Tip of the Tongue

Marielle Songy has written a new book! Coffee Culture New Orleans. The book explores the history of coffee importation and drinking in the city of New Orleans, and the political and economic impact coffee has had on the city. She talks about the myths about coffee and chicory. And she explores how modern coffee drinking has changed. Listen! It’s on Tip of the Tongue.

Marielle Songy

Marielle has also been on our podcast about another beverage associated with New Orleans - the absinthe frappé. You can listen to that earlier podcast here.

Chef Alon Shaya has written a new book,  Memories of a Good Meal: Recipes of Resilience Inspired by Stories of World War II Survival, full of stories and recipes which represent the sometimes hidden and sometimes forgotten people from World War II.

Shaya is a James Beard award winning chef and the co-founder of Pomegranate Hospitality. He is the author of Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel

and his most recent book, written with June Hersh.

We talk about his new book and what it means. Listen. It’s on Tip of the Tongue.

As we celebrate all things about the founding of America this year, we can look at the contributions of Spain to the founding of this country. One of the places touched by Spain was New Orleans and the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. The influences from France are often noted when speaking of this history. Those influences from Spain are often less emphasized, but the amount of territory that was influenced by Spain was vast and varied. Listen, it’s on Tip of the Tongue.

We speak with Begoña Santos, President and CEO of the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute and Antonio Sanchez de Mora of the Archivo General de las Indias

Begoña Santos

Antonio Sanchez de Mora

Here is the ticket link to the opening event at the St. Louis Cathedral.

Sheil Shukla has written a new cookbook, Kari: Reimagined Plant-Based Indian Recipes, that picks up where his first book, Plant-Based India, leaves off. It was named one of the New York Times best cookbooks of 2022 and was nominated for a James Beard Award.

Sheil is a recipe developer, content creator, food photographer, and a Northwestern Medicine board certified internal medicine physician.

Listen! It’s on TIp of the Tongue.

What is the best-selling community cookbook of all time? It is The Settlement Cook Book. Nora L. Rubel writes about its history and its importance in her new book, Recipes for the Melting Pot: The Lives of The Settlement Cook Book. Nora is Elizabeth Denio Professor, Co-Director of Jewish Studies, and Chair of the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester.

Yes, it really says that on the cover. “The way to a man’s heart.”

Nora mentions Grass Fed in our interview. You can check our the website.

Darra Goldstein, co-author of Cultured with Cortney Burns and Richard Martin, talks about fermentation, recipes, and the joys of transforming and preserving food.

Darra is an award-winning author, educator, speaker, and consultant. She has written 17 books and she is an international speaker.

We talked about fermentation and the fun of it. Read this beautiful book with fabulous recipes, the brined watermelon is better than stellar, and be sure to cook from it.

Listen, it’s on Tip of the Tongue!

We speak with Rachel Waugh, the Executive Director of the Museum of Food & Culture in Denver, Colorado.

Rachel Waugh

Learn more about the Museum of Food & Culture

Here is an earlier interview with Rachel about the Museum of Food & Culbure.

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Award-winning journalist and novelist, Ken Wells, was born in south Louisiana. There could be no one better suited to his investigative approach to the best boudin, the most interesting boudin, and the most hidden boudin, than Ken.

This book is a travelog as well as history of boudin. I plan on keeping the book in my glove compartment so that I won’t pass up any great boudin stops when I am on the highways of south Louisiana. Wells’ other books about Louisiana include, The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous: Fighting to Save a Way of Life in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina and Gumbo Life: A Journey down the Roux Bayou.

Ken Wells

Lisa Steele started her career in media writing about raising chickens. She took wonderful photos, explained what the chickens needed, and moved onto ducks, and then cooking the eggs. Now she is blossoming even more!

From Lisa’s Website

We talk about her career, her goals, and how she wants to reach people. I love that all of her books, even the one about raising and keeping chickens and ducks, are beautiful.

Listen as we talk about recipes, the state of cooking shows, cooking her recipes, and her future. It’s on Tip of the Tongue: On Food & Culture.

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