Love you guys - It was great how Brian felt the need to introduce his whole self and how Lauren then pointed to herself when she said her name. Easily one of my favorite cooking channels on all of RUclips.
@@brettmoore6781 I think you’re right and that’s what I had in my mind but then I saw the comment below me said Lauren and I was like, oh, maybe that’s it
@@rileydevall5297 can't remember which video it was but he spelled it on the screen once. If you watch this video at .25 speed, you can hear him clearly pronounce it as "Lorn."
Brian: "I used to meal plan like a total nerd." Proceeds to describe exactly how I meal plan now 😂 But I'm glad you and Lauren also explain why that method works so effectively. Less to think about when you've been working all day and also helped cut down on our food waste dramatically.
It eases the stress too if the plan is laid out. I've gotten away from it but gonna get back on the band wagon. Lauren's right, cuts down on waste alot.
man, im glad im not the only one!!!! i have an excel file with monday-sunday for rows and main course, side 1, side 2, side 3 columns lmao, then a huge list for all the ingredients.
Your channel is refreshing bc you don't seem to have the need to be frantic and "over the top" like some other YT chefs. And the recipes work! Easy to see why you've jumped 200K in just a year!
Your take on recycling is mostly correct. Plastic recycling often doesn't pencil out financially and plastic bales often end up getting treated like other waste.
The story of how you two met made me smile so hard and then « I love you babe » just made me cry😭❤️ So glad I found this channel, can’t go a day without watching a video of yours.
I thoroughly enjoy your content, skill, personality and humor. You and your lovely wife are creating a totally dope channel that I have highly recommended to friends and family. I have been watching since the beginning and knew you were the real deal when you didn't jack up the Cuban sandwich like others tend to do. I have made several of your recipes that have really pleased my family. Stay true to you and..."Let's eat this thing!"
I love this video Brian, and your channel has totally become a no-brainer go-to for me for all recipes now! You have a really approachable and likeable quality that is backed by trustworthy and impressive experience, which I think will be a perfect ~recipe~ for success on RUclips. Congratulations on all the success so far and I really can't wait to see your channel continue to grow. Happy New Year!
Hey Brian. Wanted to let you know that you literally changed my entire Culinary Game this year, and wanted to say "thank you" at the year's end! Looking forward to so much more in 2022!
Loved the kenji thoughts and I agree. One of the reasons I really enjoy your recipes is because they remind me a lot of Kenji’s in terms of their methodology and well roundedness but they remain totally yours. Thanks for the fuego content bri!
Love you guys! Easily the best and most inspirational cooking channel on YT. I'm decent cook, but you have me planning things I never would have dared try before. Thank you for all the hard work.
I couldn’t thank you enough. I’ve been trying to do sourdough for a year now and since I’ve started watching you all have come out amazing even when I make small mistakes. You simplified everything even the Mac and cheese 💕
Even though your recipes are a little too ambitious or complicated for me at times I always learn something new. Knowing you spend up 30 hours in the editing process alone - mad respect! ✊It reflects in the quality of your content.
Love, love, love you guys and your channel. You've guided me - in such a fun way - through my adventures in sourdough. And then I kept watching and have learned so much more. My kitchen is a more productive place! Here's a little nugget that will put my adoration/admiration into perspective: y'all's videos are like the only ones that I don't play at warp speed while watching. In fact, the content and delivery are so good...that sometimes I even...rewind. Keep it up!
Bri (can I call you Bri?), just wanted to add that your channel is one of the best food channels out there - seriously hoping your viewership explodes in the coming years. I'm a 58 yo home cook, and in the last few years I've really worked on trying to get more "pro" in my home kitchen, particularly with bread. Your videos have been a great help and inspiration. Also love that you say "in my opinion" so much, since there are so many RUclipsrs that are overly dogmatic about what is "right" in cooking. Happy New Year to you and yours!!
Thank you for a fun video, and lovely to see your wife sharing the screen. I think your use of deli cups is great - the concept of reusing what we have rather than buying more stuff 👍 looking forward to more from your channel in 2022. Happy New Year 🥳
Love the Q&A’s, Bri. It’s great to see the “spontaneous you” just shooting the breeze. Really appreciate you. Happy New Year! PS - I would definitely love a behind-the-scenes video. There’s so much more involved in creating your great recipes and videos than we know.
I perhaps have RUclips ADD, and often fall into a RUclips hole without ever finishing a video from start to finish (except cooking videos), but I just sat here for almost 32 minutes straight. And I loved every second of it! Learned a lot. Thanks Brian and Lauren!
Obviously, I had to go watch the sheet pan pizza 1.0 video. Night. And. Day! Your hard work and attention to detail have made a huge difference. Aesthetically pleasing, informative, and incredibly relaxing. You two are adorable and I love your videos. Thank you.
Can't tell you how much I've enjoyed cooking your recipes this year. Congrats on going full time with RUclips and I look forward to next year's videos. Can you please publish a cookbook soon.
i know nothing is always perfect, but having a partner like lorn has to be amazing and so uplifting. i found your guy's videos not that long ago, and I'm loving it so far.
1). I agree with your spicy take. While some people can take the heat along with great flavor, many just seem to want to taste nothing but heat with varying textures. 2). I think your struggles with the non-recipe content is pretty straight forward, cooking recipes gives videos an inherent and logical structure. Without it, you need to create your own, which is easier said than done.
Awesome show and great Q&A! It was really nice to hear you go into your workflow and in particular how much work it actual is. Getting all those camera angles while also cooking and keeping track of everything is super labor intensive. I can't even imagine how many times you have to wash your hands in order to move the cameras etc... Keep up the killer content and looking forward to fallowing more of your recipes! Jay
Doctor who is most definitely sci-fi Bri-Guy! Thanks for excellent recipes, phenomenal camera work and great personality. I understand how much work you put into everything on both sides of the lens and it's greatly appreciated!
What I like about this vid is not just the information, but we get a sense of who Brian is (and his wife!). And he seems like a great dude just as his videos suggest.
Brian, very cool Q&A. The music of the chef resonated - I worked for several years doing kitchen prep in the morning and bartending at night at an Italian restaurant, and the head cook had a set playlist every damn morning - Def Leppard’s _Hysteria_ on repeat. The entire time. For years. The weekly menu / shopping list, you’re a man after my own heart. It’s so handy to know what you’re going to make each night and to only shop those items. We had a couple nights that were always ‘pizza night’ or ‘burrito night’, and then always had one night that was purposely blank where we could shift a day or change up what we were having, but yeah, more than one trip to the store in a week was _fail_. That said, when my finance suddenly passed away one morning in 2019, I fell out of the habit and have never really gone back. Cooking and shopping for one just isn’t the same. It’s cooking channels like yours that got me cooking for myself at all again. I was almost exclusively making heat-and-eat frozen stuff. Channels like yours reminded me of the joy in the process, and I was honestly shocked when I cooked again for the first time and how wonderful it was to have real food. Your hot take is spot on. Nailed it. Someone asked about tips for a household of two, I wanted to share my habit as I’ve mostly been a house hold of two, and now one. I try to time it so I have my groceries right before the weekend. On a Saturday or Sunday morning, I’ll prep for the week like you’d prep for a restaurant. I cut up all the onions, slice cabbage, marinades - whatever I can do ahead without messing with the quality of the dish. Sometimes I’ll even do things like cook the onions ahead if I know it’s going to be a crazy week and portion them for their dishes ahead, or even do a huge amount of them and freeze them for use anytime, just like making a load of homemade stock and freezing it in portions or cubes. These days I’m just prepping a mis en place for the week and make whatever I feel like at night since I don’t meal plan for one. It’s a nice little gift to yourself after a long day. And while we’re talking about prep - I’m also on the plastic deli tubs. They stack & store small, share lids like you say, they’re killer for freezing stock and other stuff you prep, they’re much cheaper than the glad/ziploc, and they’re reusable. The glad/ziploc stuff can’t touch them - they change their design all the time and the lids from old ones don’t even fit the new ones, never mind how they don’t fit across sizes. Deli containers rule. All desserts are guilt free. You could be dead tomorrow. Enjoy the dessert. (Just don’t eat an entire sheet cake or something 🙂 ) Dinged-up kitchen floors are blessing. It’s a workspace and once they’re dinged-up enough, they all match, and you won’t worry about it again. 😀 Last note: Bri, you’re cool and all, but Lauren is super cool, and you’re totally punching above your weight luring someone that awesome into your life. Go easy on her Christmas stuff. 🙂 Off to watch the original Sheet Pan Pizza video on repeat.
Brian and Lauren, I don't often comment. Your channel is amazing. These are the highest quality videos for cooking that I have seen. I've been watching since the "W&S Days" and I have to say that all of it has been entertaining and helpful. I think the first video I watched was Sheet Pan 1.0 and even that one hooked me immediately. Recently, I have my kids watch a video and recreate the recipe as a group. Having these helpful videos for my teens has been a blessing. Thank you for all of your hard work. You are the Cooking Rock Stars!
Take away: "Recycling is a myth". J/K. Absolutely LOVE the channel. You are a natural on camera (we'll just ignore those couple gardening videos). You are natural in the kitchen. And there is already a "day in the life" feel to your content. I know it's produced and rehearsed. But it comes off as natural. I feel like that's you in the raw. And lastly, you and Lorne (I hope I'm spelling that correctly)...You're adorable. As an older, jaded, divorced and washed up chef myself, you guys give me hope in 2 aspects of life that I had just about given up on...Cooking (I burnt out professionally ) and love which sometimes feels like a myth. It's truly a joy to watch you eat your food. You have an excitement that I always look for when I serve someone, yet rarely is my enthusiasm for food met in kind. And it's a joy to watch you two interact with each other. Both give the impression of "this is how it's supposed to be". And that feels good to watch. Thank you sincerely for sharing that with us.
Love your content dude. Your recipes are always detailed but simultaneously approachable for the average home cook. Aside from the recipes, your presentation style and video structure/editing are super professional and flow smoothly. Keep doing what you're doing, no doubt more people will catch on to your channel.
made your elote three times last week...once for family, once for friends, and once for the firehouse...adjusted each time to the audience...thanks for the inspiration!
The first time I watched one of your videos I wondered if you'd broken into an empty house and started using the kitchen. I've never seen counter tops that bare in a lived-in kitchen. No toaster, no coffee maker, no crock of tools by the stove. I envy the amount of cabinet space you must have.
I came across your content earlier this week, and so much of what I have seen has been top notch. I don't have a lot of experience baking, so as I watch videos on bread and stuff, I ask "why" so many times, and you do a phenomenal job of answering my questions like a lot of other channels, forums, and recipes don't. Love the channel, keep it up
your guys' dynamic is so so good i usually don't gravitate towards a lot of these talking/q&a type videos but i loved this and would totally watch more
Bri you’ve been the GOAT for the past couple months of getting me in the kitchen and exciting me about cooking. All of your recipes have been super approachable and you have a knack for teaching. I think I started watching you when you were around 5k subs, it’s been insane to see you grow so much and it’s so well deserved! Also had no idea Lauren had such a big influence on your creation process, super dope 😎 wish nothing but the best to you guys! Can’t wait to see more from ya big dog! 👌👌
Absolutely agreed. The more I home-cook, the more I realize that, much as I love them all, hot sauces can totally mask the real flavor of dishes. Brian's comment on "Those are the guys who tell you your chili recipe is wrong" makes SO much sense to anyone who works hard at trying to cook from scratch and get it right. That said, sure -- I love my hot sauce. But it's a condiment, not an always "go-to." So Team Bri on this.
Couldn’t agree more and with that said I have a couple friends I’ve made my chili for and they always complain it’s not hot enough as if that’s the only reason to eat chili. Then I remind them it’s why I have hot chipotle peppers on the side for their tough guy taste buds.
Honestly love your videos versus other "full time" chef channels. Yours is more down to Earth for us plebes and really helps to up our game. Please continue.
Happy Holidays and please keep up the great videos. I am a couple generations older - 53 - but cooking since I was 6. Consider myself a pro home cook, but I have learned A LOT from your videos. Except I cannot seem to keep my counters decluttered . . . Particularly like your weeknight meals series. And yes, Dr. Who is sci-fi.
Thoroughly enjoyed the entirety of this video. Appreciate you and Lorn’s down to earth personality and your humble approach to food. Looking forward to seeing more awesome recipes in the new year!
Brian, don't apologize for liking a clear workspace, it's a reflection of your restaurant experience. I like my station to be clear, too. I have co-workers who're always surrounded by chaos (16 knives, 5 towels, bowls, implements, etc) and they're always the slow ones. When your station is clear, it's easier to focus on what you're doing, imho.
Loved this Q & A session. Your wife is a sweetheart. Just FYI, I've cooked on electric for years and years, still hate it. However, I now have an induction cooktop and it's almost as good as gas. I would still prefer gas, but this is totally second best. I love your channel and your content!
Hey Brian, just want to let you know that you are my favorite youtube chef of the year!! Your channel is special imo because your recipes are perfect mixes of complexity and accessibility, your videos are humorous and you always give measures in gram. Keep up good works!!!
I love how Brian said he was most excited for the Sheet Pan Pizza video when that was the recipe I was most excited to try! Fun to make, tasted pretty daaaaang good, too. That sauce!!!! OH, MY GOSH!! Perfection!!!
Listening you your comments gave me a much better idea of all the effort you put into your videos & recipes The effort shows Brian. As an older culinarian (me) in the business, I can say you are truly a pro. Impressive at your young age.
Love the food, pro production on the vids too. Always appreciate the extra music production, I watch on my TV and my sub rips when the tunes come in! You guys are great!
Just wanted to leave a comment and let you know y’all rock. This has become one of my favorite channels to watch, I’m binge watching every video and loving it. Your recipes are awesome, you’re enthusiastic and have a great sense of humor. Keep it up and congratulations on going full time!
Wonderful to see you both 😊 Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas 🎄 Greetings from Scotland 😊 Have a lovely day everyone 🌻 Best wishes for the new year 🍀 2022🌞
If it helps: what I do is create a weekly menu then make a list of all the ingredients I need to buy to make all the meals for the week. It'll take a few times for it to become second nature, but the more you do it, the easier it will get. There's no way I could go grocery shopping without that list: I never waste money on stuff I don't need/won't use; I always have everything I need for everything I make, and it significantly shortens the time I'm actually in the store. Once you've gotten the hang of it, you can group the items on the list according to their sections (meat, produce, dairy, etc.), and order those groups according to the route you take through the store. It only takes me an hour a week to make a menu and a grocery list, and it makes life so much easier.
You have a lot of great content/recipe’s. I made the baked Ziti last week for Christmas Eve and it was a hit. I was talking to my nephew and his husband in New York and they mentioned they were watching your videos as well. Great job and I appreciate the quality of the content.
This was fun. Enjoyed getting a little insight into how you work/think. Getting to know Lauren was great also. Big fan of the show. Only started watching a few months ago. Still working my way through the older shows and also happy to see a new episode. Really enjoy how you break down the step and present the processes., Your enthusiasm really comes through. Kudos.
I think so far I've made 3 of your meals, and your bouf bourgignon was amazing for Christmas. Thank you for all the videos helping a homecook cook better!
Hi, Brian and Lauren! I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, found out your channel about two months ago and I'm loving your content! I made the broccoli ceasar salad with tahini dressing and it was a blast, everybody in my family loved it. It's my new staple. Wish you a happy New Year full of fantastic recipes. Let's eat ALL those things!
Happy New Year and thanks for all the videos. I found one of your old videos for cake donuts when I was searching for a good donut recipe, which is an awesome recipe btw and I have been watching your videos since.
Aw man I missed the question solicitation in the hospital having a baby at the time. 😭 love that you two are sci fi fans. The Expanse and Foundation have both been favs in our house. Love seeing your channel continue to grow and get the recognition it deserves. Happy New Year to you and Lorn 🎉🎉
I replaced allof my tupperware/rubbermaid containers with deli containers several years ago.1 cup, 1 pint, 1 quart... dishwasher safe, freezer safe, no lid hunt, they take up very little room, if you give people food in them you don't have to care about getting them back. I use them for prep, storage, freezing, lunches, and gifting.... Better than zipper bags which aren't very reusable, better than tupperware... and pretty darned cheap... and fully recyclable...
Hello Brian ! Just discovered your channel this year, and tbh it's been the one I've been using the most recipes from ! Really glad you are able to live of it, and you two looks amazing together. Happy new year, cheers from France !
What a treat! Loved this vid - your content is always super informative, but really enjoyed the conversational tone of the Q&A. Kudos to _both_ of you for such great content every week. Happy new year, looking forward to more in 2022. And for the record, would love more Q&As, behind the scenes, and a Brussels vid! Brussels are my fav restaurant food that I have not yet cracked at home.
Great video. I really appreciate the amount of vetting you do in each recipe. There’s nothing worse than investing time and money into a recipe just for it to end up as a fail on the dinner table. I also really appreciate the explanations of why you use one ingredient in place of another, what and when you can sub other ingredients, etc. The fact that you have weights of ingredients is crucial. It’s also BIGLY appreciated that you take the time to write the recipe steps in the video description, that makes it so much easier to recreate. Keep it up dood, let’s get a cookbook out there and I’ll be the first customer.
Great vid Brian! Appreciate that you refilmed it again due to the sound issues the first time around 😁 Been around since weeds and sardines (my name changed too since then. Used to be "Fraulein Kunst until I realised that's what appeared on Gmail when applying for jobs! 🤣). Great to see you doing so well. You ABSOLUTELY deserve every success. You're my favourite cooking channel and have been for a long time. Every recipe I've tried works so well, isn't overly complicated or difficult, so you feel like a pro after making it (and not a failure, like I've felt following other channels). Shout out to your vodka pasta recipe. It's been committed to my own recipe book I have that contains all my favourite things to cook. Hope you both have a great new year! ❤️✌️
One of my favourite things you ever said, and I think this was back in the weeds and sardines days, was "just use your stand mixer" while making some bread dough. People always swear it has to be by hand. Since switching I've been enjoying it more, baking more, and have had some amazing sourdough loaves come out in the process. Loads of trial and error, but they were all still tasty enough loaves. Thanks.
Well done, guys (and I'm not referring to how I like the steak or burgers cooked). Seeing how your site has developed and trying your recipes has been rewarding for me, too--lots of tasty stuff! Your style is cool--don't worry about doing something different. Changing it up with this kind of format every so often is fun, though.
I LOVE THIS!! Easy on Doc Who, I'm an enthusiast of the great Doc Who lol. Love your ideas and thank you Lauren for joining. This was a treat. I will be honest here, what comes across when you are both in the video is how cohesive you are. One can tell you're a real team and thats so refreshing to see in todays world. You've created something very unique here and with you both involved its going to grow. Fyi, thank you for being brutally honest about hot spices. I can't tolerated spicy heat and its very discouraging to see "experts" expound on the importance of spice variety and how to get the most out of them then cover it all in heat. Defeats the purpose to me since I wouldn't taste anything at that point. Thank you Brian and Lauren. Great to see you both. Have a wonderful New Year!!
1. You can try to steam the nicks on your floor. Use a steam iron with a towel. Try it in an inconspicuous spot, first. 2. I use the shower caps from hotels to cover bowls. I reuse them, too.
I have made your jumbo blueberry muffins almost every single week for months......all my neighbors in my building LOVE them!! The scale has been a game changer for my cooking. Thanks.
Skilled chef. Masterful production values. Clean and organized (maybe a little OCD?). And Sci-Fi fans, as well?! You’re clearly good people. No wonder your channel is such a treat. Happy New Year!
Yo Bri, wanted to say thank you! Your channel helped up my food game big time in 2021. We're making your 1 DOUGH 3 PIZZA pizza for new year's. Looking forward to more of the channel in 2022.
“Wear some flannel, do a duck”🤣🤣 Love the quote, and the video, and all your videos! This was a really entertaining and interesting look under the hood, both of you are awesome! Had no idea how much goes into producing one video! You’re a rockstar, and your efforts are truly appreciated!!!
I stumbled upon your channel when planning to make bagels on the weekend and getting frustrated with the mixed results I was getting using other recipes - been totally hooked since. You've both obviously got enough other things on your respective plates, but I would absolutely crush a Lagerstrom podcast if you ever decided to venture into that space. You and Lauren are both super approachable and enjoyable to listen to and I really appreciate all your recipes, content, and presentation. Thanks Bri (and Lauren!)
@@BrianLagerstrom In the battle for eyeballs, you guys get props for professional presence. My request: How to make sandwiches that carry over a day or two, or salads that last almost a week. Solo cooking is on the rise, and focusing on how singles can stay motivated about cooking will be foremost. Oh, happy new year to you and Lauren! :-D
Thank you for all the videos. I plan to open a small restaurant this year and I’m totally working that pesto pasta into the menu. I enjoy recreating your recipes.
Love you guys - It was great how Brian felt the need to introduce his whole self and how Lauren then pointed to herself when she said her name. Easily one of my favorite cooking channels on all of RUclips.
Lauren is hilarious and your guys’ relationship is sweet. I vote for more random insertions of Lauren into videos.
I think it's Lorn
@@brettmoore6781 I think you’re right and that’s what I had in my mind but then I saw the comment below me said Lauren and I was like, oh, maybe that’s it
@@50sKid yea, easy mistake to make but I think he wrote it up on the screen in one of the earlier vids.
pretty sure its Lauren
@@rileydevall5297 can't remember which video it was but he spelled it on the screen once. If you watch this video at .25 speed, you can hear him clearly pronounce it as "Lorn."
Simply, Thank you! We are all appreciative of the hard work that both of you put into your channel.
Tho a is very much for watching!
Brian: "I used to meal plan like a total nerd."
Proceeds to describe exactly how I meal plan now 😂 But I'm glad you and Lauren also explain why that method works so effectively. Less to think about when you've been working all day and also helped cut down on our food waste dramatically.
It really helps I’m a huge advocate for that!
It eases the stress too if the plan is laid out. I've gotten away from it but gonna get back on the band wagon. Lauren's right, cuts down on waste alot.
man, im glad im not the only one!!!! i have an excel file with monday-sunday for rows and main course, side 1, side 2, side 3 columns lmao, then a huge list for all the ingredients.
Your channel is refreshing bc you don't seem to have the need to be frantic and "over the top" like some other YT chefs. And the recipes work! Easy to see why you've jumped 200K in just a year!
Thanks for watching Mobydog!
Between your channel, Ethan chlebowski, and Pro Home Cooks I have been improving my cooking skills drastically so thank you for being awesome!
Glad you’re getting value out of the videos. Thanks for being here.
Your take on recycling is mostly correct. Plastic recycling often doesn't pencil out financially and plastic bales often end up getting treated like other waste.
You guys are so cute 🥰 Also, Lauren's voice should be on radio...so relaxing, and at the same time very clear, with a great pace of speech.
The story of how you two met made me smile so hard and then « I love you babe » just made me cry😭❤️
So glad I found this channel, can’t go a day without watching a video of yours.
I thoroughly enjoy your content, skill, personality and humor. You and your lovely wife are creating a totally dope channel that I have highly recommended to friends and family. I have been watching since the beginning and knew you were the real deal when you didn't jack up the Cuban sandwich like others tend to do. I have made several of your recipes that have really pleased my family. Stay true to you and..."Let's eat this thing!"
Thanks very much for trying the recipes and watching the vids! Happy new year!
I love this video Brian, and your channel has totally become a no-brainer go-to for me for all recipes now! You have a really approachable and likeable quality that is backed by trustworthy and impressive experience, which I think will be a perfect ~recipe~ for success on RUclips. Congratulations on all the success so far and I really can't wait to see your channel continue to grow. Happy New Year!
Thanks very much for the kind words Alex. I really appreciate you being here and watching the vids.
I agree with you BOTH! Excellent work! Bravo!!
Hey Brian. Wanted to let you know that you literally changed my entire Culinary Game this year, and wanted to say "thank you" at the year's end! Looking forward to so much more in 2022!
Thanks very much for watching the vids! Very glad your here.
Loved the kenji thoughts and I agree. One of the reasons I really enjoy your recipes is because they remind me a lot of Kenji’s in terms of their methodology and well roundedness but they remain totally yours. Thanks for the fuego content bri!
Love you guys! Easily the best and most inspirational cooking channel on YT. I'm decent cook, but you have me planning things I never would have dared try before. Thank you for all the hard work.
brian - you are so well spoken with an ease of grace and genuineness to deliver your encyclopedic knowledge
I couldn’t thank you enough. I’ve been trying to do sourdough for a year now and since I’ve started watching you all have come out amazing even when I make small mistakes. You simplified everything even the Mac and cheese 💕
Even though your recipes are a little too ambitious or complicated for me at times I always learn something new. Knowing you spend up 30 hours in the editing process alone - mad respect! ✊It reflects in the quality of your content.
Thanks!
Love, love, love you guys and your channel. You've guided me - in such a fun way - through my adventures in sourdough. And then I kept watching and have learned so much more. My kitchen is a more productive place! Here's a little nugget that will put my adoration/admiration into perspective: y'all's videos are like the only ones that I don't play at warp speed while watching. In fact, the content and delivery are so good...that sometimes I even...rewind. Keep it up!
Dude! The Expanse absolutely rocks! Best sci-fi series ever!
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Bri (can I call you Bri?), just wanted to add that your channel is one of the best food channels out there - seriously hoping your viewership explodes in the coming years. I'm a 58 yo home cook, and in the last few years I've really worked on trying to get more "pro" in my home kitchen, particularly with bread. Your videos have been a great help and inspiration. Also love that you say "in my opinion" so much, since there are so many RUclipsrs that are overly dogmatic about what is "right" in cooking. Happy New Year to you and yours!!
You can call me Bri as long as I can call you Kev. Thanks so much. Glad to have you here. Happy New Year to you.
@@BrianLagerstrom - Deal!
I just started watching The Expanse a few weeks ago, it's super well done.
Greetings from Jacksonville Florida USA. You have created a great channel. Love you guys and what you are doing. Thanks for doing it.
Bri: "I mainly watch, like, sci-fi... The Expanse ... Foundation ... Lauren's watched, like, all of Battlestar multiple times ..."
My people.
🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
The Expanse is phenomenal👌
Really hope that they will do the other books!
Thank you for a fun video, and lovely to see your wife sharing the screen. I think your use of deli cups is great - the concept of reusing what we have rather than buying more stuff 👍 looking forward to more from your channel in 2022. Happy New Year 🥳
So happy to see all the success you achieved in 2021 chef!!!!
Thanks very much Tian! Hope your well
Love the Q&A’s, Bri. It’s great to see the “spontaneous you” just shooting the breeze. Really appreciate you. Happy New Year! PS - I would definitely love a behind-the-scenes video. There’s so much more involved in creating your great recipes and videos than we know.
I perhaps have RUclips ADD, and often fall into a RUclips hole without ever finishing a video from start to finish (except cooking videos), but I just sat here for almost 32 minutes straight. And I loved every second of it! Learned a lot. Thanks Brian and Lauren!
Obviously, I had to go watch the sheet pan pizza 1.0 video. Night. And. Day! Your hard work and attention to detail have made a huge difference. Aesthetically pleasing, informative, and incredibly relaxing. You two are adorable and I love your videos. Thank you.
Thanks very much for watching, so sorry you saw that vid!
Love your content, brightens my day every time. Was great seeing the dynamic with both of you.
Thanks a lot for watching!
Yes, have watched since Weeds & Sardines.... lol
Can't tell you how much I've enjoyed cooking your recipes this year. Congrats on going full time with RUclips and I look forward to next year's videos. Can you please publish a cookbook soon.
Honestly, the professionalism and cleanliness is why I love the chanel!
i know nothing is always perfect, but having a partner like lorn has to be amazing and so uplifting. i found your guy's videos not that long ago, and I'm loving it so far.
1). I agree with your spicy take. While some people can take the heat along with great flavor, many just seem to want to taste nothing but heat with varying textures.
2). I think your struggles with the non-recipe content is pretty straight forward, cooking recipes gives videos an inherent and logical structure. Without it, you need to create your own, which is easier said than done.
2.) agree. That kind of “storytelling” is another level of writing and development I would like to explore more.
ALL foods are a Frank's Hot Sauce delivery system. There I said it!!
Love your channel and your cooking approach (very entertaining and informative) - you have some serious chef skills
Thanks Patti!
This is so charming y’all. We love seeing you talk and converse off script. The best, ever.
Thanks so much, we’re never sure how these will do but people seem to be liking this one. Happy new year
Awesome show and great Q&A! It was really nice to hear you go into your workflow and in particular how much work it actual is. Getting all those camera angles while also cooking and keeping track of everything is super labor intensive. I can't even imagine how many times you have to wash your hands in order to move the cameras etc... Keep up the killer content and looking forward to fallowing more of your recipes! Jay
Doctor who is most definitely sci-fi Bri-Guy! Thanks for excellent recipes, phenomenal camera work and great personality. I understand how much work you put into everything on both sides of the lens and it's greatly appreciated!
Thanks very much for watching! Glad you dig the content!
What I like about this vid is not just the information, but we get a sense of who Brian is (and his wife!). And he seems like a great dude just as his videos suggest.
Brian, very cool Q&A. The music of the chef resonated - I worked for several years doing kitchen prep in the morning and bartending at night at an Italian restaurant, and the head cook had a set playlist every damn morning - Def Leppard’s _Hysteria_ on repeat. The entire time. For years.
The weekly menu / shopping list, you’re a man after my own heart. It’s so handy to know what you’re going to make each night and to only shop those items.
We had a couple nights that were always ‘pizza night’ or ‘burrito night’, and then always had one night that was purposely blank where we could shift a day or change up what we were having, but yeah, more than one trip to the store in a week was _fail_.
That said, when my finance suddenly passed away one morning in 2019, I fell out of the habit and have never really gone back. Cooking and shopping for one just isn’t the same.
It’s cooking channels like yours that got me cooking for myself at all again. I was almost exclusively making heat-and-eat frozen stuff. Channels like yours reminded me of the joy in the process, and I was honestly shocked when I cooked again for the first time and how wonderful it was to have real food.
Your hot take is spot on. Nailed it.
Someone asked about tips for a household of two, I wanted to share my habit as I’ve mostly been a house hold of two, and now one. I try to time it so I have my groceries right before the weekend.
On a Saturday or Sunday morning, I’ll prep for the week like you’d prep for a restaurant. I cut up all the onions, slice cabbage, marinades - whatever I can do ahead without messing with the quality of the dish.
Sometimes I’ll even do things like cook the onions ahead if I know it’s going to be a crazy week and portion them for their dishes ahead, or even do a huge amount of them and freeze them for use anytime, just like making a load of homemade stock and freezing it in portions or cubes. These days I’m just prepping a mis en place for the week and make whatever I feel like at night since I don’t meal plan for one. It’s a nice little gift to yourself after a long day.
And while we’re talking about prep - I’m also on the plastic deli tubs. They stack & store small, share lids like you say, they’re killer for freezing stock and other stuff you prep, they’re much cheaper than the glad/ziploc, and they’re reusable. The glad/ziploc stuff can’t touch them - they change their design all the time and the lids from old ones don’t even fit the new ones, never mind how they don’t fit across sizes. Deli containers rule.
All desserts are guilt free. You could be dead tomorrow. Enjoy the dessert. (Just don’t eat an entire sheet cake or something 🙂 )
Dinged-up kitchen floors are blessing. It’s a workspace and once they’re dinged-up enough, they all match, and you won’t worry about it again. 😀
Last note: Bri, you’re cool and all, but Lauren is super cool, and you’re totally punching above your weight luring someone that awesome into your life. Go easy on her Christmas stuff. 🙂
Off to watch the original Sheet Pan Pizza video on repeat.
Thanks for the response! Lauren is amazing and I’m suuuper lucky to have her!
Brian and Lauren, I don't often comment. Your channel is amazing. These are the highest quality videos for cooking that I have seen. I've been watching since the "W&S Days" and I have to say that all of it has been entertaining and helpful. I think the first video I watched was Sheet Pan 1.0 and even that one hooked me immediately. Recently, I have my kids watch a video and recreate the recipe as a group. Having these helpful videos for my teens has been a blessing. Thank you for all of your hard work. You are the Cooking Rock Stars!
Thanks SO much for being with us over the last year and a half! Looking forward to many more vids!
Take away: "Recycling is a myth". J/K. Absolutely LOVE the channel. You are a natural on camera (we'll just ignore those couple gardening videos). You are natural in the kitchen. And there is already a "day in the life" feel to your content. I know it's produced and rehearsed. But it comes off as natural. I feel like that's you in the raw. And lastly, you and Lorne (I hope I'm spelling that correctly)...You're adorable. As an older, jaded, divorced and washed up chef myself, you guys give me hope in 2 aspects of life that I had just about given up on...Cooking (I burnt out professionally ) and love which sometimes feels like a myth. It's truly a joy to watch you eat your food. You have an excitement that I always look for when I serve someone, yet rarely is my enthusiasm for food met in kind. And it's a joy to watch you two interact with each other. Both give the impression of "this is how it's supposed to be". And that feels good to watch. Thank you sincerely for sharing that with us.
Thanks so much, man. That’s exactly what I’m hoping people get out of the content. Thanks for sharing. See you around.
Such a sweet couple. Wishing you both a happy holiday season together 💯💯💚♥️
Love your content dude. Your recipes are always detailed but simultaneously approachable for the average home cook. Aside from the recipes, your presentation style and video structure/editing are super professional and flow smoothly. Keep doing what you're doing, no doubt more people will catch on to your channel.
Love this format and appreciate the content.
Thanks a lot happy new year
So fun! Thanks for all the videos guys! Happy New Year and keep up the good job 🥂👍🏻
made your elote three times last week...once for family, once for friends, and once for the firehouse...adjusted each time to the audience...thanks for the inspiration!
The first time I watched one of your videos I wondered if you'd broken into an empty house and started using the kitchen. I've never seen counter tops that bare in a lived-in kitchen. No toaster, no coffee maker, no crock of tools by the stove. I envy the amount of cabinet space you must have.
I came across your content earlier this week, and so much of what I have seen has been top notch. I don't have a lot of experience baking, so as I watch videos on bread and stuff, I ask "why" so many times, and you do a phenomenal job of answering my questions like a lot of other channels, forums, and recipes don't. Love the channel, keep it up
your guys' dynamic is so so good i usually don't gravitate towards a lot of these talking/q&a type videos but i loved this and would totally watch more
Bri you’ve been the GOAT for the past couple months of getting me in the kitchen and exciting me about cooking. All of your recipes have been super approachable and you have a knack for teaching. I think I started watching you when you were around 5k subs, it’s been insane to see you grow so much and it’s so well deserved! Also had no idea Lauren had such a big influence on your creation process, super dope 😎 wish nothing but the best to you guys! Can’t wait to see more from ya big dog! 👌👌
Love this video dude.
Im with you on your spicy take
Haha thanks my dood
Absolutely agreed. The more I home-cook, the more I realize that, much as I love them all, hot sauces can totally mask the real flavor of dishes. Brian's comment on "Those are the guys who tell you your chili recipe is wrong" makes SO much sense to anyone who works hard at trying to cook from scratch and get it right. That said, sure -- I love my hot sauce. But it's a condiment, not an always "go-to." So Team Bri on this.
Couldn’t agree more and with that said I have a couple friends I’ve made my chili for and they always complain it’s not hot enough as if that’s the only reason to eat chili. Then I remind them it’s why I have hot chipotle peppers on the side for their tough guy taste buds.
I'm more of a fan knowing that Brian watched "The Expanse"!!
Honestly love your videos versus other "full time" chef channels. Yours is more down to Earth for us plebes and really helps to up our game. Please continue.
Fun seeing you guys interact, and getting to know you better!
This channel is in my top V RUclips cooking channels !
Brian deserves much more subscribers
Cheers from Montreal 🇨🇦
Happy Holidays and please keep up the great videos. I am a couple generations older - 53 - but cooking since I was 6. Consider myself a pro home cook, but I have learned A LOT from your videos. Except I cannot seem to keep my counters decluttered . . . Particularly like your weeknight meals series. And yes, Dr. Who is sci-fi.
Haha Lorn is so happy everyone in the comments agrees that DR WHO is sci fi! Happy holidays thanks for watching
Thoroughly enjoyed the entirety of this video. Appreciate you and Lorn’s down to earth personality and your humble approach to food. Looking forward to seeing more awesome recipes in the new year!
Thanks Syd!
Brian, don't apologize for liking a clear workspace, it's a reflection of your restaurant experience. I like my station to be clear, too. I have co-workers who're always surrounded by chaos (16 knives, 5 towels, bowls, implements, etc) and they're always the slow ones. When your station is clear, it's easier to focus on what you're doing, imho.
Loved this Q & A session. Your wife is a sweetheart. Just FYI, I've cooked on electric for years and years, still hate it. However, I now have an induction cooktop and it's almost as good as gas. I would still prefer gas, but this is totally second best. I love your channel and your content!
How do you figure? Gas is stone age. Induction is faster, cleaner, and doesn't waste heat into the room.
Hey Brian, just want to let you know that you are my favorite youtube chef of the year!! Your channel is special imo because your recipes are perfect mixes of complexity and accessibility, your videos are humorous and you always give measures in gram. Keep up good works!!!
I love how Brian said he was most excited for the Sheet Pan Pizza video when that was the recipe I was most excited to try! Fun to make, tasted pretty daaaaang good, too. That sauce!!!! OH, MY GOSH!! Perfection!!!
Listening you your comments gave me a much better idea of all the effort you put into your videos & recipes The effort shows Brian. As an older culinarian (me) in the business, I can say you are truly a pro. Impressive at your young age.
Love the food, pro production on the vids too. Always appreciate the extra music production, I watch on my TV and my sub rips when the tunes come in! You guys are great!
Just wanted to leave a comment and let you know y’all rock. This has become one of my favorite channels to watch, I’m binge watching every video and loving it. Your recipes are awesome, you’re enthusiastic and have a great sense of humor. Keep it up and congratulations on going full time!
I love the hot takes. Its great to see someone with an opinion about things. I love your videos, some of the best content on RUclips. Happy New Year!
Wonderful to see you both 😊 Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas 🎄 Greetings from Scotland 😊 Have a lovely day everyone 🌻 Best wishes for the new year 🍀 2022🌞
Happy new year thanks for watching!
Showing us how to prep a grocery list for the week WOULD BE AMAZING!!!!!!!! I find it super difficult.
If it helps: what I do is create a weekly menu then make a list of all the ingredients I need to buy to make all the meals for the week. It'll take a few times for it to become second nature, but the more you do it, the easier it will get. There's no way I could go grocery shopping without that list: I never waste money on stuff I don't need/won't use; I always have everything I need for everything I make, and it significantly shortens the time I'm actually in the store. Once you've gotten the hang of it, you can group the items on the list according to their sections (meat, produce, dairy, etc.), and order those groups according to the route you take through the store. It only takes me an hour a week to make a menu and a grocery list, and it makes life so much easier.
@@susangarland6869 Right on! Thanks!
Thank you both!
Thanks for watching it!
You have a lot of great content/recipe’s. I made the baked Ziti last week for Christmas Eve and it was a hit. I was talking to my nephew and his husband in New York and they mentioned they were watching your videos as well. Great job and I appreciate the quality of the content.
This was fun. Enjoyed getting a little insight into how you work/think. Getting to know Lauren was great also.
Big fan of the show. Only started watching a few months ago. Still working my way through the older shows and also happy to see a new episode. Really enjoy how you break down the step and present the processes., Your enthusiasm really comes through. Kudos.
I think so far I've made 3 of your meals, and your bouf bourgignon was amazing for Christmas. Thank you for all the videos helping a homecook cook better!
Hi, Brian and Lauren! I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, found out your channel about two months ago and I'm loving your content! I made the broccoli ceasar salad with tahini dressing and it was a blast, everybody in my family loved it. It's my new staple. Wish you a happy New Year full of fantastic recipes. Let's eat ALL those things!
Thanks very much for watching happy new year
Happy New Year and thanks for all the videos. I found one of your old videos for cake donuts when I was searching for a good donut recipe, which is an awesome recipe btw and I have been watching your videos since.
Thanks very much for being here. Glad you found the channel Anthony
Aw man I missed the question solicitation in the hospital having a baby at the time. 😭 love that you two are sci fi fans. The Expanse and Foundation have both been favs in our house. Love seeing your channel continue to grow and get the recognition it deserves. Happy New Year to you and Lorn 🎉🎉
Foundation was SICK! Congrats on the new BB
you guys have grown a bunch since i first started watching y'all! mad proud and keep up the great work
Thanks for watching!
I replaced allof my tupperware/rubbermaid containers with deli containers several years ago.1 cup, 1 pint, 1 quart... dishwasher safe, freezer safe, no lid hunt, they take up very little room, if you give people food in them you don't have to care about getting them back. I use them for prep, storage, freezing, lunches, and gifting.... Better than zipper bags which aren't very reusable, better than tupperware... and pretty darned cheap... and fully recyclable...
Hello Brian ! Just discovered your channel this year, and tbh it's been the one I've been using the most recipes from !
Really glad you are able to live of it, and you two looks amazing together.
Happy new year, cheers from France !
What a treat! Loved this vid - your content is always super informative, but really enjoyed the conversational tone of the Q&A. Kudos to _both_ of you for such great content every week. Happy new year, looking forward to more in 2022. And for the record, would love more Q&As, behind the scenes, and a Brussels vid! Brussels are my fav restaurant food that I have not yet cracked at home.
Great video. I really appreciate the amount of vetting you do in each recipe. There’s nothing worse than investing time and money into a recipe just for it to end up as a fail on the dinner table. I also really appreciate the explanations of why you use one ingredient in place of another, what and when you can sub other ingredients, etc. The fact that you have weights of ingredients is crucial. It’s also BIGLY appreciated that you take the time to write the recipe steps in the video description, that makes it so much easier to recreate. Keep it up dood, let’s get a cookbook out there and I’ll be the first customer.
Thanks for watching and for the kind words. Not sure if there will be a book…we will see!
Great vid Brian! Appreciate that you refilmed it again due to the sound issues the first time around 😁
Been around since weeds and sardines (my name changed too since then. Used to be "Fraulein Kunst until I realised that's what appeared on Gmail when applying for jobs! 🤣).
Great to see you doing so well. You ABSOLUTELY deserve every success. You're my favourite cooking channel and have been for a long time. Every recipe I've tried works so well, isn't overly complicated or difficult, so you feel like a pro after making it (and not a failure, like I've felt following other channels).
Shout out to your vodka pasta recipe. It's been committed to my own recipe book I have that contains all my favourite things to cook.
Hope you both have a great new year! ❤️✌️
One of my favourite things you ever said, and I think this was back in the weeds and sardines days, was "just use your stand mixer" while making some bread dough. People always swear it has to be by hand. Since switching I've been enjoying it more, baking more, and have had some amazing sourdough loaves come out in the process. Loads of trial and error, but they were all still tasty enough loaves.
Thanks.
That was fun seeing how you both interacted and reacted during the Q&A. Thank you for sharing.
great video bry-laur. keep up the excellent work. And, rock on in 2022.
Shoutout to you, BMan!
I've been here since Weeds and Sardines and you've legit made me a better cook.
Well done, guys (and I'm not referring to how I like the steak or burgers cooked). Seeing how your site has developed and trying your recipes has been rewarding for me, too--lots of tasty stuff! Your style is cool--don't worry about doing something different. Changing it up with this kind of format every so often is fun, though.
Thanks Kevin.
I LOVE THIS!! Easy on Doc Who, I'm an enthusiast of the great Doc Who lol. Love your ideas and thank you Lauren for joining. This was a treat. I will be honest here, what comes across when you are both in the video is how cohesive you are. One can tell you're a real team and thats so refreshing to see in todays world. You've created something very unique here and with you both involved its going to grow. Fyi, thank you for being brutally honest about hot spices. I can't tolerated spicy heat and its very discouraging to see "experts" expound on the importance of spice variety and how to get the most out of them then cover it all in heat. Defeats the purpose to me since I wouldn't taste anything at that point. Thank you Brian and Lauren. Great to see you both. Have a wonderful New Year!!
1. You can try to steam the nicks on your floor. Use a steam iron with a towel. Try it in an inconspicuous spot, first. 2. I use the shower caps from hotels to cover bowls. I reuse them, too.
Great video! The plastic bit gave me a good laugh too, and I'm glad you give them a good go.
Thank you for showing this Q&A， Happy New Year。
Happy new year!
Really fantastic Q&A, you should do like... a quarterly one of these or something. Also, Lorn is awesome!
I have made your jumbo blueberry muffins almost every single week for months......all my neighbors in my building LOVE them!! The scale has been a game changer for my cooking. Thanks.
Amazing! So glad you went for it and your neighbors like it!
If often make them too. Great muffins!
Happy new year to you two! I’m so glad I bumped into this channel a year and a half ago!
Skilled chef.
Masterful production values.
Clean and organized (maybe a little OCD?).
And Sci-Fi fans, as well?!
You’re clearly good people.
No wonder your channel is such a treat.
Happy New Year!
Yo Bri, wanted to say thank you! Your channel helped up my food game big time in 2021. We're making your 1 DOUGH 3 PIZZA pizza for new year's. Looking forward to more of the channel in 2022.
Awesome! Which approach are you taking with the pizza?
I was just gifted a baking steel so we're taking that on its maiden voyage. We've made it tons of times in cast iron and it always comes out great.
The 1 dough 3 pizza is my go to pizza dough and it's so so good.
Great job plying your trade.
It’s nice to see actual, experienced talent sharing info.
Man, being gluten free and having to watch all the amazing bread recipes must be torture. That's a good wife right there.
“Wear some flannel, do a duck”🤣🤣
Love the quote, and the video, and all your videos! This was a really entertaining and interesting look under the hood, both of you are awesome! Had no idea how much goes into producing one video! You’re a rockstar, and your efforts are truly appreciated!!!
I struggled withyour plastic use as well. I am glad you addressed it.
I stumbled upon your channel when planning to make bagels on the weekend and getting frustrated with the mixed results I was getting using other recipes - been totally hooked since. You've both obviously got enough other things on your respective plates, but I would absolutely crush a Lagerstrom podcast if you ever decided to venture into that space. You and Lauren are both super approachable and enjoyable to listen to and I really appreciate all your recipes, content, and presentation. Thanks Bri (and Lauren!)
This is awesome, thanks Bri and Lauren! Great work.
Thanks for watching Happy New year Michael.
@@BrianLagerstrom In the battle for eyeballs, you guys get props for professional presence. My request: How to make sandwiches that carry over a day or two, or salads that last almost a week. Solo cooking is on the rise, and focusing on how singles can stay motivated about cooking will be foremost. Oh, happy new year to you and Lauren! :-D
Thank you for all the videos. I plan to open a small restaurant this year and I’m totally working that pesto pasta into the menu. I enjoy recreating your recipes.
This was very wholesome to watch.