The Well-Seasoned Librarian: Mixing Cookbooks and Conversation

Melissa A. Matthews is a first-generation American storyteller-- mixed media artist, writer, facilitator and entrepreneur-- from Brooklyn, N.Y. She graduated with a BFA in painting from Howard University in 2008. She is currently living, working and raising her family in her cultural home of Trinidad and Tobago.

Writing:

General: melissaamatthews.medium.com

Food: Reciped.substack.com

Art

Instagram: @mamltdart

Facebook: @MelissaA.MatthewsArt

Food & Children's books socials

RECIPE'D:

Instagram: @reciped_sub

Facebook:  Reciped_sub (@foodandfoodstories)

Adventures of Makaynuh

Instagram: @adventures_of_makaynuh

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.”

Over the years, her work on other topics has been published in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, the Boston Globe, and the Portland Oregonian.

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.

Her first cookbook, “San Francisco Chef’s Table” (Lyons Press), was published in winter 2013. Her second cookbook, “East Bay Cooks” (Figure 1 Publishing), debuted in September 2019.

In 2008, she created FoodGal.com, a food and wine blog that features interviews with celebrated chefs, reviews of intriguing cookbooks and products, the scoop on new restaurants, irresistible recipes, and her singular take on how food touches every aspect of our lives. In 2009, her blog was awarded second place for “Best Food Blog” in the nation by the Association of Food Journalists.

A native San Franciscan, she’s always been passionate about food — from the rarefied, breathtaking cuisine at the French Laundry in Yountville, to the intricate morsels of dim sum at Yank Sing in San Francisco, to the plain and simple, yet utterly satisfying tangle of ramen and fresh clams at Tanto in Sunnyvale. She’s obsessed with all things ginger, almond paste, and chocolate. And she’s a sucker for a well-made cookie

Carolyn Jung's Website

https://www.foodgal.com/

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Heather Hardcastle

Heather Hardcastle understood where gourmet gluten free was headed before everyone else. In the early 2000’s, diagnosed with gluten intolerance, and passionate about food and cooking, Heather left her well established career and enrolled at the Culinary Institute of America, determined to learn the nuances of great pastry and solid classical technique.

Her dream was always to turn her passion and knowledge into a thriving business, creating delicious, high quality gluten-free baked goods. In 2013, she opened the first Flour Craft Bakery. Today, guests line up daily for her signature cinnamon rolls, breads, cookies, specialty cakes, and more sold at their cafes.

The Flour Craft Bakery & Café Cookbook is Heather’s first book. She lives in Marin County, CA with her husband, Rick & their two corgis, Flora & Walnut.

Flour Craft Bakery Website

https://www.flourcraftbakery.com/about

Flour Craft Bakery Cookbook on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1599621592/?coliid=IIIZQH2XITIPC&colid=22EL6TA1UIUQ2&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

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"Sarah Wassberg Johnson is The Food Historian. Featured on The History Channel's "The Food that Built America" as well as numerous digital media outlets and academic print journals, Wassberg Johnson has been studying American food history professionally since 2015. A public historian and therefore a generalist, her areas of study include the Progressive Era, home economics, cookbook history, and food in World War I. You can find her writing, Facebook Live show the Food History Happy Hour, upcoming lectures, and more at www.thefoodhistorian.com"

Sarah Wassberg Johnson

The Food Historian

[email protected]

The Food Historian Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj76PgN5OTU0yiCOWnOkRfA

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Lisanna Wallance grew up in New York, attending Barnard College of Columbia University before moving to Paris. She was born with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that causes dysfunction throughout the body. When her symptoms suddenly worsened, she delved deeper into her passion for cooking as a way to help heal herself. She spent years experimenting with her diet, using food, plant and mushroom medicine as a way to regain control over her life.

Purchase the Natural Witches Cookbook online https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Witchs-Cookbook-Magical-Remedies-ebook/dp/B084GBQKL2

Lisanna's website https://culinarywitch.com/

Links about Ehler's Danlos

The Ehlers Danlos Society: https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/

Ehlers Danlos Syndrom Research Foundation: https://edsrf.org/

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Heather Arndt Anderson is a Portland, Oregon-based food writer, culinary historian, and botanist, as well as a regular panelist on the podcast The Four Top. She is the author of Breakfast: A History and Portland: A Food Biography, Chillies: A Global History, Berries: A Global History and  Portland: A Food Biography (Big City Food Biographies)

Website: Voodoo and Sauce

https://voodooandsauce.com/

Heather Arndt Anderon's books on Amazon.com

https://www.amazon.com/Heather-Arndt-Anderson/e/B00CBJFZ3A%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

The Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites from the Lore of H. P. Lovecraft

Mike Slater rose from the Stygian depths of Corporate America at about the same time Viagra and Google came to be.

Irish Astrologers and Iron Maiden fans remain divided as to whether or not these events are related.

Mike is the author of The Necronomnomnom, purveyor of infernally bad puns (the sages speculate that there is in fact a portal directly to the dire Realm of Pun somewhere in his brain...), and designer/mastermind behind games of all sorts. He is a lifelong fan of Things Not of This Earth, and at this point, is ready to loose some of his ideas upon unsuspecting readers. When not hiding from the Evil Day Star, he can be found hiking, writing, gaming,  or waiting for nightfall to kindle the fires of Burnhenge.

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LINKS

https://m.facebook.com/RedDukeGames

https://www.facebook.com/TheNecronomnomnom/

YouTube features recipes for the Necronomnomnom

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0mBUrHuZ0xw

Kickstarter for Red Duke games latest project:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1366211550/azrah-war-of-heralds-0?fbclid=IwAR3EgbxF_VMulBgDxM0B7g_7W7D36deAhz0e_E890Kloor2OkD8slmn91ec&ref=4a7xlt&token=7208b277

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Baker/Pastry Chef Roxana Jullapat, a Los Angeles native of Costa Rican and

Thai descent, pursued a degree in journalism before turning to cooking. For the last 20

years, she has held tenures at some of Los Angeles’ most celebrated restaurants including

Campanile, Bastide, Lucques, and AOC. In May of 2017, she opened Friends & Family

bakery, where every loaf of bread, morning pastry, and decadent cookie reflect her

appreciation for ancient grains and California’s seasonality. She’s an advocate for

garden-based education, and volunteers often at school gardens around town. Her first

cookbook, Mother Grains: Recipes for the Grain Revolution (W.W. Norton), was released

in April of 2021.

Friends and Family Bakery

https://www.friendsandfamilyla.com/

Mother Grains: Recipes for the Grain Revolution  On Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Grains-Recipes-Grain-Revolution/dp/1324003561

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The Bitten Word. By Christine Parker & Ashley Lee

Ashley is a coast guard wife and mother of four. She has a degree in Humanities with an emphasis in English from BYU. When she is not podcasting she is running her cupcake business, reading, cooking, and enjoying all of the new cities that military life takes her to.

Christine is a stay at home mom of two. She studied Humanities at BYU and has a degree in Pastry Arts. She loves reading and eating, as well as creepy stuff, video games, history, and pop culture.

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Dara O'Brien is the Creative Director of Lake Isle Press, which publishes trailblazing books for adventurous cooks.

Her blog, taste_budding, on LakeIslePress.com and also on Medium, chronicles her journey from picky eater toward intrepid home cook.

She began her career in food media as marketing director of Bon Appetit Magazine.

When she isn't cooking or writing about cooking, she is a playwright and actress. Her plays have been presented or developed at a range of theatres including The Cherry Lane, The Schoolhouse, and Urban Stages; and she's the recipient of the Thomas Barbour Playwrights Award. She is also an actress whose work includes the New York premiere of “Gidion’s Knot” by Johnna Adams, directed by Austin Pendleton at 59E59 Theatres. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA, and Actors' Equity Association.

Website

http://www.daraobrien.com/

Taste Budding: Recipes

https://www.lakeislepress.com/taste-budding-recipes

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