What a pleasure it was to talk with Sally Norton again. This time about her new cookbook, The Essential Low-Oxalate Cookbook. Sally makes it so easy to understand how oxalates affect our health. 

• Sally K. Norton, MPH, is a nutritionist, leading educator on dietary oxalates, and the author of Toxic Superfoods: How Oxalate Overload Is Making You Sick and How to Get Better.=
• Her own healing experience inspired years of research into dietary oxalates. 
• Her new book, The Essential Low-Oxalate Cookbook,  turns that science into practical everyday meals, with 75 recipes and tools designed to make lower-oxalate eating easier, more enjoyable, and less restrictive.

Sally shares some of her recipes:

Butter Beans

Pork Tenderloin

Sally K. Norton, MPH, holds a nutrition degree from Cornell University and a master’s degree in Public Health. Her path to becoming a leading educator on dietary oxalates includes a prior career working at major medical schools in medical education and public health research.

Her own healing experience inspired years of research that led to her bestselling book, Toxic Superfoods: How Oxalate Overload Is Making You Sick and How to Get Better. Her new book, The Essential Low-Oxalate Cookbook, publishing November 3, helps make lower-oxalate eating practical, enjoyable, and easier to put into everyday life.

LINKS:

• Website: https://sallyknorton.com

• The Essential Low-Oxalate Cookbook: https://sallyknorton.com/cookbook/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sknorton

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeFreetoThrive

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFpmJtV19QCyjzaC5U691-A

I had the pleasure of speaking with Amy Traverso, Senior Food Editor with Yankee Magazine and co-host of Weekends with Yankee about the delicious recipes in the latest issue.

Amy shares a few recipes:

Raspberry Crumble Bars

Blue Ribbon Apple Pie

Tips for Cooking Apple Pie

Chili Cornbread Skillet Pie

Apple Crisp

My guest this week is Stephanie Pixley, Executive Food Editor with America's Test Kitchen. 

If you love baking cookies, this is the book you need in your kitchen.

America’s Test Kitchen Ushers in a New Era of Cookie Baking. Irresistible recipes that bring bold flavor, foolproof techniques, and bakery-style appeal within

reach for home bakers. From the trusted team at America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) comes The New Cookie: Creative Takes on the Classics You Love, a deliciously modern collection of cookies, bars, blondies, and more that reflects the way people want to bake now.
Packed with nearly 150 recipes, this new cookbook takes the comforting appeal of classic cookies and gives it fresh life with vibrant flavors, smarter techniques, and the kind of texture and visual payoff that today’s bakers love.

Executive Food Editor Stephanie Pixley shares a few recipes:

Black/Pink Cookies

Salted Malted Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Marble Butter Cookies 

Ginger Citrus Sweet Potato Pie Bars

A follow-up to the bestselling The Perfect Cookie, this new volume captures what makes cookie baking so exciting right now: the mix of nostalgia, creativity, and pure pleasure. These are recipes that feel current without being fussy, impressive without being intimidating, and ambitious without losing the reliability America’s Test Kitchen is known for.

As always, the recipes are backed by America’s Test Kitchen’s rigorous testing process, giving bakers the confidence to try something new and know it will work. Alongside the recipes, the book offers technique-driven guidance and foundational baking know-how that make it just as useful for beginners as it is inspiring for experienced bakers.

Stephanie Pixley is the deputy food editor for ATK's books team and culinary producer of the Cook's Country TV show. She attended the New England Culinary Institute and is most at peace when she's in the middle of a good baking project.

Leading women’s performance scientist Dr. Sasha Hamdani joins me to talk about the LiveLong Women's Health Summit. She exposes common myths, reveals which popular trends may do more harm than good and explain why women need health, nutrition and fitness guidance designed for their bodies. 

Livelong Women’s Health Summit, a two-day event open to the public September 25–26 in New York City, featuring Jane Fonda, Bobbi Brown, Dr. Mary Claire Haver and more than 100 leading doctors, researchers, and women’s health experts.

From hormone “fixes” and anti-aging supplements to fasting, cold plunges and intense workout routines, women are flooded with advice about how to feel better and live longer. But how much of it is supported by science—and how much is simply clever wellness marketing?

Justin Ellen is a baker and the creator of Everything Just Baked, where his fun, chaotic, and personality-filled approach to baking has captured the attention of millions across social media. Known for his viral recipes, custom cakes, and signature belief that baking should be just as enjoyable as indulging in the results, Justin has built a platform centered on making people laugh, learn, and get inspired in the kitchen.

Justin shared a few recipes with me:

Yellow Cake

Chocolate Hot Fudge Cookies

Apple Fritter Cake

Through Everything Just Baked’s social media (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube) and blog, Justin shares his love for baking with an ever-growing community, proving that with the right recipe (and no box mixes!), anyone can create something worth remembering. Justin lives outside of NYC in Passaic, NJ. Better Than Grandma's is his debut cookbook.