On this episode, hosts Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music share how they stock their fridges to make the most out of leftovers, discuss baking with hot hands and at high altitudes, and give their rapid-fire advice for getting the crispiest potatoes in the oven. Also, they tackle a different kind of “oyster” the latest "No, Thank You, Please".  This week’s recipe book: In Charleston, SC? Check out Chubby Fish Carla’s Big-Batch Vinaigrette in her book That Sounds So Good Rick’s Salsa Blanca and Salsa de Papaya y Tomatillo Cruda As always, we’d love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663).  Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm.  If you can’t get enough of our hosts – we don’t blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com.  You can order Rick’s cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, hosts Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music share how they keep their kitchens pristine, break down the variables to keep your cream sauces from splitting, and discuss what it takes to plan the perfect party menu.  Also, the first live Rad Fad/Bad Fad tasting! Rick soldiers through a bite of the latest trend that is under review: fresh watermelon topped with mustard.  This week’s recipe book: In NYC? Check out Ernesto’s Carla’s Spiced and Grilled Pork Spareribs (feat. Cosmo!) Rick’s Vegan Carnitas Tacos With Guajillo Jam Carla’s Fat Noodles with Pan-Roasted Mushrooms and Crushed Herb Sauce As always, we’d love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663).  Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm.  If you can’t get enough of our hosts – we don’t blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com.  You can order Rick’s cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, hosts Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music give expert tips on making ganache, share their favorite ways to enjoy tinned sardines, and offer advice on navigating the culinary industry. Also, Carla shares her anti-ziti testimony in this week’s No, Thank You, Please.  This week’s recipe book: Rick’s Chocolate-Dipped Concha Ice Cream Sandwiches Carla on “beans, greens, and sardines” Carla's How-I-Like-It Tuna Salad from That Sounds So Good Rick’s guide to never messing up blanching vegetables ever again   As always, we’d love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663).  Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm.  If you can’t get enough of our hosts – we don’t blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com.  You can order Rick’s cookbook Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, hosts Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music discuss deepening chocolatey flavor, finding balance with fish sauce, and handling wet burgers.  Also, Chef Missy Robbins joins the show to discuss her Total Kitchen Nightmare involving a classic salt-sugar mix-up.  This week’s recipe book: Get your caffeine fix with Rick’s Iced Café de Olla recipe Watch Carla make her Mocha Hazelnut Biscotti Chef Tu David Phu’s Nước Chấm  Chef Missy Robbins’ cookbook Pasta: The Spirit and Craft of Italy’s Greatest Food  The latest Rad Fad/Bad Fad contender: ramen grilled cheese As always, we’d love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663).  Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm.  If you can’t get enough of our hosts – we don’t blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com.  You can order Rick’s cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of Borderline Salty, hosts Ricks Martinez and Carla Lalli Music marinate on marinades, share their tips for making whole fish less scary, and welcome a live caller.  We’ll also hear Carla and Rick’s takes on blood sausage in the latest No, Thank You, Please.  This week’s recipe book: Check out PAI Northern Thai Kitchen in Toronto Rick's Mezcal Marinated Fajitas   Find Carla’s Not-Scary Grilled Whole Fish in her book That Sounds So Good Rick's Vegan Mushroom Bacon Bits   As always, we’d love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663).  Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm.  If you can’t get enough of our hosts – we don’t blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com.  You can order Rick’s cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico  here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of Borderline Salty, hosts Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music discuss getting to a perfectly textured salsa verde, where to find their favorite peppers, and how to overcome the fear of frying.  Also, the latest Rad Fad/Bad Fad contender: pasta chips.  This week’s recipe book:  Check out Broadway Restaurant Rick’s Salsa Verde o Roja Cruda Saltie Is Gone but Their Scuttlebutt Recipe Lives On Carla’s Whipped Aioli Caroline Fidanza’s Saltie: A Cookbook Pasta Chips with a Mac & Cheese Dip by myhealthydish As always, we’d love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663).  Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm.  If you can’t get enough of our hosts – we don’t blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com.  You can order Rick’s cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico  here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s episode of Borderline Salty, hosts Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music weigh in on shrimp heads, how to use up the veggies in your CSA box, and their tips for cooking steak.  Plus, one of our favorite drag queens, Miz Cracker, joins us to share an egg-cellent kitchen nightmare story.  This week’s recipe book:  Check out the sundae at Thai Diner  Watch Carla make Butter-Basted Steak  Rick’s Anytime Minestrone  Carla’s Parsley-Filled Pasta  NYT Cooking’s Olive Oil Fried Egg Check out Miz Cracker’s podcast (where Carla has been a guest!) here.  As always, we’d love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663).  Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm.  If you can’t get enough of our hosts – we don’t blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com.  You can order Rick’s cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico  here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s episode of Borderline Salty, our hosts Carla Lalli Music and Rick Martinez are together in NYC!  They catch up IRL about their latest dining experiences and give their very strong opinions about beans. They also weigh in on how much salt is too much salt (spoiler: the limit does not exist!).  Want to check out the restaurants we mentioned this week? Shout out to Bonnie's! This week’s recipe book: Carla’s Pasta e Fagioli Rick’s Frijoles de la Olla  Check out Carla making some of her favorite beans (via Patch Troffer’s recipe) here  Want to know how much salt is in your personal pinch? You need a digital scale! Carla loves to finish off her salads and roasted meats with a pinch of sel gris This week’s Rad Fad/Bad Fad contender: the grated egg As always, we’d love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663).  Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm.  If you can’t get enough of our hosts – we don’t blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com.  You can order Rick’s cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico  here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s episode of Borderline Salty, hosts Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music weigh in on the best ways to use MSG, growing to love nopales, and how to take care of your cast iron skillet, whether it’s been in your family for generations or brand new out of the box! Also, Carla shares a kitchen nightmare story from her days as a personal chef. This week’s recipe book:  Rick’s nopales recipe can be found in his cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico” which is out now! Snag a copy here. Carla’s Spiced Roasted Chicken with Garlic Crunch-Crumbs (ft. MSG) Omsom’s “The Roots of Anti-MSG Xenophobia” Helen Rosner's "An MSG Convert Visits the High Church of Umami" Check out Chef Jenny Dorsey’s work here  Carla's newest toaster oven/air fryer As always, we’d love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663).  Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm.  If you can’t get enough of our hosts – we don’t blame you! Subscribe to Carla's newsletters here and find links to her Instagram and YouTube channel at www.carlalallimusic.com.  You can pre-order Rick’s cookbook “Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico  here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s episode of Borderline Salty, hosts Carla Lalli Music and Rick Martinez share helpful techniques for when you’re cooking for one, talk game-changing rice tips, and have an impassioned back and forth about grilled cheese.   This week’s recipe book:  Rick’s Ultimate Beefy, Cheesy Lasagna Carla’s Spicy Green Beans and Tofu Hetty McKinnon's "To Asia, With Love" Carolina Gelen’s Cheesiest Rice Balls As always, we’d love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663).  Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm.  If you can’t get enough of our hosts – we don’t blame you! Check out Carla's cookbooks here and find links to her YouTube channel, Patreon, and Instagram at www.carlalallimusic.com.  You can pre-order Rick’s upcoming cookbook here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of Borderline Salty, hosts Rick Martinez and Carla Lalli Music dig into cooking from memory, chicken livers, and a total kitchen nightmare. The pair also embrace the importance of trying (or re-trying) new foods with the segment “No, Thank You, Please”.  This week’s recipe book:  Rick’s Italian Plum and Almond Cake Carla’s Any Berry Galette  As always, we’d love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663).  Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm.  If you can’t get enough of our hosts – we don’t blame you! Check out Carla's cookbooks here and find links to her YouTube channel, Patreon, and Instagram at www.carlalallimusic.com.  You can pre-order Rick’s upcoming cookbook here, watch the companion 'Mi Cocina' video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Borderline Salty! The show where Carla Lalli Music and Rick Martinez take your calls, boost your confidence and make you a better, smarter, happier cook.  In the first episode, the hosts get into the allium question, dissect authenticity and weigh in on a viral custard toast method.  This week’s recipe book:  Angel Wong’s taiwanese thick toast with sweet custard  Rick’s mole sencillo that he shares with Gianna As always, we’d love to hear about your cooking conundrums at 833-433-FOOD (3663).  Find us on Instagram @borderlinesalty Find full episode transcripts and more about the podcast on our website borderlinesalty.fm.  If you can’t get enough of our hosts – we don’t blame you! Check out Carla's cookbooks here and find links to her YouTube channel, Patreon, and Instagram at www.carlalallimusic.com.  You can pre-order Rick’s upcoming cookbook here, watch the companion Mi Cocina video series here, and find all of his socials at www.rick-martinez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Borderline Salty is a new weekly podcast from Pineapple Street Studios hosted by Carla Lalli Music and Rick Martinez. Each week, the hosts will take your calls, boost your confidence and help make you a better, smarter, happier cook. They’ll also weigh in on the latest internet food trends, bring on a crew of guests to spill their kitchen nightmare stories, and get you past the foods you may not love….yet! Listen to new episodes of Borderline Salty every Tuesday starting April 12. We want to hear from you! Give us a call at 833-433-FOOD (833-433-3663) to tell us about your cooking conundrums. Follow Carla on Instagram @CarlaLalliMusic, Twitter @LalliMusic, and YouTube @CarlaLalliMusic.  Follow Rick on Instagram @rick_andrew_martinez Follow Pineapple Street Studios on Twitter @PineappleMedia and Instagram @Pineapple.fm.  For more information, visit pineapple.fm  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices