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The Actor's Diet
by Lynn Chen and Christy Meyers
We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch! https://genxtaste.substack.com/podcast
Episodes
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Summer Vacation
We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch! genxtaste.substack.com/podcast *** Summer Vacation. That's this month's topic. Listeners, we are back! After a summer hiatus, Christy Meyers and Lynn Chen return to catch up and share all the delicious details....
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Grocery Shopping
We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch! genxtaste.substack.com/podcast *** Grocery Shopping. That's this month's topic. Two Important Things! 1. This will be our last episode before our summer hiatus. We'll be back in September, or around when school...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Eating On Camera
We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch! genxtaste.substack.com/podcast *** Eating on Camera. That's this month's topic. Episode Notes: Tiffany Haddish eating ice cream Julia Roberts eating a pancake in Pretty Woman Everything But The Bagel Seasoning...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Cooking
We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch! genxtaste.substack.com/podcast *** Cooking. That's this month's topic. Episode Notes: Stanley Tumblers (affiliate link) and Sur La Table Garlic Peeler Theme Music by Goh Nakamura Artwork by Dall-E...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Theme Parks
We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch! genxtaste.substack.com/podcast *** Theme Parks. That's this month's topic. Episode Notes: Super Bloom Bakery (affiliate link - use code "LYNN" for 15% off) Theme Music by Goh Nakamura Artwork by Dall-E...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Holidays
We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch! genxtaste.substack.com/podcast *** Holidays. That's this month's topic. Episode Notes: Trader Joe's Ginger Chews and the inferior kind you can buy on Amazon Sea2Table (not an affiliate link!) Anyone want to buy...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Diets
We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch! genxtaste.substack.com/podcast *** The Actor's Diet podcast is back! But with a brand new format. Welcome to Christy Meyers, who joins me (Lynn Chen) in co-hosting for the 2022-2023 season. Each month, we will...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Yea-Ming Chen
UPDATED TO ADD: You can now watch I WILL MAKE YOU MINE everywhere! Hey guys! I thought instead of clogging your feeds with Kickstarter updates about my movie, it might be nice to introduce you to the talent behind I Will Make You Mine. So I've taken The Actor's Diet Podcast out of retirement for...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Cheryl Strayed
In 2012, my book club actually read books. And one of my favorite books that we read was Cheryl Strayed's Wild (it was also one of my favorite book club meetings because we had a trail mix bar). At the time, I was dealing with the aftermath of my father's death, and I found her book to be...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Nicole Cogan
I have been following the @nobread Instagram account for a while, but it wasn't until recently that I began using the website as a resource for researching gluten-free restaurants. Nicole Cogan is the founder, and my 98th podcast guest! We discuss moving from NYC to LA, her history with gluten...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Bruce Kalman
Bruce Kalman and I are bonded for life - he is the only person I've met outside of high school from the same part of NJ as me. So of course when I found out my fellow Jersey boy is going to be competing on the next season of Top Chef, I had to have him on the podcast ASAP. We talk about Jersey…
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Rob Dionne
I've known health and fitness expert Rob Dionne (and his wife Devon) for a long time - we met via past podcast guests Jeff Meacham and Christy Meyers back in NYC. I knew him back when he was still acting, so we talk about how he shifted away from that career. We recorded this a while ago before I...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Ciara Renée
All of August I got to hang out with the lovely Ciara Renée (DC Legends of Tomorrow, Broadway's Big Fish) while filming a movie in NYC. In fact, we recorded this podcast waiting on set before 2nd meal. We talk fermented meat sticks, sour candy, veganism, lactose intolerance and what a dresser on...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Jacey Duprie
I've been reading Jacey Duprie's blog Damsel in Dior for a while, and recently became a fan of her new podcast. This is our first conversation. Yay! We discuss growing up in Texas, eating raw turnips, her addiction to Cinnamon Altoids, gardening, portion sizes, her exercise routine, and how she...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Serena Wolf
Serena Wolf is the woman behind the site Domesticate Me and The Dude Diet cookbook. And she's a podcast listener! In this episode we discuss the story behind The Dude Diet (and if it works), what culinary school in France at Le Cordon Bleu is like, what it's like going on a book tour, and wedding...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Milana Vayntrub
Milana and I met in acting class and I'm thrilled to have her as my latest podcast guest. We discuss Russian food, eating donuts for dinner, her gymnast diet, becoming a vegetarian, food on set, body image, and engaging trolls. Theme music is by Podcast Guest Goh Nakamura. Keep in touch via...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Nguyen Tran
This podcast has been a long time in the making - I've done countless blogs, videos, and social media posts with Nguyen, but this is the first time I had a chance to really spend a good chunk of time (an hour!) talking to him. In this episode, we go into the history of Starry Kitchen's various...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Susan Orlean
Susan Orlean is a writer, and an incredible one at that. Abe and I were both big fans of her work before we met (via Twitter) and now we are friends. She also co-hosts her own podcast, Crybabies (with Sarah Thyre) so it was a no-brainer to have her on the show. We talk about how hypnosis helped…
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Phoebe Lapine
Phoebe Lapine and I both started blogging around the same time, so she's been on my radar for years. We finally met in person last November while she was in Los Angeles, and immediately bonded. In this episode we talk about her newest book, The Wellness Project, living with an autoimmune disease,...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Daisy Eagan
In the early 90's, Broadway was very important to me. Thus, Daisy Eagan was a huge deal. She is the youngest actress to win a Tony Award for The Secret Garden, and I was really excited to see her in HBO'S GIRLS recently, playing the film version of Lena Dunham. We talk about prop food on The…
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Anjali Shah
Anjali Shah (The Picky Eater) and I both started our blogs around the same time, so I was really excited to talk to her. We discuss how she got her start, how she keeps going, essential Indian spices, and the oatmeal craze of early food blogs. Theme music is by Podcast Guest Goh Nakamura. Keep in...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Daphne Brogdon
I first saw Daphne Brogdon on The Food Network and was thrilled to discover she was a fellow Angeleno. Not only that, she is married to Mark Peel, whose restaurant Campanile was one of the first blog-worthy places I went to in Los Angeles (before I had a blog). We discuss how she became the first...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Goh Nakamura
I can't believe it has taken this long to get Goh on this podcast! If you've been listening for a while, he wrote and performed the theme music at the beginning/end of the episodes. And if you've followed the blog since 2010 you will remember him as my leading man in the films "Surrogate…
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Jessica Murnane
Jessica Murnane is a perfect example of why I still love the internet. We've never actually met but have collaborated virtually several times. I've been a guest on her podcast; she's shared her favorite things to binge watch/mindfully munch with me. Now she has written a cookbook, so of course I...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Lisa Q. Fetterman
Lisa Q. Fetterman is the co-founder of Nomiku, the world's first wifi sous vide machine. If that sounds familiar, you may have heard about it when she appeared on Shark Tank. We talk all about what it's like to have husbands named Abe, and dealing with rejection/success. Plus learn how she begged...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Leonardo Nam
I’ve been friends with actor Leonardo Nam for a really long time. Some of you may remember when we worked together on the second season of Nice Girls Crew but I think a lot more of you will recognized him as “Felix Lutz” on HBO’s Westworld – which he recently received a SAG nomination for! We…
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Grace Bonney
Design Sponge is one of those sites I look to - not only for inspiration in my daily life, but also as a blogger. Grace Bonney, the founder, always seems to get it right. She seems to possess an effortless access to parts of her brain that I have spent several decades searching for. (I'm still...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Molly Yeh
YAY MOLLY YEH! The amazing blogger behind the award-winning site My Name is Yeh is my latest podcast guest and I couldn't be happier to talk to her. In this episode, we talk about being a female percussionist at Juilliard, life on the farm, body image and food blogging, and her new cookbook…
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Katie Dalebout
I first met Katie Dalebout via our fellow podcast buddy Jessica Murnane. We went to Sqirl and ate cozy foods and bonded. She is now one of my favorite virtual friends. In this episode, Katie and I discuss growing up in a controlling household and her eating disorder. Find out how she started...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: James Nord
Fohr Card is a directory that connects brands and agencies with bloggers and content creators. I use it whenever someone wants to see my social media/blog stats - sort of like the sizing chart I fill out when I go in for commercial auditions. Only, this is for my site. Today's guest is with the...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Ethan Peck
Remember that epic birthday brunch for Uncle Robert that my cousin Kristine Kidd recently made? I saw Ethan Peck there (his dad is Kristine's husband, Steve) and asked him to be a guest on the podcast. We talk about what his work out routine, plus what he eats on set, at home and at In-n-Out.…
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Jasmin Singer
I've had Jasmin Singer on the blog before - we've eaten a few times together (I've got to get back to Stuff I Eat!) and caught up at the BlogHer Conference recently. Jasmin and I met 16 years ago, via the NiteStar Theater Company (also how I met my friends Christy Meyers, and Eboni Booth). We…
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Nick Jandl
I recently met Nick Jandl in person because we both went back to New England Music Camp to teach a Master Class on Acting recently. We talk about how camp food, newlywed life, his favorite roasted chicken recipe, the pressure to look like a "leading man," and his deep love of ice cream. I'm going...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Hilah Johnson
Hilah Johnson is no stranger to The Actor's Diet - you've seen us make several food videos together (Kaya Toast and Sooo Cali Hot Dogs) and there's so much more to come!We talk about how she started her cooking show with her husband Chris, how to make money on YouTube, what she ate growing up…
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Ming Tsai
Ming Tsai is a James Beard and Emmy Award Winning chef, author, and TV Host/Producer. When I spoke at Wellesley in 2012 I tried to have dinner at his restaurant Blue Ginger, where I’d been hearing about his signature Garlic Black Pepper Lobster dish. I’ve still never eaten his food, but we did…
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Grant Melton
I'm a huge Rachael Ray fan. Watching 30 Minute Meals was instrumental in my eating disorder recovery. I've grown with her over the years - literally digesting everything she's put out - and my favorite thing to unwind with after a long day is her daily talk show. Grant Melton is Senior Associate...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Kristin Guy
I first met Kristin Guy when she was known as "The Cuisinerd" (via Nastassia Johnson) at Short Cake Bakery. Now she's sharing her talents over at the Saveur Award nominated Dine X Design. We discuss tacos, places to shop for tableware, her life as a food stylist/recipe developer, what it's like…
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Brittany Ishibashi
My 70th podcast guest is actor Brittany Ishibashi (Runaways). We discuss what she eats on set, food growing up, her calorie-counting past, and why she wanted TV Dinners for her birthday. Theme music is by Podcast Guest Goh Nakamura. Keep in touch via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @mslynnchen.…
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Gaby Dalkin
If you're wondering What's Gaby Cooking, you're about to find out! Gaby Dalkin is my latest podcast guest! We talk about our mutual obsession with Rachael Ray, how she develops recipes, where she likes to shop for food, her upcoming trip to Italy, and her fear of yellow mustard. Theme music is by...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Katie Joy Horwitch
Katie Joy Horwitch is a longtime blog friend. Like, since the beginning of this blog. I'm so thrilled to have watched her grow over the years - from a fellow blogger, to one of the founding editors of The Chalkboard Mag, to the #GirlBoss she is today with WANT: Women Against Negative Talk (listen...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Nick Hoffa
How fun to interview my good friend Nick Hoffa for the podcast! We've been friends for a long time, you've seen him (and his wife Meredith) all over this blog, plus he's my acting teacher/coach. In this episode we discuss pubs in England, our college diets, and how eating Paleo helped him with an...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Andie Mitchell
When I first shared my eating disorder story six years ago, Andie Mitchell was the very first person to comment. We have been virtual friends since the beginning of T.A.D. and it's been a thrill watching her grow into the NY Times Bestselling author she is today. We talk Shake Shack hangovers,...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Mickey Sumner
Actor Mickey Sumner is my 65th podcast guest - who I met while filming the SuperDeluxe web series Caring! We talk about growing up on an organic farm in England, getting off sugar/gluten, Lyme Disease, eating IHOP and Krispy Kreme for the first time in The End of the Tour, her bone broth recipe,...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Elizabeth Hendrickson
Actor Elizabeth Hendrickson and I first met in NYC, over 13 years ago on the ABC Soap Opera All My Children. We talk about her obsession with the gym, Ranch/Russian dressing, and how she doesn't like to eat anything cute. Theme music is by Podcast Guest Goh Nakamura. Keep in touch via Instagram,...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Lisa Ling
In episode 63 I talk with award-winning journalist Lisa Ling about food on the road, abroad, and at home. We also talk a lot about the struggle with social media, body image and eating disorders. Theme music is by Podcast Guest Goh Nakamura. Keep in touch via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Kelsey Miller
Episode 62 of The Actor's Diet Podcast is up! With writer Kelsey Miller! I heard her over at Jessica Murnane's One Part Podcast and knew I had to get her as a guest. We talk about her history with dieting and how she started The Anti-Diet Project, her relationship with food while writing her book...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Parry Shen
Remember my leading man Parry Shen from Yes We're Open? He's now a soap opera star! And my 61st guest on The Actor's Diet Podcast. In this episode we discuss his diet for General Hospital, set life, making food for his family, how to make beets/brussels sprouts taste good, and how he feels like...
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Lisa Lee
My 60th guest on The Actor's Diet Podcast is Lisa Lee! In this episode we talk about her trip to Maui, Thousand-Year-Old Eggs and Salted Eggs, South African School Lunches, the food in the Tech World - at Facebook Offices and around the Pandora Offices (Taiwan Bento, Suya Grill), and Travel Food....
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THE ACTOR'S DIET: Stephanie Kordan
Stephanie Kordan is also known as "The Sensual Foodie" - food writer, photographer, artist, mom, and creative spirit. In this episode we discuss: Her fiancee Eddie Lin and what it's like when a woman eats snake. Vegan Foods: Kite Hill Cheese, Matthew Kenney's M.A.K.E., Crossroad's Chicken and...
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We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch! https://genxtaste.substack.com/podcast
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The Actor's Diet is created and hosted by Lynn Chen and Christy Meyers.
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