82: Dinner in French for Busy Families with Melissa Clark

Didn't I Just Feed You

Stacie Billis and Meghan Splawn

Food, Kids & Family, Arts, Parenting

4.8 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Think French cooking only means expensive cheese and elaborate pastries? Melissa Clark joins us this week to prove otherwise. Her latest book, Dinner In French: My Recipes By Way of France is full of practical and playful recipes that show just how adaptable French cooking can be no matter where you call home.

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0:00.0	Think of like ratatouille, right? Ratatouille French dish that traditionally, if you're going to make it the traditional way, you're going to stand over the stove all day and you're going to saute every vegetable, you're going to get your eggplants and your zucchini, your tomatoes, and you're going to saute them separately all day long. For me, I'm going to throw that all on a sheet pan and put it in the oven. And that to me
0:21.2	is how I interpret French cooking. I'm going to get those same flavors. I'm going to use really
0:26.3	fresh good ingredients. And then I'm going to take a shortcut when I make it. Welcome to didn't I just
0:31.9	feed you. A podcast about feeding kids. Hi, I'm Megan. And I'm Stacy.
0:38.7	Before we get started, we want to make sure that if you haven't already, you take a moment to subscribe, hit that button, wherever you're listening right now, so you don't miss a thing.
0:47.5	And you guys, if you're feeling very generous, which we know you are, you're such lovely people.
0:58.4	Rate and review. Also, it really helps a ton.
1:02.7	Plus, we know you can do it while you're listening because you're a parent, which means you're also a master multitasker. Okay, Stacey, we have the best guests today. I shouldn't say the best
1:08.2	guests. We have a great guest today. I'm always saying, you are the worst.
1:13.6	I'm kidding.
1:14.6	Move over.
1:15.6	We do have the greatest guests in general.
1:17.6	But I feel like this is a fun conversation to start, which is we as food writers, we both have people who we look up to, who we like have watched their careers
1:30.3	and we relate to what they write or we're just like really admire what they write. And for you,
1:36.3	Melissa Clark is one of those people, right? Absolutely. So I want to know, like who are other people
1:42.8	who you just love? Oh, you're putting me on the spot. I know, I am. I really don who are other people who you just love?
1:44.5	Oh, you're putting me on the spot.
1:45.8	I know, I am.
1:46.9	I really don't have other people.
1:48.0	I'm not joking.
1:49.7	Melissa Clark's been of my favorites.
1:53.8	You're just saying that because she's a guest.
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