We’re airing one of our favorite episodes—host Jessie Sheehan’s interview with pastry chef and pie expert Maya-Camille Broussard. Maya-Camille is the force behind Justice of the Pies bakery in Chicago and the “Justice of the Pies” baking book. She’s also part of the “squad” on “Bake Squad,” the Christina Tosi-hosted Netflix show.

Maya-Camille joins Jessie to talk about all things pie—from cold countertops to using your fingers to mix ingredients. She reveals her love for canned peaches and why she adds cinnamon to a dish until the ancestors tell her to stop. The duo also walk through Maya-Camille’s Salted Caramel Peach Pie recipe from her book.

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Today, we’re airing a Radio Cherry Bombe episode with amateur baker and Google UX expert Elisa Sunga, the founder of Cake Picnic. She was hoping 15 folks would attend the very first Cake Picnic; more than 300 folks RSVP’d. The first rule of Cake Picnic is simple: “No cake, no entry.”

Today, people are DM’ing and emailing her from around the world, asking for Elisa to bring Cake Picnic to their town. She already has a 7,000-person waitlist for the gathering scheduled for New York.

Elisa joins host Kerry Diamond to unpack the popularity of Cake Picnic and the unexpected momentum behind it. They explore how her background in UX design at Google informs her approach to community-building, her online persona, and the story behind the Bucket List Bake Club. Plus, she shares how Cake Picnic has become a reflection of a broader cultural hunger for joy, connection, and creative expression.

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Today’s guest is Lisa Donovan, the award-winning writer, pastry chef, and food columnist for The New York Times. Lisa’s culinary career has redefined what it means to be a Southern baker and her acclaimed memoir, “Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger,” is a must-read.

She joins host Jessie Sheehan to talk about her childhood as an “Army brat” traveling around Europe and the U.S. and how she fell in love with food from a young age. She discusses her culinary career, what Southern “church cakes” are, and why she loves long-form narrative writing. Then, the duo dive into Lisa’s strawberry layer cake—a simple, colorful dessert that carries the sweetness of nostalgia in every bite.

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