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Boys and girls are all fired up.

Whole world's chicken, drinking, baby, and we're all about it.

Hi, everyone. You're listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, coming to you from Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City.

Each week, we talk to the coolest culinary personalities around, the folks shaping and shaking up the food scene.

Joining me in the studio today is Zoe Francois, who is just the most delightful human. Some of you might know Zoe as

Zoe Bakes on Instagram, or as the star of Zoe Bakes on the Magnolia Network. Or maybe you know

Zoe Bakes' cakes, her recent cookbook that's filled with her signature confections. Zoe joins us today

to talk about life, baking, and more. So stay tuned.

This episode of Radio Cherry Bomb is sponsored by Carreygold, which is so nice because Zoe and I met

on a Carrigold trip to Ireland a few years ago. Carrigold's butter and cheese is made with milk

from Irish grass-fed cows, and you can truly taste the difference in their

exceptional products. I love to bake with Kerry Gold products, but we are in the middle of a heat wave,

and I have no plans to turn on my oven. So I want to talk about some other fun things you can do with

Kerrygold. You can make compound butter. What is that? You ask? well, compound butter is essentially butter that you mix

with herbs, spices, and door seasonings. You shape it into a log and pop it in the fridge or freezer

to harden. Then you have it to spread on bread, muffins, or biscuits, or you could slather it on

fish or steak if you're barbecueing. You can even get fancy and colorful and incorporate edible flour petals

into your compound butter. And how about Kerry Gold cheese when it's steamy outside? It's all

about the salad. Start by tossing your favorite greens and some sliced peaches or cherries,

which is perfect right now because it's stone fruit season with a nice bright vinaigret.

Add in some roughly chopped walnuts, pecans, or pistachios,

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