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Food with Mark Bittman: Al Roker and Courtney Roker Laga

Bringing the charm.

Published November 6, 2024

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Amy Roth

We first had Today weather anchor Al Roker on Food in 2022, an episode aptly titled The Joyful Anomaly, because Al is known for and loved for his cheerfulness.

Listen to Al Roker and Courtney Roker Laga on Food with Mark Bittman

Now, Al’s got a new book called Al Roker’s Recipes to Live By, and it was written with his daughter, Courtney Roker Laga, a trained chef and recipe developer who painstakingly went through her family’s recipes and recreated them with all the knowledge she gleaned from relatives. Mark and Al have a special relationship; Mark’s been on Today a lot over the years, so we were happy to invite Al to come back on the show, but having his daughter on with him, for obvious reasons, added so much for us. Her playful ribbing of her dad – and his responses – are extremely familiar to me.

Al and Courtney’s recipe for Everything-Bagel and Lox Strata is here.

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