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Everything Cookbooks29: Finding Your Voice with Tori Ritchie [re-release]Originally aired on November 16, 2022Kate and Molly chat with cookbook teacher, author and editor Tori Ritchie about her career trajectory and how she developed her personal writing voice after years of working on branded cookbooks. She shares insights and tips about developing a voice and the bad habits to avoid in writing before revealing a few of the writers she assigns to her students. Finally everyone shares the three words that best describe their own singular writing style.Hosts: Kate Leahy + Andrea Nguyen + Molly Stevens + Kristin DonnellyEditor: Abby Cerquitella ...
2025-08-2749 min
In the Test KitchenVallery Lomas and the Great American Baking ShowWinner of The Great American Baking Show and cookbook author Vallery Lomas joins the Test Kitchen to talk about her early cooking influences growing up in the South, her path from lawyer to baker, and her love of recipe development. From her experience filming competitive cooking shows to writing Life Is What You Bake It and contributing to When Southern Women Cook, Vallery shares the stories behind her recipes and her journey as a baker and food writer. Plus, she gives us a peek into her latest creations at America’s Test Kitchen, and the joys and challenges of cooking...
2025-07-0940 min
92NY TalksBenjamina Ebuehi and Vallery Lomas in Conversation: I'll Bring DessertIn this episode of 92NY Talks, join cookbook author, food stylist, blogger, and Great British Baking Show fan favorite Benjamina Ebuehi as she discusses her new book, I'll Bring Dessert: Simple Sweet Recipes for Every Occasion, with Vallery Lomas. Hear the British baking star talk about the opportunity that allowed her to turn a hobby into her dream job and the luscious recipes in her book. The conversation was streamed live as part of The 92nd Street Y, New York online talks series on May 3, 2024.
2024-05-1036 min
Krème Pâtissière: A Great British Bake-Off PodcastSeason 3 Episode 6: Botanical WeekIt’s Botanical Week in the tent this week and well, it’s a rough one. Not really but Tee was super salty about who got sent home. The good bakers, are really good this week, and the others, well, we shall discuss. All that and a trifle of Baker’s Make the World Go Round. Next up, Desserts Week
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Signature – 12 Spiced Buns
Technical- Lemon and Thyme Drizzle Cake
Showstopper- Beautiful Floral Dessert
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2023-11-111h 02
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & EatersOur Holiday Special with Von Diaz, Vallery Lomas, and Ada LimónWe’re gearing up for the holidays with Von Diaz's Puerto Rican Christmas, great baking with Vallery Lomas, and a little slowdown poetry with Ada Limón
2022-12-2348 minEverything Cookbooks29: Finding Your Voice with Tori RitchieKate and Molly chat with cookbook teacher, author and editor Tori Ritchie about her career trajectory and how she developed her personal writing voice after years of working on branded cookbooks. She shares insights and tips about developing a voice and the bad habits to avoid in writing before revealing a few of the writers she assigns to her students. Finally everyone shares the three words that best describe their own singular writing style.Hosts: Kate Leahy + Andrea Nguyen + Molly Stevens + Kristin DonnellyEditor: Abby CerquitellaMentionsTori RitchieInstagramWebsiteHow to Write a...
2022-11-1649 min
Brunch & Learn PodcastEP: 60: Black Women in Food Awards Spotlight with Maame Boakye, Co-Founder Dine DiasporaMeet Maame Boakye:Dine Diaspora co-founders Maame Boakye and Nina Oduro launched their Black-women owned and operated agency steeped in culinary, community and commerce in Washington DC to connect people and brands to African diaspora food culture. “There is no food system without Black women. This is why we center their contributions in the global food system by honoring and supporting them as well as connecting them to networks and resources they need to thrive. In our 5th year, we are more inspired than ever by past and current honorees. It is their wi...
2022-07-2029 min
The Crumb - Bake from ScratchLife is What You Bake It with Vallery LomasBrian and Kyle Grace talk with Vallery Lomas all about her new cookbook, Life Is What You Bake It. As a past winner on the Great American Baking Show, Vallery has gone from being a lawyer in New York City to a full-time baker. We dig into her winding journey and take a sneak peek at her lovely new cookbook. A special thank-you to our sponsors for this episode, Red Star and Le Creuset. Check out their products here:Red StarLe CreusetFollow Bake from Scratch: Instagram: @thebakefeed Website: bakefromscratch.co...
2022-04-0741 min
Salt & SpineVallery Lomas offers baking wisdom, practical advice in debut cookbook"I just thought about so many Black women who came before me who have been cooking amazing food in this country for centuries and how we don't know their names. But the stories of the women I do know in my family—my great-great aunt, my two grandmothers, my mother—I could tell the stories that I do know about them. So that was just crucial for me and, you know, it was very emotional as I was writing it."This week, we're excited to welcome Vallery Lomas to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks.
2022-02-1540 min
Sip With MeVallery Lomas, Author & Winner of the Great American Baking ShowWhen life gives you lemons, make lemon curd. Vallery Lomas triumphed and won season 3 of the Great American Baking Show, the US version of the famous Great British Baking show. Following that accomplishment, she released her debut cookbook, “Life Is What You Bake It”, featuring more than 100 of her best and favorite bakes! Vallery joined us hours before she departed on an international food expedition to dish out some of her baking tips and tricks! We learned about her southern influences and inspirations that shape what she bakes. Plus, her experience filming the show and just how taxing it is to b...
2022-02-0728 min
Sip With MeVallery Lomas, Author & Winner of the Great American Baking ShowWhen life gives you lemons, make lemon curd. Vallery Lomas triumphed and won season 3 of the Great American Baking Show, the US version of the famous Great British Baking show. Following that accomplishment, she released her debut cookbook, “Life Is What You Bake It”, featuring more than 100 of her best and favorite bakes!
Vallery joined us hours before she departed on an international food expedition to dish out some of her baking tips and tricks! We learned about her southern influences and inspirations that shape what she bakes. Plus, her experience filming the show and just how taxing it is to b...
2022-02-0728 min
For Colored NerdsStarted from the Top with Vallery LomasFormer lawyer Vallery Lomas turned to baking on a whim, but quickly shot to the top when she became the first Black winner of The Great American Baking Show. But in a strange twist of fate, her season never aired on TV. Vallery chats with Brittany and Eric about her subsequent bounce back and resulting cookbook -- Life Is What You Bake It.
2022-01-1848 min
SeasonedBaking, foraging, and more: A look back at our favorite episodes in 2021We’ve talked to some wonderful people in the food world this past year. This week, we’re listening back to some of our favorite conversations from 2021. We got lots of baking tips from Vallery Lomas and we revisit our time at The Beardsley Zoo, where we learned so much from zoo educators about what the animals in their care eat. Plus, we’re sharing the inspiring conversation about foraging we had with Connecticut chef Bun Lai. This show was produced by Robyn Doyon-Aitken and Catie Talarski. Guests: Vallery Lomas – Author of Life is What You...
2021-12-2349 min
The BookmarkThe Bookmark Episode #20: Getting to Know Cindy & Julie Even BetterThis month Julie and Cindy discuss what's new at the Wallingford Public Library and what they've been reading. Then as a holiday gift to their listeners, Julie and Cindy ask each other the questions they've asked the brave souls who've been guests on the podcast in the past. And they end by sharing some delicious recipes they've been cooking up.The Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanThe Man Who Died Twice by Richard OsmanThese Precious Days: Essays by Ann PatchettAristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the...
2021-12-0955 min
A Word … with Jason JohnsonCooking for the CultureThe holidays bring out the chef in many of us. For Vallery Lomas, stress-baking through her final year of law school laid the foundation for a career as a chef, and a victory in the Great American Baking Show. This week, she joins host Jason Johnson this week to talk about her unlikely path to celebrity chef status, and her new book Life is What You Bake It. Guest: Vallery Lomas, cookbook author, recipe developer, and creator at @foodieinnewyork on InstagramPodcast production by Ahyiana Angel and Jasmine Ellis
2021-11-2625 min
This Is TASTEVallery Lomas
Vallery Lomas is a former Washington, DC, lawyer, a current New York City food writer and restaurant chronicler, and the author of a wonderful new cookbook, Life Is What You Bake It. Vallery also competed on—and won— season 3 of The Great American Baking Show. In this interview, we talk a little bit about her season of the show, which unfortunately never aired because of many allegations made against one of the judges. We also tackle some of the baking world’s biggest questions—we’re talking cookie vs. brownie and mint vs. white chocolate.Also on the show...
2021-11-1942 min
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food HeavenPro Baking Tips for People Who Suck At BakingDid ya’ll go through the bread baking frenzy at the beginning of the pandemic like we did? What we found is that we need some serious baking help!
In this episode, we chat with one of our FAVORITE BAKERS EVER, Vallery Lomas, about how she made her way from being a full time lawyer, to a food blogger, to the first black winner of The Great American Baking Show, to an author of a beautiful book all about baking! Vallery gives us MANY tips and tricks to make our time in the kitchen painless and fulfilling and her most im...
2021-10-2041 min
Lunch TherapyVallery Lomas's Leftover Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce and Pad ThaiMy patient this week, Vallery Lomas, has been through a lot! The winner of the first season of The Great American Baking Show -- and the first black winner of the entire Baking Show franchise -- Vallery never had her victory air on TV because the show got cancelled after one of the judges was accused of sexual harassment. Vallery had the last laugh, though; she sold a baking book, Life Is What You Bake It, that's out now in stores and it's winning raves... Publisher's Weekly called it "an inspiring collection" and I've been telling everyone I know to...
2021-10-181h 00
SeasonedVallery Lomas bakes her way to the topVallery Lomas’ first cookbook, Life Is What You Bake It, is a dream realized. We talk with the former-lawyer-turned-baker, and winner of The Great American Baking Show, about how an unrelenting belief in herself spurred a career change, how she refused to let her accomplishments be erased, and how she created a beautiful book filled with recipes influenced by family, travel and an obsession with French pastry. This show was produced by Robyn Doyon-Aitken and Catie Talarski Guest: Vallery Lomas – Author of Life is What You Bake It Featured Recipe: Olive Oil-Chocolate Chunk Cooki...
2021-10-0741 min
Food Network ObsessedVallery Lomas on How She Went from Lawyer to Full-Time BakerVallery Lomas shares how she made the career pivot from lawyer to baking superstar. Vallery, also known as the Foodie in New York, reveals her go-to spots in the city and her definition of a “foodie.” She talks about her earliest food memories growing up in Baton Rouge and the first delightful dessert she learned to make. Vallery talks about how the recession and loss of a promised job after law school sparked her move to Paris to explore the culture and pastries. She talks about learning through failure and how the work ethic and communication skills she learned in l...
2021-09-1736 min
Courtney: Beyond the CakeLife Is What You Bake It with Vallery LomasFrom lawyer to baker, today’s guest has proven that when you put your mind to something, anything is possible. Vallery Lomas was in the middle of law school when the recession hit and her dream of a job offer before leaving school was no more. Without a job lined up, she ended up traveling to France before moving to New York City where she started a macaron company. She was baking constantly, and loving it, but it wasn’t quite paying the bills. When she finally lined up a job in the legal field, and was still work...
2021-09-1544 min
Burnt ToastPlay Me a Recipe: Vallery Lomas makes a One-Bowl Blueberry BuckleOn Play Me a Recipe, your favorite cooks will walk you through their most treasured recipes, offering all the insider tips, stories, and tricks you won't get from a written recipe—and you'll be right alongside them, every step of the way. Feel free to pause, jump back, or navigate the steps via the podcast chapters.If you're cooking along, here's the recipe we're making today. Go ahead and grab the ingredients below (Vallery starts listing them at 0:43) before starting the episode.Ingredients1/2 cup (1 stick/113 grams) unsalted butter1 cup (125 grams) self-rising flour (see Author No...
2021-09-1212 min
Cookbook Divas PodcastNew Cookbooks First Week of September 2021Cookbook Divas Podcast Episode #27: First Week of September 2021Show Notes: Cookbook Divas Cookbooks Coming Out First Week of September 2021(Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you)All Day Baking: Savoury, Not Sweet, by Michael James and Pippa James https://amzn.to/3xxe2Nl“Amber& Rye” by Zuza Zak https://amzn.to/3jDfn09 Apple Kitchen, by Madeleine and Florian Ankner http...
2021-09-0333 min
Play Me a RecipeVallery Lomas makes a One-Bowl Blueberry BuckleOn Play Me a Recipe, your favorite cooks will walk you through their most treasured recipes, offering all the insider tips, stories, and tricks you won't get from a written recipe—and you'll be right alongside them, every step of the way. Feel free to pause, jump back, or navigate the steps via the podcast chapters.If you're cooking along, here's the recipe we're making today. Go ahead and grab the ingredients below (Vallery starts listing them at 0:43) before starting the episode.One-Bowl Blueberry BuckleMakes one 9-inch buckle1/2 cup (1 stick/113 grams) unsalted bu...
2021-08-1312 min
Black DessertsMedia HypeThe media landscape allows us to know chefs in ways that the confines of restaurants or bakeshops don’t allow. We get to know their lives and personalities, and in subliminal and overt ways come to understand more about our culture in the process. In this episode, we talk with the media personalities charming us and showing the multiplicity of Black identity while teaching us how to bake. Guests on this episode are Vallery Lomas (@foodieinnweyork), Lani Halliday (@misschefsmileypants), and Lasheeda Perry (@lanihalliday, @brutusbakesho).
2021-05-2039 min
All in the Industry ®Vallery LomasOn today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Vallery Lomas, an attorney turned food personality, who transitioned from hobby baker and blogger to full-time foodie after winning Season 3 of ABC's Great American Baking Show. Vallery’s debut cookbook of 100 recipes will be published September 2021 by Clarkson Potter, imprint of Penguin Random House. She is a regular contributor to Food Network Kitchen and has appeared on CNN, Fox, ABC, & NBC. Her writing and recipes have appeared in The New York Times, Food & Wine, Food 52, the cover of Better Homes & Gardens, People Magazine, and Taste. She is also a co...
2021-02-2539 min
The FeedfeedFoodie in New York: Vallery Lomas' Journey from Lawyer to Food StarWe're joined by winner of The Great American Baking Show, HRN host, and soon-to-be-cookbook author Vallery Lomas joins us to chat about her journey. Vallery talks us through her journey from lawyer to food personality. We discuss her upcoming cookbook and her advice around balancing editorial and sponsored content. The conversation turns to the current state of food media, discussing representation and the barriers that has contributed to a lack of diversity.In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our...
2020-06-3053 min
Why Food?Alex Berkley, on deciding whether or not to stay in the family businessThis episode was pre-recorded. Vallery Lomas sat down with Alex Berkley, Frieda Caplan's granddaughter and Head of Sales for Frieda's Produce. Frieda's Produce is a unicorn of sorts-- a business started by Frieda Caplan when she introduced the "Chinese Gooseberry" (which she later renamed the "kiwifruit") to the United States produce market in 1962. During the beginning of Alex's career, she faced the decision that so many children and grandchildren of small businesses face: "Do I go into the family business, or do I do something else?"Alex grew up around produce--attending trade shows and doing just about...
2020-01-2348 min
Why Food?Episode 101: From Wall Street to to Food WriterJoin co-host Vallery Lomas for a special conversation with Aaron Hutcherson, a writer, editor, and recipe developer based in New York City. He obtained a master's degree in finance and worked on Wall Street when he decided to take the leap and start an evening and weekends culinary program at the French Culinary Institute. He now works for Robert Parker Wine Advocate and MICHELIN Guide US producing digital content and helping manage social media for both publications, maintains a recipe blog, The Hungry Hutch, Saveur Blog Awards 2019 nominee, and contributes to a variety of other publications on a freelance...
2019-10-2441 min
Why Food?Episode 100: From Legal Briefs to Recipes: Nisha Vora & Jessie SheehanJoin co-host Vallery Lomas for a special conversation with former attorneys, Nisha Vora & Jessie Sheehan, as we celebrate our 100th episode! These three women all turned in their pant suits and legal pads to focus full time on food writing, Instagram and publishing cookbooks.Nisha Vora is a cookbook author, food blogger, and food photographer. After graduating from Harvard Law School and working as a lawyer for four years, she launched a career in her dream world of food by creating RainbowPlantLife, a popular vegan Instagram account, blog, and YouTube channel. Nisha is a Californian at heart...
2019-10-1752 min
Why Food?Episode 91: Anna Gass: From Corporate Sales to Food WritingJoin cohosts Ethan Frisch and Vallery Lomas for a conversation with Anna Francese Gass, author of the recently released cookbook Heirloom Kitchen. After a stint in corporate sales, she traded the boardroom for the test kitchen, and has since worked for Whole Foods, Mad Hungry, and Martha Stewart Living Ominmedia. Currently, she is a regular contributing editor at Food52 and contributing writer for msn.com. In her new book, Heirloom Kitchen, Anna shares the stories and recipes of 45 strong, exceptional women who immigrated to the United States, and whose family recipes helped shaped the landscape of American food. Organized...
2019-08-0153 min
Amuse NewsEpisode 92: Vallery Lomas and Sarah Weiner"Today we welcome two women in food who are big inspirations to us!
Vallery Lomas won ABC’s “Great American Baking Show,"" but the season never aired due to unfortunate circumstances far beyond her control. She remains undettered, and has been growing her baking presence online and through TV appearances. She also recently penned a moving tribute to the late Leah Chase.
Sarah Weiner is the ED of The Good Food Foundation. She has worked side by side with the sustainable food movement’s founders and visionaries across the globe. She joins us to talk abotu...
2019-06-2053 min
Why Food?Episode 86: Hetal Vasavada: From Biochemistry to DessertJoin Ethan & guest host Vallery Lomas for an interview with Hetal Vasavada. She's is the founder of the blog, Milk & Cardamom and a former MasterChef contestant who went from being a biochemist to feed media consultant. She consults on recipe development and content creation for culinary businesses. Her recipes have been featured in Huffington Post, TASTE and The Times of India. She lives in San Francisco, California.
It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio...
2019-06-2054 min
Why Food?Episode 83: Vallery Lomas: From NYC Lawyer to Champion BakerVallery Lomas was working as a an attorney for the New York City government and writing a food blog when she was contacted by a casting director for the Great American Baking Show. She auditioned, was accepted and ultimately won the 2017 season, but it never aired. She has since appeared on CNN, the Hallmark Channel, ABC, and Fox, been featured in I have been featured in People Magazine, Buzzfeed, Forbes, Variety, Grubstreet, the Chicago Tribune, Food & Wine, presented at the 2018 James Beard Awards, and has joined the board for the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Join us for a...
2019-05-301h 00
Communal TableVallery Lomas Talks About Career Pivots, Competition TV, and the Responsibility of Role ModelsIn 2018, Vallery Lomas was all set for stardom. The avid blogger had taken time off from her job as a lawyer to train and compete on The Great American Baking Show—and she won. But the network only aired one episode of her season, and she was left without that public victory to propel her baking career or her book proposal forward. Still, she took the leap, left her law firm to bake full-time, and the bitter has since taken a turn to the sweet. The proud Louisiana native shared the story of her love affair with pastry, finding the co...
2019-05-301h 12
Keep Calm and Cook On with Julia TurshenVallery Lomas: It's ComplicatedVallery Lomas, winner of the 3rd season of The Great American Baking Show, is not only a phenomenal baker, but is also a food writer, blogger, photographer, soon-to-be cookbook author, and former lawyer.
She started backing and blogging years ago while she was in law school and while she practiced law, which she did full-time for 8 years.
She was cast on the 3rd Season of the Great American Baking Show, an ABC spin-off of the hugely popular Great British Baking Show. Vallery prepared for, competed on, and won her season, but we never actually got...
2019-05-0847 min
Meat + ThreeHitting a SnagBig triumphs are often followed by bigger letdowns. Our series premiere is about hitting a snag.
Vallery Lomas won season four of The Great American Baking Show, but her season never aired due to sexual misconduct allegations against one of the show's judges, Johnny Iuzzini.
Mikkel Borg Bjergsø was once a champion runner. After opening his brewery, Mikkeller, he found the steady supply of beer had a negative effect on his stamina. The solution to his problem became a world-wide phenomenon.
Alison Roman released her acclaimed cookbook, Dining In, in October 2017. When her r...
2018-05-1116 min
Speaking BroadlyThe Invisible Winner: The Untold Story of Baker Vallery LomasWhen Vallery Lomas won season 3 of The Great American Baking Show, she was ecstatic. To prevail over the other competitors, she dug deep inside herself and found a strength and talent she didn't know she had. Not only was she proud of herself, but she was also proud to be a role model for other African American women. And then, months later, she learned the season would never air because of sexual misconduct allegations involving one of the judges. On this episode of Speaking Broadly, listen in as Lomas describes how she is moving forward after the pain and...
2018-03-0556 min
Slate Race and IdentityRepresent | Hollywood Women Respond to #MeTooAisha Harris and Monica Castillo, New York Times film writer, discuss Time’s Up, the ambitious initiative for fighting sexual misconduct, driven by hundreds of women in the entertainment industry. Also, the latest winner of, The Great American Baking Show, Vallery Lomas, joins us to talk about her love of baking and the show's sudden cancellation after allegations of sexual harassment surfaced against one of its judges.
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2018-01-0545 min