Welcome to The Empty Nest Kitchen with Christine Van Bloem, where we're finding fun in the kitchen and navigating life after the kids have flown the coop. Join Christine around her kitchen table as we delve into insightful conversations with fellow empty nest women about navigating careers, side hustles, and the joys of food and cooking.
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Let's talk about favorite food-themed movies and TV shows, emphasizing the romance and inspiration found within the food world. Summer is the perfect time to draw the curtains on the steamiest day, drop the temperature of the ac to just above polar, make yourself the very tastiest summer snack, and watch really great food movies & tv.
Enjoy this guide and get inspired to cook this summer!
Well hate hair. Hair. So. So I have to tell you, I am recording this episode. From. Maine. We are on our family vacation and I'm sitting here. Here in this gorgeous house, looking out at this beautiful lake. And this speak Haitian has been. Something. So. So I think. I think this may be. Uh, newish Airbnb. BNB and. The people are so. So lovely. And they are. So responsive. Really. Just Terrific people. And I. I wish them. Nothing, but the best. Um, but. But we have had. Like. The We're leaking onto. Welcome to the Empty Nest Kitchen, where we're finding fun in the kitchen now that the kids have flown the coop. I'm Christine Van Bloem, a cooking teacher with over 25 years of experience, here to show you tips, tricks, and joy in your kitchen, all while trying something new. Let's get cooking! Okay, so welcome back. Um, I wanted to let you all know that this is going to. Be the last episode of this season. And I'm going to launch a new season in September. I have a ton of really fun people. That I'm going to have on the podcast. And I'm going to do a lot of recording this summer, but I thought. Ah, Let's take a break. It has been. Such a smashingly fantastic. First season, and I'm so grateful to all of you for taking the time to listen and for taking the time to Comment and it really just to quote my grandma. Well, It just tickles. So, thank you so much. I can't, I can't tell you how much I appreciate and just how much fun this is. You guys know that my whole business. My whole line of work is teaching online. Line cooking classes and I've actually got a kick tushy. Schedule. Coming up for. July and August, and I think it's going to be a lot of fun. So I know you're out doing stuff this summer, and that's fantastic, really excited for all via. Um, but if you are on vacation, Cation and you want to do something. Fun. With the family Or if you're not on vacation. And you're looking for. Or something fun to do, take a class. With me this summer and. Ana. Let's eat good. Food and let's connect and let's have some fun. But today. I was thinking about what I wanted to talk about. And it was so clear to me. Because I don't know if you know this, but new episodes of the Bear have just released the whole third season has just released. So I thought I would talk to you about the food. Um, movies, television that I think You can read. Really enjoy and maybe get. Something. Out of, so let's start. Start off with the big. Big screen. I mean, and let. Let me tell you that I. I have three food movies. Very. Very different food movies. That I. I go to four different kinds of inspiration. All right. So none of these has been produced in the last five years. I think the newest. Just one might be a decade old, but if you enjoy food, you enjoy cooking. You enjoy. Enjoy. Kind of the whole romance of the food world, because let's be honest. The food world is sweaty and hot and dangerous, but there is a romance to it. And that's why I got in. Food. So let's start off. Off with the big. Big kahuna. That we all know. And that is of course, Julie and Julia. Now the author. Julie Powell passed. Away a couple of years ago, she was young. Too. I think she was in her forties. And she really is kind of responsible for. I think the way that bloggers food. Bloggers and all of that. Got. Started now. Now I'm guessing if you're listening. Into my podcast. Podcast. You've probably watched. Um, And Julia, but. If you haven't it. It's basically to. Two stories in one. One. One is story. Story about Julia child getting started as. As a food goddess, I guess. I guess. And. Then one. One of. Julie Powell who. It Is much. Less romantic, have a. But. I really. I could see a lot. Of myself in. In her. Starting. Her food blog. Where she cooked. Cooked all of the recipes and mastering. Stirring the art of French. Cooking in. A one-year period. And mastering. Is. The. The, you know, The Bible, I guess. It was kind of the. The first big cookbook. Cookbook incredibly. Well research. Searched just. Phenomenal. Book, but Really old school. Well, this was produced. In the early. Sixties. So. So the food. Would this be made? Nothing like the. I.
