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Hi, everyone, you're listening to Radio Cherrybomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, coming to you from newsstand studios at Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City. Each week, we feature interviews with the coolest culinary personalities around. I'll be talking to one of my favorite folks around, Yotam Adolengi, the culinary legend. I know so many of you adore his cookbooks like

Adolengi Simple. Yotam has had such a big impact on getting more folks to expand their

culinary horizons, turning countless folks onto Middle Eastern and Mediterranean foods and flavors

and pantry items. He's a colonist for the New York Times Magazine and The Guardian, and he

has several restaurants

in delis in London. An Otolengi deli is not the same as the delis I grew up with here in New York

City, but Yotam will tell us more. Joining Yotam is Normorod, who might have the best job in the

world. She's the head of the Otolengi Test Kitchen. She and Yotam collaborated on a new book from the test kitchen called Extra Good Things,

and they are here to tell us all about it.

A little housekeeping?

Our annual Cooks and Books Festival is taking place November 5th and 6th at Ace Hotel Brooklyn.

It's coming up soon.

We've got panels, talks, and demos with so many amazing folks you've heard right here on Radio Cherrybaum.

Peeps like Ruth Reichel, Aaron French, Grace Young, Tanya Holland, Athena Calderon, and lots of new friends, too.

If you love cookbooks and writers, this is the place to be.

Snag your tickets and check out the talent lineup at Cherrybom.com.

Our bookstore partner is Kitchen Arts and Letters,

and they'll be selling signed copies of everyone's book all weekend.

Speaking of the Ace,

they've put together a special Cooks and Books Room Package

for those of you coming to town for the festival

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