Father-Daughter Duo Al Roker & Courtney Roker Laga Dish On Their “Recipes To Live By”

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Al Roker, “Today” show star and America’s most beloved weatherman, and Courtney Roker Laga, private chef and recipe developer, stop by our studio to talk about their favorite foods, their father-daughter relationship, and their brand new cookbook, “Recipes To Live By: Easy, Memory-Making Family Dishes For Every Occasion.” Find out how their book project came about, what Courtney learned working the line at Michelin-starred restaurants, and what Al has learned cooking with food superstars on “Today.” Click here for Al & Courtney’s French Onion Soup recipe. Thank you to Kerrygold for supporting our show. For Jubilee Wine Country tickets, click here. Click here for the fall issue of Cherry Bombe with cover stars Jeni Britton of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream and Abi Balingit of The Dusky Kitchen. Check out Jessie Sheehan’s new cookbook and get tickets for her tour. Visit cherrybombe.com for subscriptions and show transcripts. More on Al: Instagram, "The Today Show", “Recipes To Live By” cookbook More on Courtney: Instagram, website, recipes More on Kerry: Instagram

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone's listening to Radio Cherrybaum, 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. We have a fun show for you today. Joining me in the studio is father-daughter duo Al Roker and Courtney Roker Laga. They've written a charming cookbook titled
0:38.6	Recipes to Live By, easy memory-making family dishes for every occasion. It's packed with
0:44.3	lots of crowd pleasers, and they're going to join us in just a minute to talk about their
0:48.4	favorite foods, their relationship, and why the title of the book has multiple meanings.
0:54.0	Al, as most of you know, is America's Weatherman.
0:56.8	He is a TV personality and star of The Today Show,
1:00.1	which films just around the corner from our studio.
1:02.7	So it was a treat having Al walk over.
1:05.0	Courtney is a recipe developer and a personal chef
1:07.4	who has worked on the line at Michelin-starred restaurants,
1:10.4	including Danielle,
1:11.5	right here in the city. Stay tuned for my chat with Al and Courtney. Today's episode is presented
1:17.7	by Carrie Gold. Have you noticed that butter is having a moment? I've seen handbags sculpted out
1:22.9	of butter, little couches made from butterpats, tiny butter cherubs, even butter-colored nail polish, and fashion.
1:29.8	The world is butter obsessed.
1:31.9	But you know who loves butter more than most?
1:34.0	The folks at Carri Gold.
1:35.5	They've been perfecting their craft for decades, using milk from Irish grass-fed cows to create their famously rich, creamy golden butter.
1:43.0	There's a reason Carrigold is beloved by everyone
1:45.2	from home cooks to the world's top culinary creatives. It's just better butter.
1:51.0	Carriegold's salted pure Irish butter has a butterfat content of 80%, while the unsalted version
1:56.4	has a butterfat content of 82%. And that beautiful yellow color,
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