What happens when you don't have on hand what a recipe requires?

We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, veteran cookbook authors of over three dozen cookbooks (not counting the ones we ghostwrote for celebs). This podcast is part of food and cooking passion.

We've got a one-minute cooking tip about getting more flavor in your food. We're also talking about various easy food substitutions. And we'll tell you what's making us happy in food this week.

Our latest cookbook is COLD CANNING: small-batch preserving without any pressure or steam canner. You can check it out at this link.

Here are the segments for this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK.

[01:23] Our one-minute cooking tip: substitute other liquids for water in many boiled or braised dishes.

[03:58] Food substitutions: easy swaps to make sure you can create a recipe.

[22:26] What’s making us happy in food this week? Knackwurst and fresh nectarines!

Food recalls! They happen all the time. It seems there's always another one announced. What are some of the latest? And what are steps we can take to make sure we're safe at the table?

We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, authors of thirty-seven cookbooks including the latest, COLD CANNING! To find that book, please click on this link.

We've also got a one-minute cooking tip (that's not really a trick but a call-out to you guys). And what's making us happy this week.

Here are the segments for this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK:

[01:04] Our one-minute cooking tip? No, actually, what has made you guys happy in the last few weeks!

[03:27] Foods safety recalls. What are some of the latest? But most importantly, what can we do to keep ourselves safe?

[20:57] What’s making us happy in food this week? Vegan chili and sheet cakes!

Bread-and-butter pickles. Always in our fridge all summer long. But we don't want to go to the hassle of canning them in huge batches. We don't need to survive the apocalypse with pickles!

This recipe is from our book COLD CANNING, which you can find at this link. We hope you'll make a small batch of this pickles. And no need to copy this recipe down as you listen to this episode. You can find the recipe on our website at this link.

Plus, we've got a one-minute cooking tip about the irritating problem of bits of egg shell in a cracked egg. And we'll tell you what's making us happy in food this week!

Here are the segments for this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK:

[00:40] Our one-minute cooking tip: an easy way to get egg shells out of cracked egg.

[03:13] We’re headed to the kitchen to make bread-and-butter pickles, a recipe from our book COLD CANNING. We can make one jar and keep these fantastic pickles in the fridge for up to a month. If you'd like the recipe, check it out on our website at this link.

[17:02] What’s making us happy in food this week? Rhubarb jam and ground pecan brownies!