The Well-Seasoned Librarian: Mixing Cookbooks and Conversation

Neil Buttery Bio

"I have been writing about British food for over ten years, I began with a blog about Jane Grigson’s book English Food, as a hobby. Bitten by the food history bug, I started a second blog, British Food: A History. After inadvertently teaching myself to cook and write on the subject, I began producing food for an artisan food stall, which then developed into a pop-up restaurant, and then into a restaurant, 'The Buttery', where I was director and head chef. More recently, I have focused on writing and media. My first book 'A Dark History of Sugar' in currently in press with Pen & Sword History, and I have just started my second, a biography of the great Elizabeth Raffald. Interest in the blogs has brought work with The Telegraph and the BBC. Most recently I was the resident food historian on Channel 5’s 'Wonderful World of Cakes'. I also write and present my own podcast ('The British Food History Podcast'), which has just finished [at the time of writing] its second season. I’m interested in almost every aspect of food and cookery: previous careers have included secondary school teacher and evolutionary biologist (specializing in social behavior), and it’s wonderful to use the skills gained in those professions today." (Bio provided by author)

A Dark History of Sugar is available in the U.S. on July 9th. You can preorder here. https://www.amazon.com/Dark-History-Sugar-Neil-Buttery/dp/1526783657

History of British Food Podcast https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-british-food-history-podcast-neil-buttery-p3FUi2HyjBZ/

Dr Neil Buttery's Blog https://britishfoodhistory.com/about/

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Author Jessica Formicola is the creator of Savory Experiments, a food and

lifestyle blog famous for its restaurant quality, family friendly recipes. Her

debut cookbook shows home chefs how and what to cook with the most

popular cuts of beef. Inexpensive ground beef isn’t only for cheeseburgers,

but Spicy Hand Pies, Stuffed Peppers, and Shepherd’s Pie Mac & Cheese.

You can feed a dinner party of six by rolling up a Gouda Stuffed Flank

Steak, impressing guests without breaking the bank. And a Mushroom

Crusted Ribeye makes for a delightful bark right in the kitchen, no need to

fire up the grill.

With helpful primers on figuring out what beef to buy, optimal cooking methods

for each type of beef, and techniques for cooking beef properly, Formicola

helps her readers feel confident when cooking America’s favorite meat. (Bio used with permission)

Jessica Formicola's blog "Savory Experiments" https://www.savoryexperiments.com/

"Beef it up Book" https://www.amazon.com/Beef-Up-Mouthwatering-Recipes-Ground-ebook/dp/B09JRX4FP3

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This is an Encore Presentation of the Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast to honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Asian American food writing has persisted and come into its own, this episode pays tribute to a variety of voices within an vast and diverse community. Here is but a representation of one out of many Asian American food writers you can read and follow.

To Find out more about Asian American and Pacific islander Heritage Month go to the below website, there are some great links there.

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Bio: Every week I bring you a new epic food adventure where I'll eat, review, and rate popular foods (from the latest and greatest to longtime regional specialties). If you consider yourself a foodie, come join me on Zeene's Epic Eatz to discover new nosh or see what I think of your favorite fare.

VLOG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1FUnrNdrLICBOxd2IKdYww

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This is an Encore Presentation of the Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast to honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Asian American food writing has persisted and come into its own, this episode pays tribute to a variety of voices within an vast and diverse community. Here is but a representation of one out of many Asian American food writers you can read and follow.

To Find out more about Asian American and Pacific islander Heritage Month go to the below website, there are some great links there.

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bio Carolyn Jung is an award-winning food and wine writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the recipient of a James Beard Award for feature writing about restaurants/chefs, a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism award of excellence for diversity writing, an award from the American Association of Sunday and Features Editors, and numerous first-place honors from the Association of Food Journalists, and the Peninsula Press Club. In 2015, she was named an IACP finalist for “narrative food writing.”

She has judged a bevy of food contests, including the biggie of them all, the Pillsbury Bake-Off.

For 11 years, she was the food writer/editor for the San Jose Mercury News. She also was a contributor to the “Good Living” section of Gourmet magazine, and to the book, “The Slow Food Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area.”

Currently, she is a freelance food writer. Her work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco magazine, Silicon Valley magazine, EatingWell, Nob Hill Gazette, Coastal Living, Food Arts, Wine Spectator, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Plate magazine, Via magazine, East Bay Express, Oakland magazine, Alameda magazine, Edible Marin & Wine Country, Edible Silicon Valley, and other publications, including the online site, Tasting Table San Francisco. She ghost-writes and tests recipes for cookbook authors, as well as develops recipes for the Anova immersion circulator company. She lends expertise as a food industry/food trend consultant. In 2009, she served as a judge for the James Beard Foundation Cookbook Awards. Additionally, she hosts and helps coordinate chef cooking demos at Macy’s.

You can go to her wonderful blog "FoodGal" at this link https://www.foodgal.com/

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 their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

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Our Podcast theme song “Talk about Love” is sung by the band “Kitty Kat Fan Club” their Label “Asian Man Records” has given permission for it’s use. (2022) You can check them out and other bands and get an album at Asian Man Records Website https://asianmanrecords.com/

This is an Encore Presentation of the Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast to honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Asian American food writing has persisted and come into its own, this episode pays tribute to a variety of voices within an vast and diverse community. Here is but a representation of one out of many Asian American food writers you can read and follow.

To Find out more about Asian American and Pacific islander Heritage Month go to the below website, there are some great links there.

https://asianpacificheritage.gov/

Bio

Ann Mah is an American writer based in Paris and Washington, DC. Her articles on food and travel have appeared in the New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, the Washington Post, Vogue.com, Food52, Kitchn, BonAppétit.com, Best American Travel Writing, New York Times Footsteps, Washingtonian magazine, and other publications

https://www.annmah.net/

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 their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

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Our Podcast theme song “Talk about Love” is sung by the band “Kitty Kat Fan Club” their Label “Asian Man Records” has given permission for it’s use. (2022) You can check them out and other bands and get an album at Asian Man Records Website https://asianmanrecords.com/

This is an Encore Presentation of the Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast to honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Asian American food writing has persisted and come into its own, and pays tribute to a variety of voices within an vast and diverse community. Here is a representation of one out of many Asian American food writers you can read and follow.

To Find out more about Asian American and Pacific islander Heritage Month go to the below website, there are some great links there.

https://asianpacificheritage.gov/

 Bio

"I’ve always loved the sights and smells of the kitchen. My mother was (and is) an excellent cook, and as a kid, I was her little shadow as she prepared supper each night. From her, I gained a deep, abiding love for magically transforming pantry items into mouth-watering family meals.

I wanted to be a flavor scientist, But I also had a long and torrid affair with chemically-enhanced, laboratory-concocted “foods” that continued into my college years. At Berkeley, I majored in Nutrition & Food Science because I wanted to become a flavor scientist and create lab-concocted “Frankenfoods” for a living. (Not kidding.) At the time, the faculty was packed with world-class biochemists and food researchers — all of whom were strong advocates of the low-fat dogma. Like a sponge, I soaked it all in, and modified my diet accordingly. Steak and eggs were out; bagels and crackers were in.

In the summer of 2010, I made the decision to go Paleo—and when I decide to do something, I commit all the way. I immediately cut out all grains, legumes, sugar, and processed food from my diet, and read everything I could about the science behind the Paleo diet. I quit doing all the crazy cardio and starting doing CrossFit. I was all-in.

And you know what? I feel great! After working graveyard shifts for more than a decade, I’d been mentally and physically lagging—but once I changed my diet, I found that my energy levels improved significantly, and my moods were sunnier, too. I was a nicer mommy.

Paleo’s the only approach that’s managed to improve my body composition and fuel me with enough energy to wrangle two small boys, hold down a full-time night shift job(I recently quit after 12 years of working graveyard shifts at the hospital!), cook for a houseful of hungry cavepeople, lift heavy(ish) stuff in the gym, and maintain a food blog.

A half-year after switching to a Paleo approach to nutrition, I started Nom Nom Paleo to chronicle my culinary adventures. Since the fall of 2010, I’ve been regularly posting recipes and writing about how to stay Paleo when eating out. I offer kitchen tips and review my favorite cooking gadgets. I’m all about the lazy, so I’m always looking for shortcuts to deliciousness."

Website: https://nomnompaleo.com/

Nom Nom Paelo Let's Go 3 available on January 18 : https://www.amazon.com/Nom-Paleo-Lets-Go/dp/152486868X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3AJ69C7808OW4&keywords=nom+nom+paleo+cookbook&qid=1642019563&sprefix=nom+nom+paleo%2Caps%2C194&sr=8-1

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Bio" I am Sophie Minchilli, half American, half Italian, born and raised in Rome. I have lived here all my life except for my time at university in London. While I loved my experience there, all I could think about was Italy, Italian food, Italian people and Italian markets.

I finally realized that although my body was in the UK, my heart and soul were in Italy. I think that while Italy is a country with many challenges, once you experience Italian lifestyle, it’s hard to adapt to anything else. So as soon as I graduated, I moved back to Rome.

I decided to entirely dedicate my life to food, in any way possible. Soon after, I started working with my mother (now business partner), leading food tours and cooking classes in Rome, Puglia and Umbria.

I’ve recently written a book, The Sweetness of Doing Nothing: Live Life the Italian Way with Dolce Far Niente (Harper Collins April 2022) The book pulls together so much of the Italy I love to share. There are chapters on Family, Friends and Leisure and of course some of my favorite recipes. But it’s mostly a very sweet book about how to incorporate the concept of Dolce Far Niente – taking the time to enjoy life – into your own routines." (From Website)

Sophie Minchili's Website: https://www.sophieminchilli.com/

The Sweetness of doing Nothing on Amazon

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 their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

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Bio Gourmet articles ranging from; ingredients, techniques, dishes, stories, chef highlights, and investigations. I’m an experienced professional cook in NYC.

Nick Hayward lives in a loft space in The City. Covered by paintings of kitchens and

architecture. Paint, Write, Food, Repeat is his motto. He’s been exploring the culinary

landscape of America for ten years; cooking through San Francisco, Los Angeles, and

currently, NYC. He’s also using his deep food knowledge to write food articles on Medium.

Website link: http://www.nickhayward.co/

Instagram link: www.instagram.com/_letsmeetatthetable_

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 their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

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Bio: "I was born and brought up in a small town in Central India called Jabalpur. I then moved to Mumbai to train as a Fashion Designer in NIFT. After my college, I worked in Mumbai for a few years before moving to the U.K. in 2004. I have always been interested in food and cooking and have been greatly inspired by my mum’s cooking who has taught me everything I know about flavours.

After having my 2 children I found my interest in baking grow, it was a perfect way for me to relax and found it very relaxing. I am a creative yet meticulous baker and find baking a perfect outlet for my creativity.

Trying out new techniques and challenging myself is what keeps me going. Being on Great British Bake Off 2014 has been an amazing journey and has given me the confidence to try new combinations of flavours. I will always cherish this experience and the time I spent in the tent with my fellow bakers.

Soon after the show, I started work on my first book which is all about Indian flavours in some very western bakes. The book is called ‘The Cardamom Trail’ and was published in 2016.

After that, I went on to write my second book called ‘Chai, Chaat and Chutney’ which is all about Indian street food from the 4 corners of India. I wrote this book after intensive research into the 4 cities of India to find some of the most delicious street food. This book was published in 2017.

My third book ‘Chetna’s Healthy Indian’ is all about the food I cook at home for my family. It is the quick, delicious and healthy recipes we enjoy to balance out all the cakes I bake. This book was published in 2019.

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 their work, please visit their 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

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Sari Kamin grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio and attended Skidmore College before earning a Master's Degree in Food Studies from NYU. She is the host of "Food Without Borders" on Heritage Radio Network, a weekly podcast about food, politics, and identity.