Lubelle is baaaack! In this special Halloween-themed episode, Lubelle takes a deep dive into pumpkin! A very special cookbook is shared, along with a historical pumpkin pie recipe that was a favorite of George Washington. Be sure to have your school-age kids listen in this time!

In this episode, Lubelle attempts to explain what the heck is going on with Rolling for Recipes. 

Big changes have taken place, and Lubelle doesn't have access to the ginormous cookbook library any more. What's a grandma to do?!

As the southland bakes, Lubelle whips up some super satisfying smoothies! 

Listen in as Lubelle reviews THREE books this episode!

Lubelle has been moping around, not getting much cooking done, and wallowing in greif over the recent attacks on women's reproductive rights, so today's episode is a doozie of an attempt at catching up! 

Books reviewed are: Jack's Fish House, Indian, and Bistro Cooking. 

Patricia Wells is highlighed in Random Chef Facts. 

It's been a rough few weeks here in the not-so-united states but Lubelle does her darndest to make an episode, and talks about Marcella Hazan and her cookbook "Essentials of Italian Cooking."

With over 700 recipes, you are sure to find your next favorite recipe in Food and Wine's annual cookbook from 2011. Yummy recipes include Mexican Chocolate Pots de Creme and Citrus Glazed Poundcake. 

Random Chef Facts are all about Yotam Ottolenghi. Enjoy!

Link to an excellent article about Yotam below: 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/03/the-philosopher-chef

This week's book is China Moon by the late Barbara Tropp who opened her restaurant China Moon in San Francisco in 1983 and wrote the companion book in 1992. 

Recipes reviewed include Fresh Ginger Ice Cream, Ginger Moon Cookies, Chinese Cracker Jacks, and Prawn Sandpot Casserole.

It's the tenth episode! Most new podcasters don't make it past ten episodes, so Lubelle is celebrating. 

Tune in to hear all about the book of the week for week #37, Food and Wine's Best of the Best Cookbook Recipes Volume 12. 

Recipe reviews include an easy spaghetti squash vegetarian dish perfect for a weeknight, the most fabulous lemon thing ever made, and more. 

Random Chef Facts introduces listeners to the late Flo Braker, author of Baking for All Occassions. 

Great book this week! At Home with the French Classics by Richard Grausman. 

Hear all about Lubelle's first souffle, truffled chicken, and Random Chef Facts about Richard. 

Lubelle reviews recipes from Emeril Lagasse's Every Day's a Party cookbook, including Hot Sauced Fried Chicken, Jalapeno Corn Bread, Potato Soup & Irish Soda Bread. Random Chef Facts is a part 1 on Emeril Lagasse. 

Episode seven includes recipe reviews from the book of the week for week #34, San Francisco Encore by the Junior League of San Francisco. Listen to hear all about Caper Chicken, Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake, and Open Face Biscuits. Random chef facts are all about Peg Bracken, the author of The I Hate to Cook Cookbook from 1960, and Lubelle shares her thoughts on the current state of women's affairs. 

Learn about The Heritage of Italian Cooking by Lorenza De Medici, how Gnocchi schooled Lubelle, Random Chef Facts, and a wonderful kitchen tool that Lubelle loves. Stay tuned for bonus content after the episode to find out what happened in paradise. 

Released a week late due to a misadventure at the airport with a laptop, this episode explores the cooking school classic textbook Garde Manger- The Art and Craft of the Cold Kitchen by the Culinary Institute of America. Lubelle shares a brief chef's bio and recommends a handy and unusual kitchen gadget/helper idea.  

Don't rely on Lubelle for the correct pronunciations of French words, though! It's a silly tragedy. 

In this episode, Lubelle explains all about her frustration with Chef Paul Prudhomme's Fresh Gingerbread recipe, and how she finally made peace with his book Louisiana Kitchen by making another recipe. 

The episode also includes a full review of the book of the week, Louisiana Tastes, and an introduction to next week's book - Garde Manger, The Art, and Craft of the Cold Kitchen by other Culinary Institute of America. 

Lubelle adds two new segments- Chef Spotlight and Lubelle's Favorite Kitchen Things. Each week Lubelle will highlight a chef and will share a kitchen gadget/equipment recommendations. 

Bonus Content: After the episode, Lubelle candidly shares her thoughts on being a rookie podcaster, and what's going on behind the scenes at Rolling for Recipes. 

The time has finally arrived for Lubelle to offer up to the airwaves a real Rolling for Recipes episode, complete with actually talking about cookbooks, recipes, and cooking. 

Tune in to hear all about the book of the week of March 27-April 2 (week #30 of the RFR game)- Food and Wine's Best of the Best Volume 4- and the ins and outs of the recipes the McDoobie gang tried out from the book. 

Plus, Lubelle will introduce the book of the week selection for week #31 (April 3- April 9). 

After the episode, stay tuned for bonus content where Lubelle candidly shares more about her feelings on the amateur podcaster experience, and what's going on behind the scenes at Rolling for Recipes. 

This bonus episode is all about what the heck Rolling for Recipes is, how the podcast was born, and a little bit about Lubelle. 

Rolling for Recipes is a brand new, reality home cooking podcast hosted by amateur podcaster Lubelle McDoobie. With no sound engineer, producer, or even a place to record other than her bedroom, she is doing it anyway! 

Listen for a moment and It won't take you long to realize Lubelle is in no way a professional podcast host, yet anyway. BUT, she is having fun and wants you to join her on the ride. 

Listen along as she figures out how to create a podcast from scratch and entertains you with tales of her family's goofy cookbook game, Rolling for Recipes. This pandemic-era game was created to bring her family together, combat home-cooking food fatigue, and make use of a vast cookbook collection of over 300 volumes. 

Lubelle is a home cooking advocate whose goal is to inspire, encourage, and entertain home cooks of all levels of experience.