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The podcast that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations! Please eat responsibly. It's like saying "Ew this is weird...try this" but in podcast form.

Join good friends and comedians Shannon Devido (Lucky Hank, Terrible People, Best Summer Ever), Aubrie Williams (ManiPedi, Goat Rodeo), and Ralph Andracchio (King Friday, Sad Trombone) as they challenge their guests (and each other) to make obscure recipes from obscure cookbooks and then eat them together. Do you like odd recipes? Or cookbooks with weird merchandising tie-ins? How about baloney as a vital ingredient? If so, then this show is for you!

12/08/2025

Happy Birthday to our chosen fam/co-host extraordinaire ! ❤️ This podcast (and our lives) wouldn’t be what they are without you, and we are so lucky!

[ID 1: Ralph, Aubrie, Steve K., and Shannon huddle in front of silver balloons that are the number 50. Aubrie and Steve wear bright beanies. Ralph points to Aubrie, Aubrie holds her arms out to the sides, and Shannon holds a finger up to her mouth and looks inquisitive.

ID 2: Ralph, Aubrie, Noah L., and Shannon huddle in front of silver balloons that are the number 50. Ralph smiles, Aubrie rests her chin on her hand, Shannon pretends to eat, and Noah leans his head against the silver 0.]

10/03/2025

Episode 7 with Chip Chantry is out NOW! 🐓🔥Going BIG and releasing it the same day as Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl 💃 Let’s hope we get 1/1000th of the streams that album gets…🤣🤞

Tune in/watch to see us tackle some sexy sautéed chicken breasts and talk about basement speakeasies, Circus Peanuts, and a never-made Jaws sequel! And then keep the Chip train rolling by watching his incredible special Move Closer on YouTube 🎉

Tune in wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on our YouTube Channel. Links in bio.

[ID: A collage of three photos. Top left is the Cookbook Obscura logo in yellow and gold, with a cookbook on one side and an upside down plate of food on the other. Top right is Chip Chantry, a white man with dirty blonde hair and a mustache and beard wearing a black jacket over a black t-shirt and sitting in a maroon booth with his elbow resting on the back. Bottom photo is close up of sautéed chicken breasts with hazelnuts on a tan plate with a brown border.]

07/11/2025

New episode drop tomorrow morning! We travel back in time to the week after Thanksgiving with Noah Levine to make some chicken breast strips and talk keeping kosher, Lion King notaries, and coping with politics! If we knew then what we know now…anyway, friendship and sexy chicken are the constants that can get us through even 2025🤞

Tune in wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on our YouTube Channel! Links in comments.

[ID: A collage of three photos. Top left is the Cookbook Obscura logo in yellow and gold, with a cookbook on one side and an upside down plate of food on the other. Top right is Noah Levine, a white man with dark hair and a beard wearing a grey shirt with purple short sleeves looking off to the side. He wears headphones and sits behind a microphone in front of a red background. Bottom photo is a blue plate of chicken breast strips.]

04/30/2025

Did you miss us? Don’t worry cause we’re back this Friday 5/2 with more amazing guests and more sexy chicken from the New York Times bestseller Fifty Shades of Chicken🐔🔥

Alejandro Morales joins us for some roasted bone-in breast with olive oil, lemon, and rosemary and we talk vinyl clothing and ranch dressing among other things. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.

[ID: A collage of three photos. Top left is the Cookbook Obscura logo in yellow and gold, with a cookbook on one side and an upside down plate of food on the other. Top right is Alejandro Morales, a Chilean man smiling at the camera and wearing a mostly unbuttoned short sleeved denim jumpsuit over a white tank top, a gold chain, and glasses. Bottom photo is a plate of chicken cut up with a sprig of rosemary, two slices of lemon and a fork.

02/05/2025

Being #10 on ’s list of 40 Best Cookbook Podcasts wasn’t on our bingo card for 2025, but we’re really happy to be there! Thanks for thinking we’re fresh, !

If you haven’t listened yet, you can check out season one and two (new eps dropping SOON!) wherever you get your podcasts! You can also watch the full eps on our YouTube channel (links to the list and our podcast in bio). Let us know what you think, and as always- please eat responsibly!

[ID 1: A screencap of Cookbook Obscura’s listing in the 40 Best Cookbook Podcasts list on FeedSpot.

ID 2: A screencap of the 40 Best Cookbook Podcasts list on FeedSpot.]

01/25/2025

Carolyn Over Easy is now our top cookbook contender for S3! 🍳🔥Episode 4 with is live and too hot to handle (but also mostly safe for work)! Stream it wherever you get your podcasts or watch all of the sexy chicken goodness on our YouTube (links in comments).

[Video description: A clip of Carolyn, Shannon, Ralph and Aubrie from Season 2 Episode 4 of Cookbook Obscura on Zoom.]

01/22/2025

What the world needs now is…a lot of things, TBH, and we believe one of them is MORE SEXY CHICKEN! 🐓🔥 We took a little holiday/mental health hiatus but we’re back with a BANG this Friday (1/24) cooking chicken chili with because what food is sexier than chili? 🫘🌶️🔥 Tune in wherever you get your podcasts!

[ID: A collage of three photos. Top left is the Cookbook Obscura logo in yellow and gold, with a cookbook on one side and an upside down plate of food on the other. Top right is Carolyn Busa, a white woman with wavy brown hair half up in a ponytail wearing a pink and white striped t-shirt dress and glasses, and leaning against a mannequin torso with red lipstick marks all over it. Bottom photo is a bowl of chili with cheese on it.]

10/16/2024

We’re back this Friday (10/18) with cooking some roasted chicken thighs with sweet and sour onions! Tune in wherever you get your podcasts to see how sexy this recipe is 🔥🔥🔥

[ID: A collage of three photos. Top left is the Cookbook Obscura logo in yellow and gold, with a cookbook on one side and an upside down plate of food on the other. Top right is Patrick Cotnoir, a white man with a dark beard and mustache wearing a black baseball cap that says Patrick Cotnoir, a grey t-shirt with the Twin Peaks Log lady, and a mustard yellow jacket. Bottom photo is a plate with roasted chicken thighs with sweet and sour onions, mashed potatoes, green beans, and a fork.]

09/25/2024

This Friday (9/27), we cook glazed chicken skewers with soy sauce and ginger with ! It’s gets sexy, there’s a chicken substitute for all of our pescatarian friends out there, AND we pander for a sponsorship/collab! What more could you ask for, really?

[ID: A collage of three photos. Top left is the Cookbook Obscura logo in yellow and gold, with a cookbook on one side and an upside down plate of food on the other. Top right is Alison Zeidman, a white woman with brown curly hair wearing a denim zip-up shirt and glasses. Bottom photo is a gloved hand sexily sliding chicken skewers onto the top rack of an oven.]

09/13/2024

Season 2 is LIVE and involves less hot smoothies! HOORAY! We’re just as thankful as is, believe us. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts, or watch the full episode on YouTube. Link in comments.

[Video description: A clip of Kait, Shannon, Ralph and Aubrie from Season 2 Episode 1 of Cookbook Obscura on Zoom.]

09/11/2024

We know we’ve been off the grid for a second, but WE’RE BACK! Join us as we kick off a brand new season featuring The New York Times best selling cookbook 50 Shades of Chicken! That’s right, it’s SEXY CHICKEN time 🐓🔥 On our first ep, joins us to cook some white wine-steamed chicken with sesame oil and scallions! Tune in this Friday 9/13 on Buzzsprout (or wherever you get your podcasts).

[ID 1: A collage of three photos. Top left is the Cookbook Obscura logo in yellow and gold, with a cookbook on one side and an upside down plate of food on the other. Top right is Kait Thompson, a white woman wearing a yellow jacket and a blue and yellow beanie. Bottom photo is a brown marble counter displaying the ingredients for white wine-steamed chicken breasts with sesame oil and scallions.

ID 2: A close-up of the 50 Shades of Chicken parody cookbook.]

04/26/2024

We’re coming in HOT with another season of Cookbook Obscura featuring a brand new cookbook AND a brand new Shannon DeVido segment! We start recording this weekend with some amazing guests, but until then you can relive “Shannon Is The Worst Cook Of All Time” in this clip (and wherever you get your podcasts)! Link to Season 1 in comments 😎

[Video description: A clip of Tanya, Shannon, Ralph and Aubrie from Episode 7 of Cookbook Obscura on Zoom.]

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