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- Jessica Merchant (Sweet Eats: 100 Recipes and Meal Prep Ideas for Effortless Eats) Well Seasoned Librarian Season 15 Episode 20
Well Seasoned Librarian Season 15 Episode 20.
Today our host Dean Jones will be talking with Author, Blogger Jessica Merchant. We will be talking with Merchant about her book Easy Everyday and her Blog “Sweet Eats100 Recipes and Meal Prep Ideas for Effortless Eats; A Cookbook.
Merchant is a full-time recipe developer and writer who happens to be crazy passionate about all things food. She is the author of Everyday Dinners, The Pretty Dish, and Seriously Delish, and details her adventures in and out of the kitchen on her popular blog How Sweet Eats, which is read by millions.
How Sweet Eats: https://www.howsweeteats.com/______
Instagram: @howsweeteats
Easy Everyday Book (Now Out!) https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Everyday-Recipes-Effortless-Cookbook/dp/0593796357
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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
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 , John Devore and more.
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The National Immigrant Justice Center and its clients thrive on the financial support of caring individuals. Your gift can reunite a family, free a detained asylum seeker, or save the life of an individual who faces deportation to a life-threatening situation. Your support also helps NIJC continue its work to ensure that immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers have access to the fundamental legal protections and due process rights Americans have always valued.
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19 min - Cathy Whims (The Italian Summer Kitchen-Timeless Recipes for La Dolche Vita) Well Seasoned Librarian Season 15 Episode 19
Welcome to the Well Seasoned Librarian with our Host Dean Jones. This is Season 15 Episode 19. Today, we're thrilled to bring you a conversation with a true maestra of Italian cuisine, Food Writer, Restauntauer Cathy Whims!
From studying under the legendary Marcella Hazan in Venice to earning six consecutive James Beard nominations for Best Chef Northwest, Chef Whims has carved a remarkable path.
1 Join us as we explore her deep connection to Italy, her inventive approach to regional dishes, and how her close relationships with Pacific Northwest farmers bring the best of both worlds to her acclaimed Portland restaurants: Nostrana, Oven & Shaker, and Enoteca Nostrana.
Get ready to be inspired by the soul, psyche, and exquisite techniques of Italy, right here on The Well Seasoned Librarian. Now I take you to the Conversation with Dean Jones and Cathy Whims
The Italian Summer Kitchen: Timeless Recipes for La Dolce VitaNostrana Restaurant https://nostrana.com/
Oven and Shaker Portland: https://www.ovenandshaker.com/
Enoteca Nostrana https://enotecanostrana.com/
25 min - Sarah Ahn (Umma: A Korean Mom's Kitchen Wisdom and 100 Family Recipes) Well Seasoned Librarian Season 15 Episode 18
Welcome back to The Well Seasoned Librarian! , and we are thrilled to be diving into another culinary adventure with you. This is Season 15, Episode 18, and today we're turning the page on a truly special cookbook from the renowned America's Test Kitchen. Their latest offering, "Umma: A Korean Mom's Kitchen Wisdom and 100 Family Recipes", published in 2025 and brought to us by Sarah Ahn and her mother, Nam Soon Ahn, with the editorial expertise of America's Test Kitchen, maintains their high standard beautifully. As a librarian and avid reader, I consistently appreciate ATK's thoroughness, and this book effectively integrates elements of a Korean cuisine guide, a practical cookbook, and a deeply personal narrative from Sarah Ahn, known for her viral "Ahnest Kitchen" videos.This isn't just a collection of recipes; it blends personal connection with practical culinary instruction rooted in Nam Soon's extensive kitchen wisdom. Get ready to explore the engaging mother-daughter conversations woven throughout, offering relatable insights. As expected from America's Test Kitchen, every recipe is rigorously tested. We'll delve into chapters like "The Ahnest Kitchen," a valuable guide to Korean groceries, and comprehensive sections on Banchan and Pickles, foundational stews, yasik, and desserts, as well as chapters on Meats, Soups, Rice and Noodles. Beyond the recipes, we'll touch on the personal moments and intergenerational kitchen wisdom shared. So, settle in and we will go to Host Dean Jones and his conversation with Sarah Ahn.
Website https://ahnestkitchen.com/cookbook
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Umma-Korean-Kitchen-Wisdom-Recipes/dp/1954210566
Instagram: @ahnestkitchen
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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
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 , John Devore and more.
Follow me on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsibP5oAUIam8sOT-MZdXig
The National Immigrant Justice Center and its clients thrive on the financial support of caring individuals. Your gift can reunite a family, free a detained asylum seeker, or save the life of an individual who faces deportation to a life-threatening situation. Your support also helps NIJC continue its work to ensure that immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers have access to the fundamental legal protections and due process rights Americans have always valued.
You can make a secure online donation at www.immigrantjustice.org/donate.
28 min - Pim Pauline Overgaard (Aebleskiver: A New Take on Traditional Danish Pancakes,) Well Seasoned Librarian Season 15 Episode 17
Welcome back to the "Well Seasoned Librarian," the podcast where we dish up literary delights and culinary curiosities! With our host, Dean Jones, we are absolutely thrilled to bring you a taste of something truly special in Season 15, Episode 17.Today, we have the pleasure of speaking with the brilliant mind behind "Aebleskiver: A New Take on Traditional Danish Pancakes," the one and only Pim Pauling Overgaard! Get ready to have your perception of this classic pancake completely transformed. Pim's gorgeous cookbook, released in October 2024 by The Collective Book Studio, is a revelation, offering a staggering 70 delicious and inventive ways to enjoy these versatile orbs, from sweet indulgences to savory surprises.So grab a cup of something warm, settle in, and prepare to discover a whole new world of Æbleskiver with our guest, Pim Pauling Overgaard, right here on the "Well Seasoned Librarian"!
Official Website https://www.pimpauline.com/
Book:Aebleskiver: A New Take on Traditional Danish Pancakes
Instagram: @pimpauline
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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
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 , John Devore and more.
Follow me on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsibP5oAUIam8sOT-MZdXig
The National Immigrant Justice Center and its clients thrive on the financial support of caring individuals. Your gift can reunite a family, free a detained asylum seeker, or save the life of an individual who faces deportation to a life-threatening situation. Your support also helps NIJC continue its work to ensure that immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers have access to the fundamental legal protections and due process rights Americans have always valued.
You can make a secure online donation at www.immigrantjustice.org/donate.
32 min - Crystal King: (In the Garden of Monsters,' 'The Chef's Secret,' and 'Feast of Sorrow.) Well Seasoned Librarian Season 15 Episode 16
Welcome to the Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast! It's season 15, episode 16, and your host, Dean Jones, has a fascinating guest for you today. Please welcome culinary enthusiast and marketing expert, Crystal King! Crystal's writing is deeply inspired by her love of Italian history, food, language, and culture. Get ready to hear about her passion and her books, including 'In the Garden of Monsters,' 'The Chef's Secret,' and 'Feast of Sorrow.'" Tune in to this podcast episode for a wonderful conversation with the charming Crystal King!
https://www.crystalking.com/
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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
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 , John Devore and more.
Follow me on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsibP5oAUIam8sOT-MZdXig
The National Immigrant Justice Center and its clients thrive on the financial support of caring individuals. Your gift can reunite a family, free a detained asylum seeker, or save the life of an individual who faces deportation to a life-threatening situation. Your support also helps NIJC continue its work to ensure that immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers have access to the fundamental legal protections and due process rights Americans have always valued.
You can make a secure online donation at www.immigrantjustice.org/donate.
37 min - Lauren Jacobs (The Cheerful Baker/Cheerful Box) Well Seasoned Librarian Season 15 Episode 15
.Greetings, everyone, and welcome back to "The Well-Seasoned Librarian"! Season 15 Episode 15.Today, we have a truly accomplished guest joining us, someone who has not only built a successful baking business but has also graced our television screens. Please welcome Lauren Jacobs, the owner of The Cheerful Baker! Many of you may recognize Lauren from her recent appearance on the Food Network's Christmas Cookie Challenge, where she showcased her incredible talent for combining delicious flavors with stunning designs. We'll be diving into her journey, her passion for baking, and the story behind her thriving cookie decorating and cookie cutter company. I will now take you to Dean’s conversation with Lauren Jacobs the Cheerful Baker!
Website: https://cheerfulbaker.com/
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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
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 , John Devore and more.
Follow me on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsibP5oAUIam8sOT-MZdXig
The National Immigrant Justice Center and its clients thrive on the financial support of caring individuals. Your gift can reunite a family, free a detained asylum seeker, or save the life of an individual who faces deportation to a life-threatening situation. Your support also helps NIJC continue its work to ensure that immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers have access to the fundamental legal protections and due process rights Americans have always valued.
You can make a secure online donation at www.immigrantjustice.org/donate.
28 min - Sandra Lau (Chinitia Food and Travel/Vocalist) Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast Season 15 Episode 14
Bio: Sandra Lau was born in Mexico City and raised in Sydney, Australia. Sandra has worked as a professional vocalist for the past twenty-four years accompanying numerous Latin American artists including Juan Gabriel, Emmanuel and Armando Manzanero, and has also performed as a solo artist. In 2019 Sandra decided to pursue her passion for gastronomy and travel by starting a YouTube channel in which she produces content focused mainly on Mexican cuisine and culinary customs. Sandra also has a YouTube channel about mental health and mental illness.
Chinita Food and Travel (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/c/ChinitaFoodTravel
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chinita.food.travel/
I Hear You (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/@IHearYou-SandraLau
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The National Immigrant Justice Center and its clients thrive on the financial support of caring individuals. Your gift can reunite a family, free a detained asylum seeker, or save the life of an individual who faces deportation to a life-threatening situation. Your support also helps NIJC continue its work to ensure that immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers have access to the fundamental legal protections and due process rights Americans have always valued.
You can make a secure online donation at www.immigrantjustice.org/donate.
f 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”
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Music by Podcastle Music Files
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
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 , John Devore and more.
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Eating and Being: A History of Ideas about Our Food and Ourselves Hardcover – November 20, 2024
57 min - Lenzy Ruffin (Park Road Studios Cooking Show Accelerator) Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast Season 15 Episode 13
Bio: Lenzy Ruffin is the Cooking Show Advisor for Park Road Studios. He specializes in teaching chefs how to use YouTube to host a weekly cooking show on TV. Lenzy is on a mission to change our relationship with food. He believes we can make better food choices for both our personal health, as well as for the health of our planet. Lenzy's strategy for achieving this is to teach chefs how to host a revenue-generating cooking show so they can earn a great living by teaching people how to eat healthy, real food. Lenzy hosts an online training community called the Cooking Show Accelerator where he teaches chefs and home cooks how to start a cooking show and build it into a work from home business.
Park Road Studios Cooking Show Accelerator https://www.parkroadstudios.com/
Cooking Show Accelerator: https://cooking-show-accelerator.mn.co/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lenzyruffin/?hl=en
f 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!
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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
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 , John Devore and more.
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Eating and Being: A History of Ideas about Our Food and Ourselves Hardcover – November 20, 2024
23 min - Steven Shapin Ph.D (Eating and Being: A History of Ideas about Our Food and Our Selves) Well Seasoned Library Season 15 Episode 12
Author Bio: Steven Shapin joined Harvard in 2004 after previous appointments as Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego, and at the Science Studies Unit, Edinburgh University.
His books include Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life (Princeton University Press, 1985 [new ed. 2011]; with Simon Schaffer), A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England (University of Chicago Press, 1994), The Scientific Revolution (University of Chicago Press, 1996; now translated into 16 languages), Wetenschap is cultuur (Science is Culture) (Amsterdam: Balans, 2005; with Simon Schaffer), The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation (University of Chicago Press, 2008), Never Pure: Historical Studies of Science as if It Was Produced by People with Bodies, Situated in Time, Space, Culture and Society, and Struggling for Credibility and Authority (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), “Eating and Being: A History of Ideas about Our Food and Our Selves (University of Chicago Press, 2024, and several edited books.
Image Credit for Author: Newfrogm - Own work, ByCC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=155155598
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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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
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 , John Devore and more.
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Eating and Being: A History of Ideas about Our Food and Ourselves Hardcover – November 20, 2024
33 min - Christopher Beckman A Twist in the Tail: How the Humble Anchovy Flavoured Western Cuisine) Well Seasoned Librarian Season 15 Episode 11
Author Bio: Christopher Beckman was born in San Francisco and has a doctorate in Near Eastern Archaeology. Based in Geneva, his research focuses on the links between material culture and subsistence patterns. He has lived in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, with a stint in Hollywood producing horror films.
A Twist in the Tail: How the Humble Anchovy Flavoured Western Cuisine
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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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
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 , John Devore and more.
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About The Well-Seasoned Librarian: Mixing Cookbooks and Conversation
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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/