The Well-Seasoned Librarian: Mixing Cookbooks and Conversation

Bio:

Cheryl Leutjen’s deep love of Earth, as well as her hope for a bright future for her children, fuel her passion for responding to the challenges of our time with heart, hope, humor, and spiritual practice. Cheryl writes and speaks to share her experiences on the razor’s edge between Earth-mindfulness and eco-madness, not because she’s got it all figured out, but in solidarity with anyone else who’s fumbling along the path of more conscientious living.

She draws from her experience as a geologist, attorney, small business owner, spiritual practitioner, wife and mother to claw her way out of the abyss of eco-despair. She seeks solace from the sages in Nature who reveal the wisdom she needs to navigate a more Earth-loving path.

Cheryl credits the Modern Day Priestess training with Reverend Kate Rodger, steeping in ancient wisdom ways for practical use in the modern world, for inspiring the spiritual growth that now guides her “Love Earth” work.

She resides in Los Angeles, where she takes copious yoga classes, digs up the yard and throws a lot of darts as therapy. She facilitates the Natural Muse Meetup for Earth-loving writers. She serves as Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the North East Trees nonprofit organization, “bringing Nature back” to nature-poor communities around Los Angeles County.

Her book, Love Earth Now, won a 2018 Silver Nautilus Book Award. You can buy it here https://amzn.to/3qBl3Pr

She lives with her husband (aka her Sanity Supervisor), two children, her muse Atlas Cedar, and three cats who care not one whit about any of her credentials.

Cheryl's Website: https://cherylleutjen.com/

Cheryl Leutjen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loveearthnow/

Cheryl Leutjen Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoveEarthAuthor

__________________

Fundraiser for Ukraine:
COOK FOR UKRAINE: A FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT KYIV VOLUNTEER 🇺🇦 JUNE 18TH AT 10AM TO 5:30PM PT

https://www.truffleshufflesf.com/products/cook-for-ukraine-a-fundraiser-to-support-kyiv-volunteer?_pos=2&_sid=1910b4d09&_ss=r

_____________________________________________________

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend

“Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian”

“Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released."

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

If you have questions, comments or just want to be on the podcast, email me at [email protected], and I'm happy to speak with you!

Bio: Ed Mitchell is an American pitmaster and businessman. Mitchell's frequent media appearances and advocacy for the use of heritage breed pork has earned him the title of the most "famous pitmaster" in North Carolina. Mitchell has appeared in Bon Appetit and on Throwdown! with Bobby Flay and National Geographic.

Ed Mitchell's Professional Website: https://www.thepitmasteredmitchell.com/

Ed Mitchell's BBQ https://amzn.to/3WOKM2O

__________________

Fundraiser for Ukraine:
COOK FOR UKRAINE: A FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT KYIV VOLUNTEER 🇺🇦 JUNE 18TH AT 10AM TO 5:30PM PT

https://www.truffleshufflesf.com/products/cook-for-ukraine-a-fundraiser-to-support-kyiv-volunteer?_pos=2&_sid=1910b4d09&_ss=r

_____________________________________________________

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend

“Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian”

“Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released."

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

If you have questions, comments or just want to be on the podcast, email me at [email protected], and I'm happy to speak with you!

Bio: My name is Dr Neil Buttery and I have been writing on the history of British food for over ten years and through the process of writing and cooking I have become a professional chef specialising in cooking food from our past. Prior to this, I was a secondary school teacher and then a research scientist, researching social evolution, a branch of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Website: British Food: A History https://britishfoodhistory.com/about/

Books:

* Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England's Most Influential Housekeeper 

Harback: https://amzn.to/3qsDWUH

Kindle https://amzn.to/3WSzieW

*A Dark History of Sugar 

Harback: https://amzn.to/43G6N6h

Podcast: The British Food History Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-british-food-history-podcast/id1577849126

___________________

Fundraiser for Ukraine:
COOK FOR UKRAINE: A FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT KYIV VOLUNTEER 🇺🇦 JUNE 18TH AT 10AM TO 5:30PM PT

https://www.truffleshufflesf.com/products/cook-for-ukraine-a-fundraiser-to-support-kyiv-volunteer?_pos=2&_sid=1910b4d09&_ss=r

_____________________________________________________

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend

“Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian”

“Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released."

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

If you have questions, comments or just want to be on the podcast, email me at [email protected], and I'm happy to speak with you!

Bio: Anna Voloshyna

Anna Voloshyna was born and raised in Ukraine and lived there for twenty years before moving to the United States. After coming to the Bay Area, Anna started working as a food photographer and stylist, helping chefs and culinary brands tell their stories through her camera lens. After numerous photoshoots and exciting cooking endeavors, Anna was finally offered a chance to unveil her own food-making talents through hosting Eastern European pop-up dinners. Her Georgian khachapuri nights and Ukrainian varenyky feasts became a delicious sensation in the San Francisco culinary community. Now Anna’s goal is to make people fall in love with Eastern European food through every little Ukrainian dumpling, fluffy garlic pampushki, and every single bowl of luscious borscht you will cook from this book. To learn more about Anna, please visit https://annavoloshyna.com/ or follow her on IG @ annavoloshynacooks.

https://www.truffleshufflesf.com/products/cook-for-ukraine-a-fundraiser-to-support-kyiv-volunteer?_pos=2&_sid=1910b4d09&_ss=r

_____________________________________________________

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend

“Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian”

“Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released."

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

_____________________________________________________

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend

“Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian”

“Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released."

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

Bio:

A food writer, librarian, and historian, Becky Libourel Diamond has had a varied career combining writing and research. Her latest project is The Gilded Age Cookbook, blends Gilded Age details and entertaining stories of celebrities from the era with historic menus and recipes updated for modern kitchens. Her previous book, The Thousand Dollar Dinner, tells the unique story of a nineteenth-century “Top Chef”-style competition between Philadelphia restauranteur James Parkinson and the Delmonico family of New York. The result was a luxurious seventeen-course feast that helped launch fine restaurant dining in America as we know it today. She is also the author of Mrs. Goodfellow: The Story of America’s Cooking School, a successful nineteenth-century pastry chef who also ran an innovative cooking school for young women­ – a Philadelphia first. She is currently working on a book about the history of processed food. She lives in Yardley, PA. And here are the links: Rowman.com (use code GPFANDF30 to get 30% off preorders). Can also https://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Age-Cookbook-Recipes-Americas/dp/1493069454/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

This website has links for preorder. https://www.beckyldiamond.com/the-gilded-age-cookbook

_____________________________________________________

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend

“Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian”

“Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released."

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

Bio: Lindsay Middleton is a literary food historian specializing in nineteenth-century recipes and cookbooks, historical culinary technologies, and Scottish food history. She is fascinated by the way authors of food writing constructed their texts to engage in cultural and literary debates and in the stories and narratives present in recipes and cookbooks. Lindsay lives in Glasgow with her cat, Soup. 

Website:

_____________________________________________________

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend

“Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian”

“Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released."

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

Bio: Matt Moore is an entrepreneur, cook, musician, host, pilot, and the quintessential Southern gentleman. He is the author of the new book, Butcher on the Block: Everyday Recipes, Stories, and Inspirations from Your Local Butcher and Beyond, where he shares stories, coveted family recipes, and expert tips from the people behind the counter who sell your meats, poultry, fish, vegetables, and trimmings. In addition, he is the author of Serial Griller, The South's Best Butts, and A Southern Gentleman's Kitchen. His food writing has garnered critical acclaim from publications including the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and New York Times. His Southern charm has landed him on the TODAY show, Fox & Friends, VH1, and WGN.

Website: https://butcherontheblock.com/

Butcher on the Block: https://www.amazon.com/Butcher-Block-Everyday-Recipes-Inspirations/dp/0358670306

The South's Best Butts: https://www.amazon.com/Souths-Best-Butts-Pitmaster-Perfection/dp/084875185X/ref=sr_1_4?qid=1683645321&refinements=p_27%3AMatt+Moore&s=books&sr=1-4&text=Matt+Moore⁠Serial Griller: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Serial-Griller-Grillmaster-Flame-Cooked-Perfection/dp/0358187265/ref=sr_1_5?qid=1683645375&refinements=p_27%3AMatt+Moore&s=books&sr=1-5&text=Matt+Moore

_____________________________________________________

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend

“Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian”

“Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released."

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

_____________________________________________________

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend

“Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian”

“Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released."

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

Bio:

Jenny Jefferies is an award-winning author, food writer, farmer’s wife and mother of two girls based in South Cambridgeshire. Her debut book, For the Love of the Land, was shortlisted for Best Cook Book in the Great British Food Awards 2021 and was Woman & Home’s Best Cookbook 2021. The follow up, For the Love of the Sea, was awarded the Guild of Food Writers Award for Best Self Published Cook Book 2022. Jenny is also a producer and presenter of Thursday’s Your Voice programme on Black Cat Radio 102.5FM, a judge for The Guild Of Fine Food Great Taste Awards 2023, a mentor and member of The Guild of Food Writers, a member of The British Guild of Agricultural Journalists and an ambassador of Love British Food. Jenny also writes regular articles for Rural Life magazine and Country & Town House online, and a monthly food blog for the Farmers Guardian.

For the Love of the Sea II is a 192-page hardback and retails at £22. It will be available to purchase from Amazon, bookshops including Waterstones, and online from www.mezepublishing.co.uk and www.jennyjefferies.co.uk.

_____________________________________________________

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend

“Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian”

“Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released."

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

_____________________________________________________

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend

“Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian”

“Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released."

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

_________________________________________________

Check out the wonderful Fire Breathing Kittens Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/firebreathing-kittens/id1459051634

Bio: Nichole Beer was born and raised in Battle Creek, Michigan; Nichole loved weekends at Willard Library. Willard Library helped raise her while mom was at work. Nichole holds 5 degrees from 2 countries but maintains that her father was the smartest person she has ever known and he had very limited formal schooling. Her first real job after college was in Social Work; after 8 years, she was ready for a change and went to library school. She has been an urban school librarian for 23 years. She is an avid traveler who has lived in Michigan, Nevada, England, Bulgaria, and Australia. She returned from Iceland 2 weeks ago and is going to Morocco and Colombia in the summer. Morocco will be her 43rd country. Nichole says she travels for the food, the people, and the smells. Lentils in the Pot melds two of her greatest loves, cooking and books. Nichole lives with her husband, 2 pups, 1 cat, and lots of cookbooks in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her psychologist daughter lives with her grand kitty Coco, 4.2 miles away. 

Website: https://lentilsinthepot.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lentilsacookbookvenue/

_____________________________________________________

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend

“Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian”

“Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released."

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

_________________________________________________

Check out the wonderful Fire Breathing Kittens Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/firebreathing-kittens/id1459051634

Bio:

Rinku Bhattacharya is a busy working mother and a passionate home cook. Her recipes are inspired by a deep love for fresh ingredients and Indian flavors, along with the practical daily needs of feeding a family. Rinku’s cooking is fresh, simple, accessible and most importantly, full of flavor. She brings a diversity of global flavors to her Indian-American table, and her recipes often feature the electric pressure cooker and the air fryer.

As someone who actually lives the daily struggle of getting dinner on the table, Rinku has created recipes--in her three cookbooks and on her blog--that fit into a busy lifestyle and guarantee diverse options for your dinner rotation.

Her culinary blog, Spice Chronicles (www.spicechronicles.com) details her cooking and family adventures and offers readers globally-inspired, wholesome, delicious, and dependable recipes in each post

_____________________________________________________

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend

“Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian”

“Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released."

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

_________________________________________________

Check out the wonderful Fire Breathing Kittens Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/firebreathing-kittens/id1459051634