Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy · Episode 321 · October 8, 2026 · 17 min
Cooking for a Dinner Party Together: When Friends Reunite | Our Best Bites of the Week
What if cooking a dinner party with your closest food friend could make hosting easier, more fun, and even more delicious? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate this week to inspire each other – and you! By the end of this episode, you’ll want to make our menu of some of our favorite all-time recipes, like a hosting-friendly vegetarian casserole, crispy chicken cutlets that you can make-ahead and reheat like a dream, and a fruit-filled dessert that gets better with time. Plus you’ll discover what we love to send our guests home with! Tune in for a quick dose of home cooking inspiration! *** For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our free Substack here . And join us on our live monthly calls by upgrading your subscription to paid! *** Links: Starters: Thin toasted small slices of homemade sourdough bread using the Communal Table Bread recipe, by Adrian Hale Baba ghanoush by Maureen Abood made with charred eggplant + tahini Marinated olives Salad course: Sonya’s rainbow salad recipe from her Substack Mains: Farro cauliflower parmesan by Sarah DiGregorio for NYT Cooking (unlocked) Chicken schnitzel, like this one from Smitten Kitchen Dessert: Cake parfaits made with strawberry sheet cake with passionfruit buttercream by Zoe Bakes for the cake layer, with a layer of our favorite fruit salad , and labneh whipped cream (like the one from this Adeena Sussman recipe ) Gift bags: Loaves of sourdough Slow cooker apple butter from Family Food On The Table Chocolate chip cookies Plum jam bars Cookbook gifted to us: Talisman Cookbook **** Got a cooking question? Leave us a message on our hotline at: 323-452-9084 For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our Substack here . Are you a local to Portland or planning a visit? You can now book a private farmers’ market tour with Sonya through Airbnb Experiences! Or order Sonya's cookbook Braids for more Food Friends recipes!