Natasha Pickowicz & the Magic of Hot Pot
The "Everyone Hot Pot" author is our guest on today's Radio Cherry Bombe
Honey, Let’s Hot Pot with Natasha Pickowicz
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“I’m not just More Than Cake!” laughs Natasha Pickowicz.
Oh, don’t we know it.
The bake sale champ, mind-bending pastry chef, and expert doodler has a new cookbook this year and it’s all about hot pot. “People want to hang out in a low-stakes way at home,” she tells host Kerry Diamond this week. “Hot pot is a context for coming together. It’s not precious.” All you need is a tabletop stove (like this, this, or this) and a great broth recipe.

For those who don’t know, hot pot is a vast and varied tradition across Asia (and beyond) that centers around a simmering pot of broth in the center of the table. A smattering of vegetables and proteins are ready nearby for poaching in the broth, then swiping through a dipping sauce, if you desire. As you can sense, the possibilities are infinite, which is why we need Natasha as our guide. She describes the experience with ecstasy. “You go into this hypnotic state…” as the layers of flavor take over, she says.
Natasha grew up eating and loving hot pot, and has been hosting hot pot dinners for friends in her apartment, so the book was always in her, on a low simmer. “I’ve been waiting for this moment,” she tells Kerry. So have we, we just didn’t know it.

This episode will make you want to…
Take “a four-hour-long walk going nowhere”
Get burgers with friends on Christmas Eve
Watch Ang Lee’s Eat Drink Man Woman
Start journaling in a cool notebook
Check out Fly by Jing’s Hot Pot Starter Kit
And get your portable heat source ready
We’re still thinking about:
“The best cookbooks meet you where you are.” Natasha’s words on what she values in a good cookbook.
Meet Natasha on book tour on these days in New York (but it many other cities, too!):
1/29 at Archestratus Books + Foods in Brooklyn
2/7-8 at Elbow Bread in Manhattan
2/16 at Bonnie’s in Brooklyn
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