The Kitchen Audible (TKA) is the online playbook for discerning men who want to kick it up a notch and change their culinary game plan through powerful, tasty recipes. Here at TKA, you’ll find culinary strategies to energize your life and give you the power to get off the sidelines and back in the game. We know you can’t control the economy, your boss, or the weather, but you can control how you fuel your body.

The TKA playbook is designed with the beer-drinking, meat-eating, sports-loving man in mind — the type of man who wouldn’t be caught dead eating a salad and who is not likely to willingly eat zoodles or cauliflower “mashed potatoes.” But don’t be fooled – our recipes pack an impressive punch for men, women, and children alike.

Coach W and Nicci, the husband-and-wife duo behind TKA, make a great team – together they find recipe inspiration, then Coach W cooks while Nicci tweaks the recipes to make them a bit healthier but still acceptable to men with discerning palates. They embrace the Men Cook movement, and Nicci is a big believer that a man in the kitchen is a sexy man.

Coach W is a self-taught home chef with a self-diagnosed texture aversion to many fruits and most vegetables. He began his culinary explorations early, learning to grill at the rookie age of 11, and has been on a roll ever since. He can often be found trying out new recipes for his smoker, learning how to make craft beer, or exploring the distilling process for small batch bourbon.

Nicci is a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN), proud alum of The Ohio State University, and a Jimmy Buffett enthusiast. She prefers baking over cooking and follows a gluten-free diet out of necessity, but doesn’t advocate for others to eliminate wheat unless medically necessary. She embraces the “everything in moderation” approach and promotes small, lasting lifestyle changes over diets and gimmicks from the weight loss industry.

Coach W likes to call Nicci his “dietitian of the people, for the people” because Nicci can occasionally be found indulging in the finer flavors of life, such as kettle potato chips with French onion dip or the Volcano Nachos at Margaritaville. The couple lives in the Chicagoland area with their two-year-old rough collie, Sloopy, who often serves as the unofficial Taste Tester for new recipes.