Radio Cherry Bombe

Radio Cherry Bombe

Radio Cherry Bombe features interviews with the most interesting people in the world of food. Each week, host Kerry Diamond, founder and editor of the indie magazine Cherry Bombe, talks to the chefs, bakers, creatives, and entrepreneurs making it happen. Follow @cherrybombe on Instagram for show news and more, and visit cherrybombe.com/radio-cherry-bombe for transcripts and past episodes. Thank you to Tralala for our theme song, "All Fired Up." Produced by The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network

Episodes

July 7, 2025 47 mins

For today’s episode of Radio Cherry Bombe, we are airing an episode of She’s My Cherry Pie, The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network’s baking show. Host Jessie Sheehan is joined by Bobbie Lloyd, the CEO and Chief Baking Officer of the legendary Magnolia Bakery in New York City. Bobbie is also a cookbook author, and her latest book, “The Magnolia Bakery Handbook Vol. 2: Icebox Desserts,” was released earlier this year.  

Bobbie shares the or...

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Today’s guest is Adé Carrena, chef and founder of Dounou Cuisine culinary project and the iLéWA Foods spice blend company. A native of Bénin, Adé was adopted at the age of 10 and grew up with a Puerto Rican family in Connecticut. Today, she calls Raleigh, North Carolina, home, and she’s been on a journey of reclamation ever since, raising her daughter, pivoting from banking to culinary, launching her businesses, and reconnecting wi...

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It’s the final episode of our special Power Miniseries, and our guest is Mashama Bailey, chef and co-owner of The Grey in Savannah and the soon-to-open L’Arrêt in Paris. Mashama is a chef we’ve come to know and love at Cherry Bombe, and she’s one of the cover stars of our new Power issue. She has been the subject of a “Chef's Table” documentary on Netflix, has her own MasterClass on Southern cooking, and co-authored a memoir titled...

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Today’s guest is Cheetie Kumar, self-taught chef, rock and roller, and restaurant industry champion. She and her husband Paul are the owners of Ajja, a restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina, that celebrates the bold, beautiful flavors she loves. Ajja means “come over” in Hindi and Urdu, as Cheetie explains, and it’s the perfect word to describe their buzzy neighborhood spot. 

Cheetie is also vice president and a board member of the ...

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Our guest on the third episode of our special Power Miniseries is Victoria James—sommelier, author, advocate, and mother of two. She joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about her memoir, “Wine Girl,” her fight against sexual harassment at the highest levels of the sommelier community, and her role as Executive Director of Beverage & Partnerships at Gracious Hospitality, which includes the COQODAQ and the COTE Korean Steakhouses.

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Today’s guest is chef, writer, and Emmy-nominated host Sophia Roe. The culinary creative has lots of pots on the stove, so to speak, including a YouTube channel, a new outpost of her Apartment Miso studio, and her biggest project to date: motherhood. 

Sophia and host Kerry Diamond talk about Sophia’s early years in culinary school, working as a private chef, meeting her fiancé Chris, thoughts on being a working mom, and the surprisi...

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Welcome to the second episode of our special Power Miniseries. Our guest is Katina Connaughton of SingleThread, the celebrated restaurant and farm in Healdsburg, California, that she and her husband, Chef Kyle Connaughton, co-founded in 2016. Today, Katina is the head farmer of the 24-acre property that supplies the SingleThread restaurant, farm store, and CSA program. 

As Katina shares with host Kerry Diamond, she never set out to ...

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Host Kerry Diamond heads to County Cork, Ireland, for a special episode of Radio Cherry Bombe, recorded live at the Ballymaloe Festival of Food, presented by Kerrygold. Join Kerry as she chats with four inspiring figures helping to shape Ireland’s vibrant culinary future: award-winning dairy farmers Dara & Beatrix Killeen; female farmer advocate Vanessa Kiely O’Connor, a.k.a. The Dairy Fairy; and legendary food icon Darina Allen, f...

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We’re kicking off Radio Cherry Bombe’s Power Miniseries with Kristen Kish, the host of “Top Chef,” chef/partner of Arlo Grey at The Line hotel in Austin, and author of the bestselling memoir “Accidentally On Purpose.” As Kristen explains it, she’s all about soft power—and using it to support her community, her loved ones, and herself. 

Kristen joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about her rise from Midwestern kid to culinary superstar....

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Condiment Claire, aka Claire Dinhut, is the social media star and Substack author known for her deep love of sauces, dips, and spreads. She joins guest host and Cherry Bombe alum Lauren Goldstein to talk about her unique career, how her upbringing shaped her views on food, and how she started on TikTok out of spite, only to find a devoted audience for her content on the platform. 

They also talk about Claire’s debut book, “The Condi...

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Today’s guest is Asma Khan, the celebrated chef and restaurateur behind Darjeeling Express in London, and a fierce champion for women everywhere. She joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about her latest cookbook, “Monsoon: Delicious Indian Recipes for Every Day and Season,” a tribute to Indian home cooking and the beauty of seasonal flavors, and her new cooking series on Discovery+, “Secrets of the Curry Kitchen.” They also discuss ov...

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Today, we welcome wellness journalist Liz Moody back to the show. Host of The Liz Moody Podcast and author of “100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success,” Liz is known for distilling physical and mental health advice into practical steps that actually stick. 

Liz joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about her early writing career, some of the more unexpected adventures from her p...

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For today’s show, special guest host Chrissy Tracey—chef, forager, and author of “Forage & Feast”—fills in for host Kerry Diamond for a vibrant conversation with cookbook authors Mehreen “Reenie” Karim and Srishti Jain. Reenie, known from “Next Level Chef” and Bon Appétit, is now executive editor of the new “Make It Plant-Based” cookbook series and the author of “Make It Plant-Based! Southern.” She’s joined by Srishti, a NYC-based ...

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Today’s guest is viral culinary storyteller Sarah Ahn—creator of Ahnest Kitchen and co-author of the New York Times bestselling cookbook “Umma: A Korean Mom's Kitchen Wisdom and 100 Family Recipes” with her mother, Nam Soon Ahn. 

Sarah joins host Kerry Diamond to share the inspiration behind her intimate food writing, the bond she forged with her mother through cooking, and the journey from grief to gratitude that shaped her debut b...

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Today’s guests are Marjorie Taylor and Kendall Smith Franchini, the inspiring mother-daughter duo behind The Cook’s Atelier, the popular culinary school in the Burgundy region of France. 

Marjorie and Kendall join host Kerry Diamond to share the bold decisions that led them to move from Phoenix to France at very different stages of their lives. They also talk about their brand-new cookbook, “French at Heart: Recipes That Bring Franc...

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Today’s guest is the radiant Eden Grinshpan—host of “Top Chef Canada,” cookbook author, and all-around joy-spreader. Eden joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about her brand new cookbook, “Tahini Baby: Bright, Everyday Recipes That Happen To Be Vegetarian,” which hits shelves tomorrow. It’s a flavorful tribute to the Middle Eastern-inspired dishes of her childhood and her forever pantry hero: tahini. They also dive into creativity in ...

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Lots of folks in the baking world are buzzing about Cake Picnic, the gathering created by amateur baker and Google UX expert Elisa Sunga. She was hoping 15 folks would attend the very first Cake Picnic; more than 300 folks RSVP’d. For her most recent Cake Picnic in San Francisco, more than 1,000 attendees showed up, cake in tow. After all, the first rule of Cake Picnic is simple: “No cake, no entry.” 

Today, people are DM’ing and em...

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In this special episode, we’re joined by the legendary Alice Waters—chef, activist, founder of Chez Panisse, and the visionary behind the Edible Schoolyard Project. Alice is one of four culinary icons featured in the upcoming “Chef’s Table: Legends” documentary on Netflix, dropping on April 28th to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the series.

Alice joins host Kerry Diamond from her home in Berkeley and shares her passionate advocac...

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Joanna Gaines of Magnolia and “Fixer Upper” is a household name, but her path to success was anything but conventional. In this special episode, recorded live at Cherry Bombe’s Jubilee conference in 2023, Joanna sat down with host Kerry Diamond to reflect on her journey—from working in her father’s tire shop for a decade to becoming a design icon and media powerhouse. 

Fresh off a meaningful family trip to Seoul, Joanna opened up ab...

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Today’s guest is Laura Lendrum, CEO of Printemps America. The iconic Parisian department store now has a sister location on Wall Street in New York City that blends fashion, food, and French luxury under one roof. Laura joins host Kerry Diamond to discuss why the new location is distinctly NOT a department store, and how culinary, as led by Chef Gregory Gourdet, plays a big role in the concept. They also dive into Laura’s time as p...

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