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Dec 31, 2025 32 min

Alison Roman: Something from Nothing

from Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith

This week, we’re creating Something from Nothing with Alison Roman. The former chef, food columnist for the New York Times, senior food editor at Bon Appetit, author of Dining In, Nothing Fancy and Sweet Enough, and now owner of her own store in upstate NY is all about about doing the bare minimum beautifully. But as one of the early queens of social media, she’s been through the highs and the lows of influencer stratosphere and cancel culture. Her recipes were among the first to go viral – listen to that chat on the delicious podcast back in 2019, and Gilly finds out what she knows now about social media that she didn't know back then. You can buy Alison’s book - and all your food books at the CTB page on Bookshop.org

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