Lessons In Chemistry’s Courtney McBroom on 1950s Food & Brie Larson’s Cooking

Kyle Meredith With... · Oct 20, 2023 · 12m

Cooking author and chef Courtney McBroom joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the new Apple TV limited series, Lessons In Chemistry, which stars Brie Larson as a chemist in the 1950s constantly having to prove herself against a male-dominated field, eventually finding an easier route and use for her skills as the host of a cooking show. McBroom tells us about consulting on a show like this, what the food of the 1950s was generally defined by, and how Larson is also a great cook in real life. She also dissects Larson’s character arch from cooking with her scientific mind to eventually learning…