Eating Out Loud (& in bed) with Eden Grinshpan | Cocktails & Convos with Cat & Nat
This week we got to chat with the always funny and super-talented chef and TV host Eden Grinshpan about motherhood, her cooking adventures, her new cookbook and that time she flashed the world on Instagram. It was hilarious and amazing and we can't wait to get together with Eden in Toronto to cook and cocktail and laugh some more. Check out the interview below and keep scrolling for our top takeaways!
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Eden's a fan of eating in bed. When she was nursing her daughter, no one could convince her to leave her bed so she did everything there, including eating.
Eden and her husband, Ido, often do Insta stories from their bed where they're usually naked. It's become their thing and we're here for it.
Eden's dreamt of publishing a cookbook since she was a little girl. Much of the cookbook photography was done in her Brooklyn apartment. It doesn't get much more work from home than that!
After high school, Eden went immediately to London, England, to study at Le Cordon Bleu. She credits her parents with supporting her dream of becoming a chef and recognizing she wouldn't do well in University.
Eden is half Israeli and during her studies she set out to learn more about middle-eastern cuisine. It was learning these recipes that helped her connect in a deeper way to her Israeli roots. She loves the veg-forward recipes and bright flavors of middle-eastern and mediterranean food.
Cooking isn't about technique. It's about simple tweaks to make flavors pop and make food as bright and tasty as possible.
Eden admits she's not the most organized mom (we so relate) but cooking was the one constant that kept her feeling normal during these crazy times. That doesn't mean she's always pumped about being in the kitchen though, and Eden admits there are days where she gives her daughter a bagel and calls it good enough.
Season nine of Top Chef Canada is set to start filming soon so be sure to check out Eden.
MORE ABOUT EDEN GRINSHPAN:
Eden is an Israeli-Canadian chef who trained at Le Cordon Bleu. She's the founder of the restaurant DEZ and television host of Cooking Channel's Eden Eats and Food Network's Top Chef Canada. She and her husband, Ido, live in Toronto where they openly share their humorous take on parenthood through Instagram. Her new cookbook, Eating Out Loud features recipes that blend together the flavors of her Israeli-Canadian upbringing and travels in India with a creative and fresh twist. It comes out September 1.
Follow Eden's gorgeous feed on INSTAGRAM.
Preorder her GORGEOUS new cookbook, Eating Out Loud HERE