Cookbook Author Evie McGee Colbert Asks The Question, “Does This Taste Funny?”

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🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Evie McGee Colbert is a producer, Montclair Film founder, and mom of three who co-authored the new cookbook, “Does This Taste Funny? Recipes Our Family Loves,” with her husband, Stephen Colbert of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” She joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about the recipes, how both her mother and the city of Charleston influenced their cookbook, and working on Stephen’s show during Covid. She also discusses the Colbert family mantra “stay loose,” her love for Ina Garten, and more. Get Evie & Stephen’s recipe for Chess Pie here. Jubilee Wine Country tickets & details here Jessie Sheehan’s new cookbook, “Salty, Cheesy, Herby, Crispy Snackable Bakes,” and tour Order our print magazine, get show transcripts, subscribe to our newsletter, and get event details & tickets. Listen to Kerry’s conversation with “The Taste of Things” star Juliette Binoche here. More on Evie: “Does This Taste Funny” Cookbook, Montclair Film, Lucy Wichmann Website (Evie’s niece) More on Kerry: Instagram Produced by Catherine Baker and Elizabeth Vogt Edited by Jenna Sadhu Content & Partnerships Manager Londyn Crenshaw Recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center Special thanks to Good Studio in Brooklyn Radio Cherry Bombe is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network.

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone's
0:02.0	Hi, everyone, you're listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond. I'm the founder and editor of Cherry Bomb magazine.
0:24.7	On today's show, I'm talking with Evie McGee Colbert, co-author of the brand new book, Does This Taste Funny, Recipes Our Family Loves, which she co-wrote with her husband, Stephen Colbert, who you all know from The Late Show.
0:37.9	Evie is also the co-founder of the Spartina Industries Production Company and a founder of
0:42.8	Monclair Film, the arts nonprofit in Montclair, New Jersey. This year's festival kicks off on
0:48.7	October 18th. Evie and I cover a lot of ground, from the influence of her late mother Patty
0:54.0	to the city of Charleston, where Evie and Stephen are from, to her big family life. And of course, we talk about recipes. Stay tuned for our chat. A little housekeeping. Be sure to check out the events calendar on Cherrybom.com. We've got a lot going on and would love to see you in one of the cities where we're hosting
1:12.0	events. There's Jesse Sheehan's cookbook tour. Jesse, of course, is the host of our baking pod,
1:17.5	cheese my cherry pie, and is headed to New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Boston. There's Jubilee
1:23.9	2025 in Manhattan next year, and this October's Jubilee Wine Country in Calistoga, California.
1:30.9	You can find tickets and all the details on Cherrybaum.com.
1:35.2	Now, let's check in with today's guest.
1:38.2	Evie McGee Colbert. Welcome to Radio Cherrybaum.
1:40.8	Thank you so much. I'm delighted to be here.
1:42.9	Oh, well, we're delighted to have you. I'm so
1:44.8	excited when I found out you too. Did a cookbook. Well, we were too. How did that come about? Well, I think Stephen had been approached to do a cook book before COVID. He was sort of like, I don't have time. You know, he doesn't think of himself as a cook, although he is a great cook. And then during COVID, we had to cook all the time.
2:04.0	We weren't going out to eat. And we sort of re-examined it and thought, you know, maybe this would be something fun to do together. It kind of came out of COVID. And then my being involved with his show, I think. Celadon thought, okay, the two of you together is a thing now.
2:18.6	So that's how it came about, really.
2:21.0	You have a husband who does a late night TV show.
2:25.6	Right.
2:25.9	That must be tough on family life.
2:28.1	It was.
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