Hi, this is Mimi Sheraton, author of A Thousand Foods to Eat Before You Die,

and you are listening to Radio Cherry Bomb.

Boys and Girls Are All right, uh, Boys and Girls Are All About her,

whole world's chicken, drinking, baby, and to Hi, everybody, I'm going to I'm Carrie Diamond,

the indie magazine about women and food.

It's a hot day in Brooklyn, so I'm very

grateful to be inside our cool, dark recording studio. Donna Yen, join me, our editorial assistant,

whose title will be changing soon, right, Donna? Yes. Donna's hanging out with us. I'd like to

think you're here just because of the company and because we're really excited about today's guest, but it might just be because our office is so hot. I know. It's crazy in there. Yesterday was Carrie had the blinds completely down and like, what is, what's happening here? That's the only way to keep the office goal. And it worked. It worked. That one room was cool. Our poor intern was in the kitchen organizing stuff for us. And I think, yeah. But she's young. She'll live. Okay. Today's show is sponsored by La Corde on Blue, the legendary culinary school with locations around the globe. Be sure to check out our sweepstakes with LeCord on Blue. You could win culinary classes in Paris, London, or Ottawa, plus airfare from New York, hotel, and a little spending money. Just visit Cherrybomb.com to enter. And we have a brand-new sponsor. We're very excited about this, Castor and Pollux,

makers of the brand new Purposeful Pet Food line, Pristine. A lot of Bomb Squad members are proud pet

parents, so you'll want to know about this responsibly sourced and grain-free line. Visit

purposefulpetfood.com for more. It's a lot of alliteration in there. I'm a lot of peas.

Hopefully, I'll get better at reading that because they're sponsoring us for the season, which

we're very grateful for. Donna and I are proud pet parents. Yes, we are. I have my rescue.

We'll get to you, guest, pipe down. I have my rescue. We'll get to you, guest. Pipe down.

I have my rescue cat, Dusty.

I have my non-rescue dog, Teddy.

But they're pretty much the same.

I feel like Dusty's practically a puppy, too.

She is.

Dusty and Teddy are more alike than Dusty is with other cats,

if that makes sense. They both like their bellies rubbed. They do. They do. Teddy's a big love bug and so is dusty. And it's fun. We haven't had them at the office at the same time.

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