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Cookie Week Deep Dive With Genevieve Ko Of The New York Times

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4.6592 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is Genevieve Ko, deputy editor and columnist for the Food section of The New York Times and NYT Cooking. Each holiday season, the Times celebrates Cookie Week, which features show-stopping treats made by their Cooking team all-stars. Contributors this year include Cherry Bombe faves Melissa Clark, Claire Saffitz, Samantha Seneviratne, and Sohla El-Waylly. Genevieve coordinated this year’s package and joins host Kerry Diamond to talk all about the cookies that made the cut and how everything comes together. They chat about the 2024 Bûche de Noël cookies, turmeric lemon crinkles, and cheesecake stuffed ginger cookies, just to name a few. Genevieve also shares how she got her start in food media, what it was like working with journalist Mark Bittman and Chef Jean Georges, dreaming about cookies, and more. Click here for Claire Saffitz’s Bûche de Noël cookie recipe from this year’s NYT Cookie Week. This episode was recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center. Thank you to Kerrygold and Meridian Printing for supporting Radio Cherry Bombe. For Jubilee 2025 Early Bird tickets, click here. Order the holiday issue of Cherry Bombe Magazine. Visit cherrybombe.com for subscriptions and show transcripts. More on Genevieve: Instagram, website, NYT Cookie Week More on Kerry: Instagram

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0:00.0

Hi, boys and girls are all fired up.

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Boys and girls are all bad at.

0:11.5

Oh, girls, chicken, drinking, baby, and we're on fireter.

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Hi, everyone.

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You are listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, coming to you from Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City. I'm the founder and editor of Cherry Bomb magazine. Today's guest is Genevieve Co, senior editor and columnist of New York Times cooking in the food section. If you are a big cookie nerd like me, then one of your favorite times of the year is the New York Times

0:40.9

cookie week reveal. Each year, the Times unveils a series of show-stopping cookies made by

0:46.3

their cooking team all-stars, and this year's lineup is very special. Lots of our faves, like Claire

0:52.1

Saffetz, Samantha Centivaratna, and Melissa Clark contributed recipes.

0:56.9

Think Bouch de Noelle cookies, turmeric, crinkles, and cheesecake-stuffed ginger cookies, just to name a few.

1:04.2

Lucky Genevieve gets to coordinate the entire package, and she's joining me in just a minute to talk about this year's bakes.

1:10.6

No doubt you're going

1:11.4

to want to make some of these cookies, and I am guessing a few of you already have. Stay tuned for my chat

1:16.5

with Genevieve Co. Today's episode is presented by Carrey Gold. Have you noticed that butter is having a

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of 80% while the unsalted version has a butterfat content of 82%.

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And that beautiful yellow color, it's thanks to beta carotene, found naturally in milk from grass-fed cows.

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Get yourself some Kerry Gold and whip up some flavored compound butter, fill some fancy butter molds, or sculpt one of those gorgeous butter mounds for your next dinner party

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or get together. Visit carygoldusa.com to learn more, get recipes, and find a stockist near you.

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