The Well-Seasoned Librarian: Mixing Cookbooks and Conversation

 Today i’m talking with

Tammy Donroe Inman who is a trained chef, cooking instructor, and award-winning author and photographer of the book New England Desserts: Classic and Creative Recipes for All Seasons which won the new england book of the year award. 

 Tammy sharpened her knives, testing recipes for Cook's Illustrated magazine and the TV show America's Test Kitchen. A former editor for Boston magazine, she’s also written for Fine Cooking, Yankee, and The Boston Globe. Her first cookbook, Wintersweet: Seasonal Desserts to Warm the Home, received rave reviews from The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly. She lives outside Boston with her family, two high-maintenance cats, and a pair of well-worn roller skates. She’s currently at work on her third cookbook.

New England Desserts: Classic and Creative Recipes for All Seasons  https://amzn.to/48CMp9m

Wintersweet: Seasonal Desserts to Warm the Home https://amzn.to/46yRuxH

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Bio:

The Well-Seasoned Librarian: In Conversation with Food Writers, Chefs, and More! The Well-Seasoned Librarian is one of the fastest growing Food Podcasts online. You can view it on iTunes, Spotify, and all other platforms. Recent guests include Dorie Greenspan, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Beth A Lee , Nick Malgieri, Joanne Weir, Cenk Somnesoy, Darina Allen and more.

Dean Jones is a Librarian and food writer. You can read my work at librarian-deanjones.medium.com/

Bios

Michelle Auerbach: Michelle Auerbach is in the business of saving lives and increasing bravery. When things fall apart, Michelle is the world builder and a community maker who uses all her geeky skills to transform what we’ve got to work with into a more just and loving place where more people get taken care of better. She holds an MFA in prose writing from Naropa University and is completing her PhD in Transformational Leadership with her dissertation on story as a technology for trauma aware change for individuals, organizations, and communities. She has published two novels, The Third Kind of Horse about life during the AIDS crisis in NYC in the 1980’s and Alice Modern which deals with Nazi era Vienna and the desire to break free of old worlds that no longer serve. Both books are lenses through which to see the crucible of redemption and transformation. Her first nonfiction book is Resilience: The Life Saving Skill of Story. She writes for the New York Times, the London Guardian, and Sunset Magazine as well as editing and ghost writing for several publishers and publications.

Nicole Civita is a human, mother, partner, and friend who is preoccupied with the possible and works like hell to bring its most beautiful bits into being. She’s a shapeshifter who has, over the course of her career, taken form as an educator, pracademic, ethicist, attorney, administrator, mentor, author, advocate, and consultant.

Often, though not always, she’s focused her work on shaping change in and through the food system. Nicole’s efforts propelled multi-year projects to drastically reduce food waste, revitalize regional food systems, seek justice for agricultural and food workers, explore ethical dilemmas across the food chain,

and develop systems-aware, equity-enhancing laws and policies.

studies, many experts urge examination of the food system from farm-to-fork. Nicole has always preferred to think about the food system from ecosystem-through-farm-to-community. Even more conceptually, she imagines a path guided by ethics that leads to relationship.

Feeding Each Other: Shaping Change in Food Systems Through Relationship (Changemakers Books, John Hunt Publishing 2023)by Nicole Civita and Michelle Auerbach

https://amzn.to/3PNlQXD

Eco Gather: https://www.ce.sterlingcollege.edu/

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Bio: Paul FehribachBig Jones

Born and raised in Jasper, Indiana, Paul Fehribach's small-town upbringing instilled in him a passion for heritage recipes. His summers were filled with fishing, hunting, foraging for mushrooms and helping in the garden at his grandparents' farmhouse. Fond memories of working alongside his mother in the kitchen and cooking from family heirloom recipes resulted in an appreciation for fresh, seasonal ingredients and a love for traditional cooking. As the executive chef and co-owner of Big Jones in Chicago, he showcases his homespun-style of cooking and commitment to finding and preserving historic foods of the American South.

Chef Paul is a graduate of Indiana University's Jacob School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana. Following graduation, he served as the executive chef at Chapman's Restaurant & Bar where he further explored cooking with local and organic ingredients and heirloom seeds. In the early 1990s, he joined the opening group of Laughing Planet Café in downtown Bloomington before moving to Chicago in 1996. He transitioned to the front of house while working at restaurants Hi Ricky Asian Noodle Shop in Deerfield, Ill. and finally Schubas Tavern & Harmony Grill.

By 2008, Paul was ready to return to the kitchen. He branched out on his own with the opening of his restaurant Big Jones. His regionally-inspired fare with Cajun, Creole, Lowcountry and Appalachia influences has garnered both local and national acclaim, including Best New Restaurant by Chicago Magazine. With a focus on utilizing seasonal heirloom crops, he actively supports co-ops, small farmers and frequents Chicago's Green City Market. When not hard at work in the kitchen, Paul volunteers for the Healthy Schools Campaign aMnd Chicago Public Schools' "Go for the Gold" campaign to promote healthy eating in schools and combat childhood obesity.

Midwestern Food (New Book!) https://amzn.to/3ZrJnjW

The Big Jones Cookbook: Recipes for Savoring the Heritage of Regional Southern Cooking https://amzn.to/3Lw0yLs

Big Jones Restaurant: https://bigjoneschicago.com/

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I grew up in Upstate NY with my parents and 2 sisters, whom are featured in many of my books, including "Dim Sum For Everyone!" and my novels, "The Year of the Dog" and "The Year of the Rat." My mother and I were the star characters in my first book, "The Ugly Vegetables"--I cut both my sisters out of that story! They were quite upset with me and made me promise never to cut them out again. And since then, I haven't...yet.

While many of my books highlight my family, not all of them do. My Newbery Honor-winning novel "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon," is an Asian inspired fantasy that some people call a Chinese 'Wizard of Oz,' and my early reader "Ling & Ting" is inspired by the old 'Flicka, Dicka & Ricka' books I read when I was young.

I hope you enjoy my books. Please visit my website: www.gracelin.com for more info about them (behind the scene stories and pictures) as well as other amusing anecdotes!

Grace Link Website: https://gracelin.com/

Chinese Menu: https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Menu-History-Legends-Favorite/dp/0316486000

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Bio: Karen Pierce is a self-confessed foodie, amateur cook and avid reader of Agatha Christie. At the age of twelve she picked up a Christie pocketbook from her grandmother’s bedside table. It was Third Girl, a glorious romp through London of the sixties, and she was hooked.

Recipes for Murder: 66 Dishes That Celebrate the Mysteries of Agatha Christie https://www.amazon.com/Recipes-Murder-Celebrate-Mysteries-Christie/dp/1682687783

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Rachel Gordin Barnett and Lyssa Kligman Harvey have an interest in all things southern, Jewish, and historical, including foodways. Native South Carolinians, Rachel hails from small-town Summerton, SC, and Lyssa from Columbia, SC. They live in Columbia and have been instrumental in preserving Jewish history across the state. Founding members of the Historic Columbia Jewish Heritage Initiative, they created the Kugels & Collards blog to preserve and share Columbia’s Jewish history by collecting food stories, recipes, and photographs in a digital venue.

Rachel is a past president and current executive director of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina (JHSSC). Lyssa is a past chair of JHSSC’s Jewish Cultural Arts committee and the past chair of The Columbia Holocaust Education Commission.

Kugels and Collards Website: https://kugelsandcollards.org/

Kugels and Collards Book: https://amzn.to/44urbHp

Historic Columbia Jewish Heritage Initiative. https://www.historiccolumbia.org/cjhi#:~:text=Since%202014%2C%20Historic%20Columbia%20has,increase%20awareness%20of%20local%20Jewish

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Bio: Kara Mae Harris explores the culinary history of Maryland on her blog Old Line Plate. Old Line Plate has been featured on CBS Mornings, the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, and other local media. She lives in Baltimore. "The Blogger Quietly Preserving Maryland's Culinary History" - Kristina Gaddy, Gastro Obscura

Old Line Plate Blog: https://oldlineplate.com/

Old Line Plate: Stories & Recipes from Maryland https://amzn.to/45Mohip

Festive Maryland Recipes: (Pre-Order) https://oldlineplate.com/product/festive-maryland-recipes-pre-order/

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Bio:

Breaking Pita with Zee Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/27ho6dz599nm4oF5YWKtVE?si=f7eb448b1615453d

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Bio: “Who is Linda Skeens?” Her first-ever published collection of recipes and family stories, Blue Ribbon Kitchen: Recipes and Tips from America’s Favorite County Fair Champion, answers the question that’s been on everyone’s mind. Linda is an Appalachian grandmother who’s been cooking for her loved ones and entering county fairs for decades, frequently taking home the highest honors.
In her new book, she shares more than 30 of her prize-winning recipes in addition to more than 70 other family-favorite dishes. From canning and fudges to stews and casseroles, this cookbook features a lifetime of recipes collected and perfected by Linda Skeens.

Website: https://lindaskeensblueribbon.com/

Cookbook: Linda Skeens Blue Ribbon Kitchen: Recipes & Tips from America's Favorite County Fair Champion https://amzn.to/3ODibd0

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Alison Walsh first began cooking as a way to stretch her post-college paycheck, and her love of cooking grew. In 2014, she combined her love of food and books into Alison's Wonderland Recipes (wonderlandrecipes.com), a food blog dedicated to book-inspired recipes. She has written for Real Life at Home and her recipes have been featured on MuggleNet, the number one Harry Potter fan website.

Allison's Wonderland https://wonderlandrecipes.com/

A Literary Picnic: 5 Menus of outdoor-Friendly Recipes Inspired by Classic Literature: https://amzn.to/47vSgNa

A Literary Tea Party: Blends and Treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and Book Lovers Everywhere: https://amzn.to/3QF8iOW

A Literary Holiday Cookbook: Festive Meals for the Snow Queen, Gandalf, Sherlock, Scrooge, and Book Lovers Everywhere https://amzn.to/3YDduVh

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