natashapickowicz is on today’s Radio Cherry Bombe! Natasha is a pastry chef, author, community builder, and one of Cherry Bombe’s most beloved cover stars. Natasha is back on the show to celebrate her brand-new cookbook, “Everyone Hot Pot: Creating the Ultimate Meal for Gathering and Feasting,” a deeply personal and joyful exploration of hot pot as food, ritual, and a way of bringing people together. ⁠ Natasha joins host kerrybombe to talk about why hot pot felt like the right subject for her second book, how growing up with a Beijing-born mom shaped her relationship to food, and why communal meals matter more than ever right now. They discuss how hot pot is easy to do at home, the magic of interactive cooking, and how hot pot adapts to different cultures, diets, budgets, and occasions.⁠ ⁠ Plus, Natasha shares what’s always in her fridge, her love of playlists and long walks, her journaling habit, her collaboration with her artist mother on the book’s illustrations, and why mistakes a...