New Year's resolutions. They're not easy to keep. Especially when it comes to food, which is so habitual, almost ritualized in our culture. How do you break the cycle?

We're Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough . . . except without Mark. He's a brief episode to explain why the podcast disappeared for a month and why it may disappear for a bit more before we can both be back at it.

But in the meantime, Bruce has a one-minute cooking tip for you, he's got a primer on ultra-processed foods, and he'll tell you what's making him (and Mark!) happy in food this week.

Here are the segments for this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK:

[01:49] Bruce's one-minute cooking tip: how to use your gas grill in the winter.

[02:47] Bruce's thoughts on ultra-processed foods . . . and maybe ways you can make an easy New Year's resolution.

[07:03] What's making Bruce happy in food this week: Zabar's appetizing!

Candy. It's the holidays. Who doesn't love candy?

We do! We even wrote a candy book once. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, authors of three dozen cookbooks (and counting!). This is our podcast about food and cooking. Thanks for coming along with us!

Here are the segments for this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK:

[01:01] Our one-minute cooking tip: serve appetizers to keep people out of the kitchen.

[03:00] Our holiday candy memories! Divinity to toffee, cut candy to French nougat. And listen to Mark make a mistake! Divinity is made with corn syrup, not corn starch!

[21:43] What’s making us happy in food this week? Pretzels with dried cranberries & turkey rice soup!

Food magazines? Remember them? Sure, there are still a few around. But the print versions have certainly fallen off.

Back in the day, we had a long, full career with food magazines, including being contributing editors and columnists for some of the biggest. Do we have stories to tell!

We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, authors of three dozen (and counting) cookbooks. We've written over ten thousand recipes for magazines. And we're so glad you're willing to share our passion for food and cooking!

Here are the segments for this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK:

[00:54] Our one-minute cooking tip: Have the supermarket butcher unwrap shrink-wrapped meat to make sure it's still good.

[02:54] We're laughing through our stories about writing for food magazines!

[24:19] What’s making us happy in food this week? Our new cookbook that's out in the summer of 2025, as well as vintage port.