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This week, we're excited to welcome Jake Cohen to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks.You might recognize Jake from any number of social media platforms, where he regularly creates viral recipes and food content. A native New Yorker, Jake started his career post-culinary school at some of Manhattan’s most revered restaurants — Daniel and ABC Kitchen — before he made the jump to food media. Traversing his way through the offices of outlets like Saveur and Tasting Table, Jake rose in the ranks and became known for his inventive recipes.And now he’s here with his first cookbook — his debut — titled Jew-ish, Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch. It’s an exploration of Jewish food, often with innovative twists, ranging from a recipe for the Perfect Challah to dishes like Matzo Tiramisu.START COOKING TODAY: Omnivore Books | Bookshop | IndieBoundJake joined us remotely in the Salt + Spine Virtual Studio for today’s show to #TalkCookbooks. Get full

HAVE A LISTEN: Counterjam is the third show on Food52's podcast new network. On Counterjam, host Peter Kim explores culture through food and music. Guests include A Tribe Called Quest founding member Jarobi White, Kelis, comedian Margaret Cho, chef and cookbook author Roy Choi, and many more. Subscribe here.About this episode:Host Peter J. Kim looks at Korean-American food culture—with chef Roy Choi, comedian Margaret Cho, and his mom (!)—in all its stinky, fermented, fishy beauty.Referenced in this episode:Peter's Instant Ramyun “Carbonara”Follow Counterjam on Spotify for more tracks from CLARA, DANakaDAN, Omega60, and so many other wonderful Korean-American artists that we couldn't squeeze into this episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to Salt + Spine at saltandspine.substack.com/subscribe

This week, we're excited to welcome Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks.Mashama is the executive chef and partner of The Grey, which she runs with her business partner, John O. Morisano. The Savannah, Georgia restaurant is set inside a once-segregated, former Greyhound bus station and has been dubbed Restaurant of the Year by Eater and named one of TIME magazine’s "greatest places." The Grey serves up Mashama’s menu, which draws influences from all over and in particular the South, Italy, and Africa. In 2019, the James Beard Foundation awarded Mashama its Best Chef: Southeast award. Together, Mashama and John built The Grey — and now, they’re taking a unique approach with their memoir-cookbook by telling the story together, too.Their book — titled Black, White, and The Grey: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship and a Beloved Restaurant — chronicles how the pair came together, relocated to Savannah, and opened a celeb

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This week, we're excited to welcome Pilar Hernandez and Eileen Smith to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks.Episode info coming soon. Get full access to Salt + Spine at saltandspine.substack.com/subscribe

Angela Garbacz is the founder of the Lincoln, Nebraska pastry shop Goldenrod Pastries, which is focused on “inclusive baking,” the term Angela uses to describe her menu full of baked goods without dairy or gluten. Angela’s distilled her recipes and two decades of professional baking experience into her first cookbook, Perfectly Golden, which offers everything from confetti cookies to her grandmothers’s famous peach coffee cake. And all the recipes are easily adaptable — you can use butter or dairy, if you’d like, or make them gluten- and/or dairy-free.Named one of Time magazine’s “most innovative women in food and drink," and included on Cherry Bombe magazine's "100 List" of influential women in the industry, Angela has been leading the conversation on dietary-sensitive baking and female empowerment for years. And while Perfectly Golden will bring those stellar baked goods into your kitchen, it’s also a book rooted in family and female empowerment, as

This week, we're excited to welcome Julia Turshen to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks.Julia is returning to Salt + Spine today to talk about her latest cookbook, Simply Julia. Julia is the well-known author of other cookbooks, including two highly praised solo books: Small Victories and Now & Again.And she’s a prolific writer in the industry, bringing together a range of voices and recipes for 2017’s Feed the Resistance cookbook as well as authoring The Interview, a Food & Wine magazine column that features compelling people in food. And the list goes on: cofounder of Equity at the Table, host of the podcast Keep Calm and Cook On, and so on.Called one of the 100 “Greatest Home Cooks of All Time” by Epicurious, Julia brings the simplicity and crave-ability she’s known for to the recipes in her latest, Simply Julia. With a focus on healthy comfort food, you’ll find weeknight go-tos like Tex-Mex Turkey Meatballs, soups and stews like a Smoked

🥧 It's Pie Week 2021 🥧This week, we're excited to welcome Petra Paredez to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks, for our Spring 2021 Pie Week!Petra’s life story is looped around pie from the very beginning. Before she was even born, her parents opened Mom’s Apple Pie Company in Leesburg, Virginia, and Petra and her family’s lives revolved around pie ever since. Be it the right fat-to-flour ratio for dough (hers is different than her dad’s) or the produce grown on the family farm and destined for scrumptious fillings. But as you’ll hear, Petra wasn’t certain that pie would be her career path. She took a detour—but before long, she was opening her own pie shop in New York City: Petee’s Pie Company.And now in her first cookbook, Pie for Everyone, she’s pulling together the last seven years of professional knowledge from running her now-two locations of Petee's—the name, by the way, is a ode to her childhood nickname̵

Episode 2 of our Spring 2021 Pie Week 🥧Called a “pie guru” by Sunset magazine and the “pie-making queen” by Chowhound, Kate’s name has become synonymous with the practice of home-baking pies infused with care and confidence. Thousands of people have joined her workshops, including her 3-day Pie Camp, in Washington State and around the world.Her first cookbook — Art of the Pie — was nominated for a James Beard award. She followed it up with Home Cooking, breaking from pie just long enough to offer fans delectable recipes for some of her best comfort foods.And now she’s back with her third cookbook, Pie Camp. With a greater focus on technique, Pie Camp brings many of the most-sought pie lessons to your home. Recipes range from Buttermilk Bourbon Pumpkin to Raspberry-Peach Sunset Chiffon to Double Chocolate Banana… See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to Salt + Spine at saltandspine.substack.com/subscribe

Danielle Renov is the author of Peas Love & Carrots, her first cookbook. She is well known for her food blog and Instagram of the same name. She joins us this week to #TalkCookbooks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to Salt + Spine at saltandspine.substack.com/subscribe

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This week, we're excited to welcome Hawa Hassan to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks.Hawa is the founder and CEO of Basbaas Sauce, a selection of condiments that are inspired by Somalia, the country where she was born. Hawa left Somalia with her family in the midst of the country’s civil war: first to a refugee camp and then to the U.S. She built a life in America, including a modeling career, and 15 years later, she reunited with her family for the first time. Through it all was food — the family foods she remembers from her childhood, the 7/11 snacks she’d pick up in Seattle, the dinner parties she’d host in New York City.And now, her first cookbook. Hawa joined us to talk about her first cookbook, In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean. Co-authored with Salt + Spine friend Julia Turshen, the book introduces us to bibis (grandmother in Swahili) up and down the East African

Carolyn Federman is the author of New Favorites for New Cooks and the creator of the Charlie Cart Project. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to Salt + Spine at saltandspine.substack.com/subscribe

Kristina Gill is the co-author of Tasting Rome: Fresh Flavors and Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City. A native of Nashville, Kristina relocated to Rome in 1999. Kristina joined us remotely from, of course, Rome, to talk about the role food has played in her life, how she approaches her work, and where she turns for inspiration. Plus, of course, we’re playing a game and putting Kristina to the culinary test. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to Salt + Spine at saltandspine.substack.com/subscribe

In the final installment of our Food Media Awakening Series—and the beginning of our fall 2020 season—we're talking with teenage food professionals about what drew them to food and food writing and what they see for the food media and restaurant industries as their generation enters the workforce. Oakland-based Rahanna Bisseret Martinez shares her perspective on restaurant kitchens, New York City's Food and Finance High School student Michael Stanton discusses their junior class project and telling the stories of trailblazing people of color in food, and cookbook author and activist Haile Thomas talks about what drew her to wellness, a vegan diet, and advocacy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to Salt + Spine at saltandspine.substack.com/subscribe

In Part 3 of our Food Media Awakening Series, we're talking all about food media: specifically, food media that is not owned or led by white people. With power and editorial control largely in the hands of white people at "mainstream" food media outlets, we're talking with editors, publishers, and writers about the importance of having and investing in Black- and POC-led food media. Food writer and cookbook author Klancy Miller joins to discuss her forthcoming magazine, For The Culture, which tells the stories of Black women in food and wine by Black female writers, photographers, and illustrators. Editors Sheree Williams of Cuisine Noir and Rochelle Oliver of Island & Spice discuss their work and editorial processes. And we hear analysis from Jamila Robinson, food editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer and chair of the James Beard Awards' journalism committee, and food writer Osayi Endolyn. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to Salt + Spine at saltandspine.substack.c

We're stepping away from our normal one-on-one author interviews this month to hold space for deeper conversations around equity and representation in food media and the cookbook industry. Stay tuned as we talk with cookbook authors, food writers, editors, podcast hosts, and the generation of young cooks and food writers.In the second episode of our Food Media Awakening series, we're taking a closer look at the cookbook industry. What issues around representation exist in cookbook publishing? How have authors and others working in the field navigated these challenges? What needs to change – and what would a more equitable cookbook industry look like?We called up several guests to discuss these topics: cookbook author and photographer Kristina Gill (co-author of Tasting Rome), literary agents Rica Allannic and Sally Ekus, cookbook editor Cristina Garces of Chronicle Books, and food writers Osayi Endolyn and Illyanna Maisonet.Additional Reading and Resources:How Food Media Fails BIPOC,

We're stepping away from our normal one-on-one author interviews this month to hold space for deeper conversations around equity and representation in food media and the cookbook industry. Stay tuned as we talk with cookbook authors, food writers, editors, podcast hosts, and the generation of young cooks and food writers.In today's episode, we're starting by taking a look at the reckoning that's taking place at Bon Appetit and other food media outlets. We're joined by food writer Tammie Teclemariam, Bon Appetit's research director Joey Hernandez, and podcast host Cathy Erway. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to Salt + Spine at saltandspine.substack.com/subscribe

Sonoko Sakai is a writer and teacher based in California. Over the course of her career, she’s developed recipes, taught cooking classes, and written articles and cookbooks to promote Japanese food and culture. Her first cookbook—The Poetical Pursuit of Food: Japanese Recipes for American Cooks—was published in 1986, and her most recent, Japanese Home Cooking, features 100 recipes that get to the heart of accessible Japanese cuisine.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to Salt + Spine at saltandspine.substack.com/subscribe

Jesse Szewczyk is a New York-based food writer and stylist with bylines in outlets from Food52, The Kitchn, Tasty, and Jarry. Jesse joined us to talk about his first cookbook, Tasty Pride, a compilation of 75 recipes and stories from the queer food community. June is Pride Month and we were thrilled to welcome Jesse to the show. In addition to bringing together queer voices for this cookbook, Jesse's publishers -- Clarkson potter & Tasty -- also made a $50,000 donation to GLADD on the book's publication. We talk with Jesse about growing up in the Midwest, what it was like to work in restaurant kitchens and food media as a young, gay man, and the process of putting together this cookbook. Jesse dedicates the book to "All the queer cooks who have longed to see themselves represented in mainstream food media." He writes: "We are in every restaurant, test kitchen, hotel, catering company, studio, and publication. This book and the stories within in prove that there is a seat at the table for al