The Well-Seasoned Librarian: Mixing Cookbooks and Conversation

Well Seasoned Library Podcast: Season 17, Episode 8, Guests: Gail Rosenblum and Kait Ziemer-Davis Book: SEA SALT EATERY: Recipes to Enjoy Year-Round Bio: Located mist-distance from Minnehaha Falls, South Minneapolis fish stand Sea Salt has been a beloved summer gathering spot for more than twenty years. A feast of recipes from panko walleye to grilled catfish, Thai tuna, crabcakes, BBQ shrimp, and...

Well Seasoned Librarian Season 17 Episode 8 Guest: Bobby Hicks Book: Retro Recipes: Vintage Dishes with a Modern Twist Bio: Meet Bobby Hicks Bobby Hicks is an American author, content creator, and private chef. His debut book, Retro Recipes, is a love letter to nostalgia and the dishes we all crave today. Bobby appeared as a contestant on  Season 4 of Gordon Ramsay’s Next Level Chef,  bringing his...

The Well Seasoned Librarian Season 17 Episode 7 Guest: Adam Kingl Bio: EXECUTIVE EATS :  The Cookbook for a Better Working Life  (out 6/16/26) by Adam Kingl and Jakub Radzikowski.  Are you looking for greater focus in your work and life? Do you find your mind wandering while trying to concentrate on daily tasks – whether at the office or at home? From sustained energy to improved focus and mood, e...

Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast Season 17 Episode 6 Book: Pop Life: The Ultimate 80's Kitchen Encore Author Bio: Chef Alicia Shevetone is a pop-up chef, cookbook author, television personality, and creator of Dink Cuisine, a food and entertainment organization that curates culinary experiences across print, digital, social, and live media. Her first cookbook, Italian Cookbook for Two, features 24...

Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast Season 17 Episode 5 Guest: Helen Goh About the Author: Helen is an acclaimed baking columnist and cookbook writer who is renowned for her innovative recipes drawing on Asian, Western and Middle Eastern traditions. After working as chief pastry recipe developer for the Ottolenghi group, she co-authored her first book with YOTAM OTTOLENGHI, the best-selling SWEET, whi...

Welcome back to The Well Seasoned Librarian . I’m your announcer, Xavier. Today, host Dean Jones is joined by a powerhouse talent who is as sharp with a cast-iron skillet as she is with a Telecaster. Music Row named her the 'Next Big Thing,' and while she’s earned her stripes as a Fender Next artist and a CMT 'Next Woman of Country,' Whiskey Riff notes she remains one of Nashville’...

About : Festa Italiana Charlotte: Ciao! St. Anthony Foundation of Charlotte welcomes you to The 21st Annual Festa Italiana Charlotte: An Italian Food & Wine Festival. Our All-inclusive event features 25+ Culinary Partners showcasing Italian and Italian-American cuisine and beverages during our Grand Tasting experience. Guest can anticipate Live Performances, Chef Demonstrations, Italian Sports...

Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast Season 17 Episode 2 Guest: Emmanuel Laroche Bio: Award-winning author, born in Versailles, France, close to the famous chateau of King Louis XIV, Emmanuel Laroche grew up savoring the best food and drink that France offers, eventually earning him the American nickname: “Champagne Charlie.” His mother taught him to cook when he was six, starting with a simple yogurt...

Guest: Carolyn Haeler Bio: Carolyn is the founder and CEO of Mightylicious Gluten Free. After being diagnosed with Celiac disease, she left her finance career to create cookies she, and now 1.3 million Americans on gluten free diets, could truly love. Her clean label cookies and flours are certified gluten free, kosher, non GMO, and vegan/vegetarian friendly. You’ll find all seven varieties in Wal...

Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast Season 16 Episode 20 Guest; Abby Cheshire Cookbook: Passport to Flavor: 100 Global Dishes You Can Make Anywhere (An International Cookbook. Delicious Recipes from Around the World) Bio: Chef Abby Cheshire is a private yacht chef, culinary arts teacher, and social media influencer. When she’s not teaching her high school students during the school year, Abby spends h...

Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast Season 16 Episode 19 Guest: Sam Paone (Golden State Pickle Works /Jarring Everything) Bio: Sam Paone is a Sonoma-based cook, preservationist, and the founder of Golden State Pickle Works and Collective Cultures. She’s best known for her deeply seasonal approach to fermentation, pickling, and pantry-building—work that sits at the intersection of tradition, practicali...

Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast Season 16 Episode 18 Guest: Julia Halina Hadas Bio: ulia Halina Hadas is the bestselling author of WitchCraft Cocktails and Moon, Magic, Mixology and is the leading mixologist in the witchcraft and spiritual spheres - combining her professions and passions of witchcraft, mixology, and astrology. Her most recent work, The Modern Witchcraft Book of Astrology, reflects...

Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast: Season 16 Episode 17 Guest: Jammie South (The Banshee’s Bakehaus / Jammie Cupcake) Jammie South, known to many as  Jammie Cupcake , is the creative force and head baker behind  The Banshee’s Bakehaus  — a gothic-inspired dessert brand based in Orange County, California. Her work blends dark romantic aesthetics with decadent flavors, creating desserts that are as ha...

Season 16 Episode 16: Show Notes: Welcome to a landmark edition of The Well Seasoned Librarian . We are deep into the end of another year of culinary conversation, and today, for Season 16, Episode 16, we are stepping back into the elegant patisseries and home kitchens of Paris. Our guest today is a titan of food literature. A James Beard Award winner and recipient of the Gourmand World Cookbook A...

The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast. Episode 15 | Season 16 Host Dean Jones. Guest :Yoko Nakazawa: Fermenting Traditions and the Art of the Japanese Pickle The Guest:Yoko Nakazawa is a renowned cultural ambassador, preserving expert, and author. Born and raised in rural Japan, Yoko’s foundation was built in her parents' garden, where she learned the importance of seasonality and the ancient craft...

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Season 16, Episode 13 features an exclusive interview with Dr. David Newman , the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Pork Board. He leads the entire Pork Checkoff's national promotion, research, and education initiatives on behalf of 60,000 U.S. pork producers. But Dr. Newman is no boardroom academic—he's a lifelong pig farmer and owner of his family's operation, Newman Farm...

Author Bio: Thea Engst's two great loves are writing and hospitality. Her books are the marriage of her love for restaurants and her love for writing. She has worked in hospitality for more than a decade, with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature from Hobart and William Smith College and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Emerson College. Her first book "Drink Like a Bartender" was rated o...

Author Bio: BIO: Pyet  (an abbreviation of her inherited Native American name Pyetwetmokwe meaning something loud coming over the mountains towards you) is a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Tribe, an award winning and global private chef, and the first winner of Gordon Ramsay’s groundbreaking cooking competition series,  Next Level Chef.  In 2021,  Entrepreneur Magazine  named her one...

Author Bio : Rachel Farnsworth Food Creator and Cookbook author Founder of The Stay at Home Chef Rachel Farnsworth is the founder of The Stay At Home Chef, one of the internet’s most beloved food websites. Since launching the site in 2012, she has built a community of millions by sharing approachable, restaurant-quality recipes that anyone can cook at home. Her mission is simple: to make delicious...

Author Bio: Ashley Rose Young  is the American History Curator in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress. She is also a Smithsonian Research Associate and was formerly the Historian of the Smithsonian Food History Project at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. A curator and public historian, she has written for the  New York Times  and and  Washi...

Author Bio: Sam Bilton has been intrigued by food history ever since her grandmother gave her a battered copy of Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book. Inside this book was a collection of handwritten recipes dating from around 1871 collated by her grandmother’s Great Aunt Eliza. This little book would spark an interest in historical food which began as a hobby but would lead to a Masters in Culinary Arts and...

Dorie Greenspan Bio: Dorie’s Anytime Cakes is my 15th cookbook (cue the fireworks, please). Several of my books, including Baking From My Home to Yours, Dorie’s Cookies, Baking with Dorie, and Around My French Table, were New York Times bestsellers and/or won James Beard Awards. I've been a Times columnist, inducted into the Who’s Who of Food and Beverage and awarded the Order of Agricultural...

Bio: Shadan Kishi Price is an award winning Iranian-American cook. Born in Tehran, she moved to the United States as a child and lives in Texas. She holds a degree in Visual Arts Studies as well as Hospitality Management. She has taught cooking classes and worked at the nation's first fully vegan dining hall. You can find her on Instagram and Tiktok @shadankp. Cookbook Club: https://www.amazon...

Author Bio: Gesine Bullock-Prado is a highly acclaimed pastry chef, baker, and bestselling cookbook author. Born in Washington, D.C., Gesine spent her early childhood in Germany and Austria before growing up in Arlington, Virginia. Her professional life began in the high-stakes world of entertainment, where she worked as a licensed attorney and served as the president of her sister Sandra Bullock&...