Ham El-Waylly’s Comfort Food

About this episode

Ham El-Waylly shares tips for home cooks and memories of comfort food in this episode.

Ham El-Waylly has a restaurant—Strange Delight in Brooklyn—but the chef's new book, Hello Home Cooking , is not a restaurant cookbook. In this interview with host Maggie Hoffman, Ham shares his most important tips for home cooks, including smart farmers market shopping advice, thoughts on your nonstick cookware, and his favorite thing to put on a salad. He also shares his most beloved out-of-print cookbooks, memories of his mother's cooking, and the snacks and comfort food he'd sneak from the freezer while playing video games as a kid. Hop over to The Dinner Plan's newsletter at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com to get the free recipe of the week. ____ Thanks to today's sponsors: Rouxbe Online Culinary School:  Get 30% off your first course with code DINNERPLAN30 at Rouxbe.com/dinnerplan Dirty Labs :  Use code THEDINNERPLAN to get 15% off your first order at DirtyLabs.com Society Insurance : Find your agent at SocietyInsurance.com Made In Cookware:  Head to  madein.cc/dinnerplan  to unlock your discount offer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Maggie Hoffman

Guest: Ham El-Waylly

Topics covered

• comfort food
• home cooking
• farmers market
• cookware
• childhood snacks

Keywords

• comfort food
• home cooking
• farmers market
• nonstick cookware
• cookbooks

Sponsors

Rouxbe Online Culinary School, Dirty Labs, Society Insurance, Made In Cookware

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Strange Delight

Books & works: Hello Home Cooking

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