108: Live at Cookbook Fest: Toriano Gordon and Anna Voloshnya

We're pleased to share our very first live show with all of our listeners! Kate, Andrea and Kristin spoke with Toriano Gordon and Anna Voloshnya at the Napa Valley Cookbook Fest earlier this year where they spoke about their individual cookbook journeys and career paths, the challenges that came with their projects and the ways the process felt fulfilling. They share their goals of representing and sharing the people, places and culture they came from, the importance of community and all about recipe creation, writing and naming. Finally they share a few instances of editorial pushback, their cover stories and the one question they encourage aspiring authors to ask themselves before starting their own cookbook journey.
Hosts: Kate Leahy (www.kateleahycooks.com/) + Andrea Nguyen (www.vietworldkitchen.com/) + Molly Stevens (www.mollystevenscooks.com/) + Kristin Donnelly (kristindonnelly.squarespace.com/links)
Editor: Abby Cerquitella (abigail-cerquitella.squarespace.com/)
Mentions
Napa Valley CookbookFest (www.cookbookfest.com/)
Episode 25: Inside a Ukrainian Kitchen with Anna Voloshyna (www.everythingcookbooks.com/episodes/25-inside-a-ukrainian-kitchen-with-anna-voloshyna?rq=anna)
Toriano Gordon (veganmob.biz/)
Anna Voloshnya (www.annavoloshyna.com/)
Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop (bookshop.org/shop/everythingcookbooks) to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the show
• Vegan Mob (bookshop.org/a/79572/9781984859969) by Toriano Gordon
• Budmo! (bookshop.org/a/79572/9780847872565) by Anna Voloshyna

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107: Caroline Choe on Banchan

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Kristin and Kate speak with chef, artist, teacher and writer Caroline Choe about her debut cookbook, Banchan. Caroline shares her career journey and how her teaching experience and art background informs her work today. After a confluence of events caused her to declare that she was quitting the industry, ultimately she was hired to write this cookbook and brought her personal story, family rec...

106: Caroline Chambers on Building a Substack Platform

มุมมอง 2314 วันที่ผ่านมา

Molly and Andrea speak with Substack's number one food and drink writer, Caroline Chambers, about her experience building a successful following that led to the release of her new cookbook, What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking. Caroline shares how the pandemic spurred her shift from freelance recipe developer to newsletter writer in spite of past rejections of her cookbook proposal. Sh...

105: Bebe Carminito on Building Community Through Cookbooks

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Kate and Molly speak about cookbook clubs and career shifts with debut author Bebe Carminito. Bebe shares what inspired her love of food and her various career changes, from makeup artist to pastry assistant to food stylist to cookbook author. She followed her curiosity, gathering contacts, classes and experience over the years which eventually led to a beautiful full circle moment with this bo...

104: Cookbook Criticism with Leslie Brenner

มุมมอง 1528 วันที่ผ่านมา

Molly and Kate dive back into the topic of cookbook reviews as they chat with Leslie Brenner, an experienced critic, journalist, editor and consultant in the food media space. Leslie shares how she got into food writing, the inspiration and motivation behind her website and why she focuses on the home cook. She speaks on the mental and physical toll of restaurant reviewing and why she sees cook...

103: Propping, Styling, and Photographing Your Own Cookbooks with Betty Liu

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Molly and Kate speak with Betty Liu about the process of creating her second cookbook which she photographed while juggling a demanding day job. She shares how she ventured into the cookbook sphere from her career in wedding photography, blogging and surgical residency as well as where the idea for her first book came from. She talks about why she wanted to showcase Shanghainese food, why she f...

102: Lara Hamilton of Book Larder

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Molly and Kate speak with Lara Hamilton, the owner of Book Larder Seattle's community cookbook store. Lara shares the motivations behind opening the store, why Seattle was the perfect base and how she sees the connection between food and books. We learn the origins behind the name, location and design of the store as well as some behind the scenes insights into ordering, event planning and cura...

101: Pumpkin Spice and Hot Takes

มุมมอง 6หลายเดือนก่อน

We're back and starting off Season 6 with grab bag of topics with all our hosts. Kristin, Molly, Kate and Andrea discuss the pros and cons of the (potentially overfull) Fall cookbook season and how to emotionally prepare but keep expectations realistic on pub day while prioritizing celebration. We share our insights and experiences on contracts, printed errors, correction pages and wade into so...

100: Advice from Our Listeners and Season 5 Wrap-Up

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To close out Season Five and celebrate 100(!) episodes, we're sharing some advice, tips and ideas from our listeners for our listeners. Molly, Andrea, Kate and Kristin discuss some of the terrific insights that our listeners have submitted to help aspiring cookbook authors and share their own thoughts on topics like: writing classes, caring the most for your project, the inevitable "dip" in the...

99: Eat Your Books

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Molly and Kate speak with two members of the cookbook indexing website Eat Your Books team; Jane Kelly, co-founder and CEO and Jenny Hartin, Director of Publicity. Jane shares where she got the idea to create the website, the way it works and how its grown since its inception with now over 2.5 million recipes indexed. We learn how vital the community experience of the site is and ways authors c...

98: Writing Regional Recipes for a Global Audience with Chris Tan

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Kate and Andrea chat with Singapore based cookbook author Chris Tan about his new book, Nerd Baker 2 and his publishing process. He shares why he wanted to revisit the world of Nerd Baker, how he keeps international readers in mind while writing and how his experience as a cooking instructor informs his work. He talks about the climate obstacles he had while writing and photographing, where his...

97: Teamwork=Dreamwork with Hot Sheet Authors Olga Massov and Sanaë Lemoine

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Kate and Kristin tackle the topic of cookbook collaboration as they chat with Olga Massov and Sanaë Lemoine about their new book, Hot Sheet. Olga and Sanaë share a bit about their career paths, where the inspiration for this book came from and why partnering on it was the best way to go. They speak about the strengths and expertise each brought to the project, why they focused on sheet pans and...

96: Ken and Michelle from Now Serving Bookstore

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Molly and Kate speak with the owners of Los Angeles based cookbook store Now Serving, Ken Concepcion and Michelle Mungcal, about the crucial role that niche independent bookstores play in the marketplace. Ken shares how his chef background informed his love of cookbooks and led to opening the store and Michelle talks about curating their space to create a specific atmosphere for their community...

95: Recipe Writing with Real Cooks in Mind

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Kate, Kristin and Molly venture back into the user experience arena as they discuss recipe presentation in cookbooks. They highlight the need for this section to delight not distract and prioritize form over function as well as the need to write with a specific audience in mind. They discuss their thoughts as a consumer and developer on elements like: ingredients, equipment, serving size, prep ...

94: Insights from Literary Agent Lori Galvin

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Kate, Kristin and Molly speak with agent Lori Galvin about her long career in the food media space. She shares what spurred her decision to move on from editorial work and how agenting required on the job learning and an entrepreneurial approach. She talks about learning to trust in her own taste, why she enjoys working with both fiction and non-fiction titles and the changes she is seeing in t...