Who needs a TV cooking show when you can host one online?

Almost every Monday night, Gaby Dalkin, hosts a live cooking demo from her home in southern California on her Instagram account, What's Gaby Cooking .

The show is under an hour and Dalkin's husband, Thomas Dawson, records it and reads out questions and comments from viewers.

Dalkin, who went to culinary school and has worked as a private chef, will offer tips for de-boning salmon, cleaning mushrooms, and joke about her polka dot sweatsuit that Thomas says resembles pajamas. It's all very casual and doable, which Dalkin said is the point.

This April 10, 2019 photo shows Gaby Dalkin at Santa Monica Downtown Farmers Market in Santa Monica, Calif. Dalkin, the chef behind the popular Website and social media accounts, What’s Gaby Cooking, is forging her own path. Every Monday she posts a live demo to Instagram as she cooks dinner which has become appointment viewing for some fans. Her husband films it and reads questions from viewers as she’s cooking. (AP PhotoChris Pizzello)

"It's like you're cooking alongside your best friend in the kitchen," said Dalkin in a recent interview. "I don't want to spend five hours cooking a meal and I know everyone else doesn't. Let's show people how to make something simple and delicious and go about our lives."

It turns out there is an audience who make tuning in a ritual.

"We have people in India where it's their morning when they're watching," said Dalkin.

This April 10, 2019 photo shows Gaby Dalkin taking a photo of strawberries at Santa Monica Downtown Farmers Market in Santa Monica, Calif. Dalkin, the chef behind the popular Website and social media accounts, What’s Gaby Cooking, is forging her own path. Every Monday she posts a live demo to Instagram as she cooks dinner which has become appointment viewing for some fans. Her husband films it and reads questions from viewers as she’s cooking. (AP PhotoChris Pizzello)

She recently got a message from a viewer's husband who said every Monday night he falls asleep listening to her voice because his wife is watching as they go to bed. He wanted to not like her, but now he's a fan.

She also encourages her followers to make the recipes throughout the week and tag her on Instagram, which as Dalkin notes, is free marketing and publicity.

Thomas may be heard and not seen in the cooking demos, but he's earned his own devotees. There's an Instagram account, What's Thomas Eating, where he's often poking fun at his wife. He sometimes posts his own videos when he's home alone and cooking her recipes.

This April 10, 2019 photo shows Gaby Dalkin posing for a portrait at Santa Monica Downtown Farmers Market in Santa Monica, Calif. Dalkin, the chef behind the popular Website and social media accounts, What’s Gaby Cooking, is forging her own path. Every Monday she posts a live demo to Instagram as she cooks dinner which has become appointment viewing for some fans. Her husband films it and reads questions from viewers as she’s cooking. (AP PhotoChris Pizzello)

"He started What's Thomas Eating as a total joke and I think sometimes he's more influential than I am," laughed Dalkin.

Dalkin says she's not looking for a traditional cooking show because she feels like she's already doing that online.

"Back in the day, all I wanted was to be the 'Next Food Network Star.' I applied three years in a row and got denied three years in a row. Yes, we would do some sort of TV series, but I would need it to be a lot more animated and fun and maybe even lifestyle and travel-related."

This April 10, 2019 photo shows Gaby Dalkin at Santa Monica Downtown Farmers Market in Santa Monica, Calif. Dalkin, the chef behind the popular Website and social media accounts, What’s Gaby Cooking, is forging her own path. Every Monday she posts a live demo to Instagram as she cooks dinner which has become appointment viewing for some fans. Her husband films it and reads questions from viewers as she’s cooking. (AP PhotoChris Pizzello)

Dawson is in the process of transitioning from his day job in advertising to work with Gaby full-time. The goal is to ramp up their content and produce more videos for her website, YouTube and Instagram accounts. Dalkin also has two cookbooks, "Absolutely Avocados" (fans know she seriously loves avocados,) and "What's Gaby Cooking: Everyday California Food." She's now working on a third.

"I haven't taken a day off in the last probably five years," confesses Dalkin. "Sometimes I'll have a full meltdown because I can't think of any recipes and Thomas is good about being like, 'Let's go for a walk and remove ourselves from the kitchen and where we normally work.'"

Online: https://whatsgabycooking.com

This April 10, 2019 photo shows Gaby Dalkin at Santa Monica Downtown Farmers Market in Santa Monica, Calif. Dalkin, the chef behind the popular Website and social media accounts, What’s Gaby Cooking, is forging her own path. Every Monday she posts a live demo to Instagram as she cooks dinner which has become appointment viewing for some fans. Her husband films it and reads questions from viewers as she’s cooking. (AP PhotoChris Pizzello)

This April 10, 2019 photo shows Gaby Dalkin at Santa Monica Downtown Farmers Market in Santa Monica, Calif. Dalkin, the chef behind the popular Website and social media accounts, What’s Gaby Cooking, is forging her own path. Every Monday she posts a live demo to Instagram as she cooks dinner which has become appointment viewing for some fans. Her husband films it and reads questions from viewers as she’s cooking. (AP PhotoChris Pizzello)

TOKYO (AP) — The American envoy to the United Nations called Friday for countries armed with atomic weapons to pursue nuclear disarmament as she visited the atomic bomb museum in Nagasaki, Japan.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who became the first U.S. cabinet member to visit Nagasaki, stressed the importance of dialogue and diplomacy amid a growing nuclear threat in the region.

“We must continue to work together to create an environment for nuclear disarmament. We must continue to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in every corner of the world,” she said after a tour of the atomic bomb museum.

“For those of us who already have those weapons, we must pursue arms control. We can and must work to ensure that Nagasaki is the last place to ever experience the horror of nuclear weapons,” she added, standing in front of colorful hanging origami cranes, a symbol of peace.

The United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, destroying the city and killing 140,000 people. A second attack three days later on Nagasaki killed 70,000 more people. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World War II and its nearly half-century of aggression in Asia.

Nagasaki Gov. Kengo Oishi said in a statement that he believed Thomas-Greenfield's visit and her first-person experience at the museum “will be a strong message in promoting momentum of nuclear disarmament for the international society at a time the world faces a severe environment surrounding atomic weapons.”

Oishi said he conveyed to the ambassador the increasingly important role of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in emphasizing the need of nuclear disarmament.

Thomas-Greenfield's visit to Japan comes on the heels of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's official visit to the United States last week and is aimed at deepening Washington's trilateral ties with Tokyo and Seoul. During her visit to South Korea earlier this week, she held talks with South Korean officials, met with defectors from North Korea and visited the demilitarized zone.

The ambassador said the United States is looking into setting up a new mechanism for monitoring North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Russia and China have thwarted U.S.-led efforts to step up U.N. sanctions on North Korea over its ballistic missile testing since 2022, underscoring a deepening divide between permanent Security Council members over Russia’s war on Ukraine.

She said it would be “optimal” to launch the new system next month, though it is uncertain if that is possible.

The U.N. Security Council established a committee to monitor sanctions, and the mandate for its panel of experts to investigate violations had been renewed for 14 years until last month, when Russia vetoed another renewal.

In its most recent report, the panel of experts said it is investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks between 2017 and 2023 valued at approximately $3 billion, with the money reportedly being used to help fund its weapons development.

The United States, Japan and South Korea have been deepening security ties amid growing tension in the region from North Korea and China.

U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, left, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, shake hands during a meeting Friday, April 19, 2024, at prime minister's office in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, left, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, shake hands during a meeting Friday, April 19, 2024, at prime minister's office in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, right, speaks to Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Ambassador to Japan, second right, as they wait for a meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Friday, April 19, 2024, at prime minister's office in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, left, and Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Ambassador to Japan, right, walk to meet Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Friday, April 19, 2024, at prime minister's office in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, left, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, talk prior to a meeting Friday, April 19, 2024, at prime minister's office in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, left, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, prepare to talk during a meeting Friday, April 19, 2024, at prime minister's office in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)