Wofford 54:28
  15. How to Turn a Busy Brain Into a Creative Advantage with Chef Will Gilson 40:48
  16. How Cooking Builds Executive Functions with Sophie Mortner 38:09
  17. ADHD, Masking, and Letting Your Guard Down 9:53
  18. Ham El-Waylly on Home Cooking, 90s Nostalgia, and Harnessing ADHD Powers in the Kitchen 49:46
  19. Courtney E. Smith on Ravenous and the Future of Independent Food Media 44:43
  20. Bow Market, Small Business, and Building Community with Zachary Baum 41:01
  21. Wedding Cakes and Finding Joy in the Kitchen with Freelance Baker Mackenzie Innis 37:17
  22. SingleThread, Food Waste, and the Future of Farm to Table 51:13
  23. Jerrelle Guy on Burnout, Creativity, and Finding Magic in Everyday Meals 43:12
  24. Food Budgeting for Busy Brains with Meghan Splawn 50:32
  25. You Can Cook Indian Food at Home with Heartland Masala 45:42
  26. Veg Forward Local Hawai'i Food with Alana Kysar 41:30
  27. Chef Spencer Horovitz on ADHD, Finding Calm in the Kitchen & California-Jewish Cuisine 1:00:20
  28. Food, Bravery, and Hope in Ukraine, with Felicity Spector 42:22
  29. Following the Silk Roads: Anna Ansari on Identity, Trade, and the Flavors That Connect Us 49:40
  30. Building a Creative Career with Food Photographer Nina Gallant 40:46
  31. Ashley Moore on ADHD, Food Styling & Thriving at America’s Test Kitchen 47:58
  32. Baking Bread + Breaking into the Food World with Great American Baking Show Winner Martin Sorge 38:06
  33. Learn to Be a Better Home Cook + Writer with Sheryl Julian 50:23
  34. Cheese 101 with Madame Fromage 49:09
  35. Small-Batch Bread for Busy Brains: Rebecca Eisenberg on Baking + ADHD-Proofing the Kitchen 46:52
  36. How to Get a Cookbook Deal: Literary Agent Sally Ekus on Pitching, Publishing & Food Media 49:16
  37. Bake Better Cookies with Mallory Oniki of The Palatable Life/Cookie Club Cookbook 37:22
  38. Zoë Komarin Wants You to Get Loose in the Kitchen 45:23
  39. Aaron Cohen of Gracie's Ice Cream: Community, Creativity & Small Business Marketing 40:58
  40. How a Private Chef and Culinary Creator Preps, Hosts, and Stays Organized in the Kitchen 51:18
  41. Snacking Dinners with Georgia Freedman 43:42
  42. Serving Up Queer Joy with Cookbook Author Justin Burke 49:34
  43. Quitting Corporate Life to Build a Caribbean Food Brand: Kamaal Jarrett of Hillside Harvest 43:20
  44. Vivian Howard on Food Media, Building Kitchen Curious, and Working with ADHD 37:29
  45. Science-Backed Nutrition for Food Lovers: Blood Sugar, Fiber, and Protein Explained 47:43
  46. Turning ADHD Overwhelm into Daily Wins with Ammaar Khan and Esteban Perez Mendoza 41:00
  47. Food for Busy Brains: A Community for Food Lovers with ADHD 15:54
  48. Gorgeous Galettes and Chic Budget Meals with Rebecca Firkser 46:20
  49. Holiday Gifts for Food Lovers with Ariel Kanter 47:49
  50. Hosting the Perfect Party with Colu Henry and Alexis deBoschnek 33:10