EPISODE · Feb 23, 2026 · 54 MIN
Cookbook Author Ella Quittner Is “Obsessed With The Best”
from Radio Cherry Bombe · host The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network
Today’s guest is Ella Quittner, journalist, mom-to-be, and the author of the wildly inventive cookbook “Obsessed With the Best: 100+ Methodically Perfected Recipes Based on 20+ Head-to-Head Tests.” Ella is known for her rigorous (some might say obsessive) recipe testing and her sharp, funny writing, which has appeared everywhere from The New York Times and New York Magazine to Food52, where her “absolute best” tests first gained a cult following. Ella joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about leaving a high-powered Wall Street career for food media, why arguing about the “best” way to make something is actually a gift to curious cooks everywhere, and how her brilliant and quirky cookbook came together. Ella also shares about writing screenplays, working in a TV writers’ room, growing up with journalist parents, her lifelong tendency toward obsession, and the joyful chaos of promoting a debut cookbook while expecting her first baby. Ella’s Braised Tomato-Butter Cabbage recipeOur new Mom’s the Bombe issueThe Jubilee Business Owners Pass application Visit cherrybombe.com for subscriptions, tickets to upcoming events, and more. More on Ella: Instagram, “Obsessed With The Best” cookbook More on Kerry: Instagram, “So You Want To Open A Restaurant” Substack series
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Today’s guest is Ella Quittner, journalist, mom-to-be, and the author of the wildly inventive cookbook “Obsessed With the Best: 100+ Methodically Perfected Recipes Based on 20+ Head-to-Head Tests.” Ella is known for her rigorous (some might say obsessive) recipe testing and her sharp, funny writing, which has appeared everywhere from The New York Times and New York Magazine to Food52, where her “absolute best” tests first gained a cult following. Ella joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about leaving a high-powered Wall Street career for food media, why arguing about the “best” way to make something is actually a gift to curious cooks everywhere, and how her brilliant and quirky cookbook came together. Ella also shares about writing screenplays, working in a TV writers’ room, growing up with journalist parents, her lifelong tendency toward obsession, and the joyful chaos of promoting a debut cookbook while expecting her first baby. Ella’s Braised Tomato-Butter Cabbage recipe Our new Mom’s the Bombe issue The Jubilee Business Owners Pass application Visit cherrybombe.com for subscriptions, tickets to upcoming events, and more. More on Ella: Instagram, “Obsessed With The Best” cookbook More on Kerry: Instagram, “So You Want To Open A Restaurant” Substack series
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Cookbook Author Ella Quittner Is “Obsessed With The Best”
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