In this very special final episode of what has been the Internet's only cooking and book chat show… Chad Harbach, author of The Art of Fielding, teaches Emily Gould how to make homemade protein bars. Oh yes. Hey, Chad is appearing at Politics and Prose tonight in D.C.! Go say hi! And go say hi to our hostess Emily Gould, at her new venture, Emily Books. A round of applause!

Cooking the Books has been directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier, tireless and wonderful people both. You can see all the Cooking the Books episodes here [...]

In the latest installment of what is somehow the Internet's only cooking and book chat show, Emily Gould chats with author Sigrid Nunez about her new book, Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag, which is brand new, out this week, so get it right now, it's short and terrific!

Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier. You can see all the Cooking the Books episodes here or even subscribe via iTunes. Previously: Emma Rathbone Makes Strawberry Wafer Cookies; Doogie Horner Makes "Gettin' Laid Lemonade," Emily Gould and Tao [...]

In the latest installment of what is somehow the Internet's only cooking and book chat show, Emily Gould interviews Lukas Volger and they create a whole new food paradigm. Lukas is the author of Veggie Burgers Every Which Way. And he does mean EVERY! Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier. You can see all the Cooking the Books episodes here or even subscribe via iTunes. Previously: Emily Gould and Tao Lin Make Raw Salad, Jennifer Egan makes macaroons.

This time on Cooking the Books: Malena Watrous, author of If You Follow Me, a novel about young people teaching English in rural Japan, helps Emily Gould make sushi. Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier.

Previously: Will Leitch, Julie Klausner, Joanna Smith Rakoff.

Joanna Smith Rakoff, author of A Fortunate Age, helps our host Emily Gould recreate the late 90s by cooking up the infamous harissa egg scramble once found at long-lost Williamsburg institution Oznot's. (It is an exceptional hangover helper.) Cooking the Books-the Internet's only cooking and book chat show!?-is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier. (PS Our in-house harissa recipe is here!)

Sam Lipsyte, the author of Home Land, whose new book is The Ask, and Ceridwen Morris, whose latest is From the Hips, were interviewed by Emily Gould. Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier!

Cooking the Books, with Emily Gould, was shot and edited by Val Temple. In this episode: Jami Attenberg eats some dangerously undercooked meat to celebrate the publication this week of The Melting Season (buy it here!), the story of a married woman who leaves her life in Nebraska for Las Vegas.

(Previously: Obsolete Methods of Making Cookies and Popcorn with Anna Jane Grossman.)

The very sweet and a little bit shy Jon-Jon Goulian, the author of the memoir The Man in the Gray Flannel Skirt, is the guest in Emily Gould's home kitchen. SPOILER: There are outfit changes! (Like a Cher concert!)

Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier. You can see all the Cooking the Books episodes here or even subscribe via iTunes. Previously: Bryan Charles Makes Spicy Chicken; Sigrid Nunez Makes Szechuan Green Beans; Emma Rathbone Makes Strawberry Wafer Cookies; Doogie Horner Makes "Gettin' Laid Lemonade"; Tao Lin Makes [...]

In this episode of Cooking the Books: Doogie Horner, the author of Everything Explained Through Flowcharts, teaches Emily Gould how to make "Gettin' Laid Lemonade." And then they get wasted. Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier. You can see all the Cooking the Books episodes here or even subscribe via iTunes. Previously: Marcy Dermansky literally reinvents pudding; Tao Lin makes raw salad; Jennifer Egan makes macaroons. Plus! Veggie Burgers Every Which Way.

Today on Cooking the Books… Emily Gould learns how to make salad with Tao Lin, author of Richard Yates. And… well. Wow. Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier. You can see all the Cooking the Books episodes here or even subscribe via iTunes. Previously: Jennifer Egan makes macaroons.

Will Leitch, author of Are We Winning? and editor emeritus of the glorious Deadspin, enters the dangerous studio of Cooking the Books, where he finds Emily Gould wearing some sort of sports outfit? Sexiness ensues. Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier.

In this week's insanely special episode of Cooking the Books, the cooking tables are turned, and our usual book-cooking host, Emily Gould, has become the interview subject. Guest host (and one-time subject!) Bennett Madison takes the interrogation reins-a perfect choice, as he appears in Emily's new essay/book/memoir And the Heart Says Whatever, which is out shortly. (You can read more about it in today's New York mag!) Cooking the Books is directed by the terrific Valerie Temple and shot and edited by the wonderful Andrew Gauthier.

Emily Gould's home cooking and book chat show, produced and edited by Val Temple, gets a visit from Julie Powell, author of Julie and Julia and the new Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession.

Cooking the Books, with Emily Gould, was shot and edited by Val Temple. This week's guest, Anna Jane Grossman, is the author of Obsolete: An Encyclopedia of Once-Common Things Passing Us By. (Previous episodes are here.)

In this new episode of Cooking the Books: Bryan Charles, the fantastically tall author of There's a Road to Everywhere Except Where You Came From: A Memoir, comes to Emily Gould's home-studio kitchen to make chicken. Oh, but not just any chicken! Plus, you can read an excerpt.

Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier. You can see all the Cooking the Books episodes here or even subscribe via iTunes. Previously: Juicing with Jon Cotner and Andy Fitch; Sigrid Nunez Makes Szechuan Green Beans; Emma Rathbone Makes Strawberry Wafer [...]

In today's episode, the intrepid Emily Gould meets Marcy Dermansky, the author of Bad Marie, which is about a woman who gets out of prison who is not so good at child care! So of course, here in our glamorous test kitchen, they make mac and cheese and instant pudding. Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier. You can see all the Cooking the Books episodes here or even subscribe via iTunes. Previously: Tao Lin makes raw salad; Jennifer Egan makes macaroons. Plus! Veggie Burgers Every Which Way.

Emily Gould invites Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, into her home kitchen to make macaroons. Jennifer Egan! Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier. You can see all the Cooking the Books episodes here or even subscribe via iTunes.

Our brave host Emily Gould brings Julie Klausner into her home kitchen-very daring!-for a talk about boys, memoirs and how to make kugel. Julie's book: I Don't Care About Your Band. And: kugel! It's not just for Jews any more. Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier.

In Emily Gould's glamorous home kitchen studio, she finally learns to properly make hollandaise with the very funny (if CANADIAN!) Kathryn Borel, the author of Corked: a Memoir, who is also admittedly the first (known) killer to participate in "Cooking the Books." (Awkward!) As well, it turns out the secret of hollandaise is putting the butter in your pants? Cooking the Books is directed by Valerie Temple and shot and edited by Andrew Gauthier.

Emily Gould's home cooking and book chat show, produced by Val Temple, gets a visit from Marisa Meltzer, author of the brand-new Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music. You will also remember Marisa as the author of last summer's serial novella Managed Expectations and the co-author of How 'Sassy' Changed My Life.