Welcome to the Cookbook Chronicles, a series that focuses on cookbook authors, well-known chefs and their passion: food.

Your host, Alina Larson, will be interviewing various food experts about their favorite recipes, why they started cooking and essential ingredients they always have on hand.

So, get out your mixing bowl and join them!

Episode 10: Erin McKenna
Founder of allergy-free bakery Babycakes, this chef shared her special ingredients with us!

Episode 9: Stephanie O'Dea
How a New Year's resolution led her to a cookbook!

Episode 8: Grady Spears
Guess which dish this cowboy loves? Plus: Find out the reason he was thrown into cooking.

Episode 7: Keith Snow
The author of Harvest Eating and creator of HarvestEating.com reveals the one ingredient he always starts out with.

Episode 6: Curtis Stone
Known for appearing on the TV show Take Home Chef, this Aussie cook is willing to help anyone prepare a good meal. He learned his way around the kitchen from his Granny—and hasn't left since!

Episode 5: Devin Alexander
Author of Biggest Loser Family Cookbook, Devin is very conscious about healthy foods. Hear about some of her favorite recipes and tips you can use in your own kitchen.

Plus: Check out her other cookbook The Most Decadent Diet Ever!

Episode 4: Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee
Cecilia's kitchen is always full of ingredients. But garlic is a definite! Find out more about Korean cooking and this chef's favorite ingredients.

Her cookbook Quick and Easy Korean Cooking has several delicious recipes for you to try.

Episode 3: Guy Fieri
When Guy was younger, he cooked a lot of dinners for his family and seeing how happy people were with his dishes led him toward stardom. Find out who he imagines making his recipes and why!

Episode 2: Robin Miller
This Food Network star's biggest inspiration in the kitchen? Her mom. Find out how her mother's passion turned into her career! Plus: The three ingredients she always has on hand, her comfort food and more.

Plus: Check out all things Robin Miller and find even more recipes in Robin Rescues Dinner.

Episode 1: The Paley's
When Vitaly and Kimberly Paley first met, they worked as dinner cruise managers while Kimberly studied dance at the Martha Graham School and Russian-born Vitaly studied music at Juilliard.

Today they own Paley’s Place, in Portland, Oregon, which features local food, and have recently published The Paley's Place Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Pacific Northwest.