8 LONGISLANDPRESS.COM • APRIL 2018
SIRI DALY: COVER STORY
By RUTH BASHINSKY
Meeting Today show food
contributor Siri Daly — who’s also
a popular food blogger, mother
of three, wife of Carson Daly and
now cookbook author — feels like
meeting an old friend.
After getting her kids off to school
and a stop at the gym, she took
a break to chat with the Press at
For Five Coffee Roasters near her
Manhasset home, before running
to Target (yes she is just like us).
Over coffee, she shared her thoughts
about motherhood, being a working
mom, how she had the name Siri
before Apple chose the name for its
virtual assistant, and how much the
Midwestern girl enjoys her new life
on Long Island.
Her new cookbook, Siriously
Delicious: 100 Nutritious (and Not
So Nutritious) Simple Recipes for
the Real Home Cook, is due out this
month.
Her warmth and wit was genuine
as she shared her love of bacon and
tacos, her family and friends, living
a life of balance… And how she’s
still trying to get her kids and Today
anchor husband to try the Tropical
Green Smoothie on page 16 of her
book.
Long Island Press: How did
Siriously Delicious begin?
Siri Daly: I started my blog called
“Siriously Delicious” eight years
ago after my son was born. I was
working in late-night television
and I was producing segments. I
missed writing, and then I decided
to combine that with my love of
food. Starting a food blog wasn’t
like I was suddenly a foodie, it was
more like “Oh my gosh, I am in
this domestic situation — how do
people do it?” I started to keep track
of meals that were working and
meals that weren’t and then writing
Just a normal day for the Dalys, including Siri, Carson and their kids, Jackson, Etta and London.
Photo Credits: Courtesy of Time Inc. Books/Ellen Silverman
with humor along the way. A lot of
feedback I have had over the years is
when people tell me that they don’t
cook, but I make them want to try.
It’s a great compliment because that
is my goal, to make cooking seem
approachable and fun.
LIP: What is the origin of your
name?
SD: My parents named me after a
Scandinavian woman they had met.
There is a lot of Norwegian in my
family. I also heard it can be an Indian
name or it can also be an iPhone
name. It is not short for anything. It
is just Siri. When I was a kid everyone
would say, “Ooooh, are you serious?”
And I always thought that was
annoying and now, of course, I use
it in my professional life because it
works, except for the iPhone.
LIP: Have you heard every joke?
SD: Yes, people joke all the time.
Mostly at Starbuck’s. Every barista
has a funny joke. At least they think
it is weird. I get a lot of “What’s the
weather?” I am like, “Go turn on
your TV or look outside.”
LIP: I love your humor throughout
the book, and the reference on the
cover is so relatable.
SD: I am all about balance. I named the
book Siriously Delicious after myself
because I feel a lot of the time people
take cooking so seriously and it should
be more fun and should be more about