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Cookbook Love Podcast

319 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratings

In this weekly podcast, host Maggie Green celebrates cookbook readers, writers, collectors, and clubs, with interviews and conversations about cookbook writing and the role of cookbooks in our lives. Maggie's mission is to build and celebrate a community of people who would rather write, read, and buy a cookbook over any other genre of book.

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Episode 17 : Interview with Cookbook Reader and Collector Sara Bir

December 27, 2018 05:00 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MB

Welcome back to our final episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast for 2018! Today I feature an interview with Cookbook Collector and Food Librarian Sara Bir. Sara has a great love for cookbooks and this began as a child when she used her mom’s cookbooks to “make messes in the kitchen.” Sara went on to attend the Culinary Institute of America because she wanted to write about food. Sara describes herself as a cookbook reader and collector and believes that cookbooks have made her who she is toda...

Episode 16: Interview with Cookbook Reader and Military Spouse Jenna Miller of Jenna’s Delicious Creations

December 20, 2018 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MB

Welcome to another episode of The Cookbook Love Podcast. I’m excited today to interview Cookbook Reader and Military Spouse Jenna Miller. Military family life most typically involves relocations. In this episode, Jenna discusses the locations her family has lived with her husband who is Active Duty Air Force. As a result of these relocations, Jenna has leaned on cookbooks for many reasons. Cookbooks help her recreate familiar foods when they were living overseas. Then when they moved back to...

Episode 15: Interview with ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen Senior Community Educator and Cookbook Collector Janine Kolotyluk

December 13, 2018 05:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MB

Welcome to this episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Today I’m excited to interview Janine Kolotyluk who is the Senior Community Educator at ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada). ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen has provided household advice and recipes for 85 years. Through their toll-free Answer Line, and their Calgary Learning Centre, Edmonton Retail Store and Kitchen, and website they provide reliable information on a variety of daily living, household, and cooking topics. T...

Episode 14: Interview with Cookbook Reader and Collector Digna Cassens, RDN

December 06, 2018 05:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MB

Welcome to this episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Today I feature an interview with Digna Cassens. Digna lives with her husband of 50+ years on a small ranch in the Mojave Desert of Southern California. They enjoy baking ancient grain bread, cooking, growing fruit trees, chiles, and organic vegetables. Digna is a cookbook collector and this stemmed from her career working as a Registered Dietitian in long-term-care, as well as her background growing up in Puerto Rico with a mother who wa...

Episode 13: Interview with Return Peace Corps Volunteer and Cookbook Reader Elizabeth Flamm

November 29, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB

Welcome to this episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Today I am excited today to interview Cookbook Reader and RPVC (Returned Peace Corps Volunteer) Elizabeth Flamm. Elizabeth was stationed in Koussouka, Burkina Faso for 27 months from October 2012 to December 2014. At the beginning of her training, Elizabeth was given a copy of Where There is No Microwave: A Culinary Survival Guide. Elizabeth read this book cover to cover while she lived with her host family during the initial part of her ...

Episode 12: Interview with Sondra Bernstein and her Delicious New Chapters Cookbook Drive

November 22, 2018 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MB

Happy Thanksgiving! And welcome to this special Thanksgiving Episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Thanksgiving here in the US is a holiday all about food, sharing, and cooking, so it’s no accident that I planned today's’ interview with Sondra Bernstein. Sondra is the chef and owner of the Girl and the Fig in Sonoma, California. In October 2017 one of the deadliest fires in California history swept across Napa, Sonoma, and Mendicino counties in California. In response to the fire, and in add...

Episode 11: Take a Look at Recipe Writing Style

November 15, 2018 05:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

A basic list of ingredients is not copyright protected. (This is why Coca-Cola and KFC don’t share the ingredient list in their products.) That said, a writer’s expression of the list of ingredients as set forth in a recipe or a recipe collection (in a cookbook) is most often copyright protected. When a cookbook author writes a book, they have the privilege to determine their own recipe writing style. This style fits the author and communicates to the cook, consistently, what they are trying...

Episode 10: Interview with Once Upon A Thyme Book Shop owner Kristina Heaton

November 08, 2018 05:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MB

On this episode of the podcast, I interview the owner of Once Upon a Thyme Book Shop Kristina Heaton. Once Upon a Thyme is an independent bookshop in Beavercreek, Ohio. The mission of Once Upon A Thyme is to provide a community for food admirers. In the interview, Kristina talks about how the shop provides a community space for people to gather around cookbooks, food, and cooking, as well as a place where customers can buy new and used cookbooks and food-related titles, as well as unique kit...

Episode 9: Interview with Cookbook Collector Lisa Goldstein from @cookinglikeitmeanit

November 01, 2018 04:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MB

On this episode of the podcast, I interview Lisa Goldstein. Lisa is home cook and cookbook collector from the San Francisco Area. Lisa’s love for cookbook started at an early age when she read cookbooks he mom had in the house. As Lisa grew up and learned about cooking her desire to try new things expanded. She started with buying cookbooks from James Mc Nair’s Pizza and Pie Cookbook. She then added general reference cookbooks, as well as books about food science that piqued her interest in ...

Episode 8: Interview with Judy O’Dwyer The Cookbook Club, The Villages, FL

October 25, 2018 16:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB

Today Maggie interviews Founder and Coordinator of The Cookbook Club at the Villages, Florida, Judy ODwyer. Described as Florida’s friendliest hometown, The Villages is an over 55 retirement community. Judy started the Cookbook Club based on a model from a library in Ft. Wayne, Indiana as a way to get to know other residents of the Villages who shared her love for food, cooking, and cookbooks. In today’s interview, Judy describes the club including how they select topics, how she communicate...

Episode 7: Interview with Eric Lee Cookbook Collector of over 2400 cookbooks

October 18, 2018 04:00 - 36 minutes - 34 MB

In this episode of the podcast, Maggie interviews Stay-At-Home-Dad and Cookbook Collector Eric Lee. Eric is SAHD from St Paul MN who started collecting cookbooks about 5 years ago out of a time in his family’s life when he needed to learn to cook for their evening meal. Eric’s first venture into cooking has a smoky ending when he prepared a meal with a  stovetop smoker and BBQ book but quickly grew into a passion for not only exploring cooking but collecting cookbooks as well. In today’s epi...

Episode 6: Interview with Ally Billhorn of Sweet and Savory Eats

October 11, 2018 04:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB

In this episode of the podcast, Maggie interviews Ally Billhorn. Ally is a food blogger at Sweet and Savory Eats. Ally’s cookbook interaction has spanned the gamut. Her first experience with print recipes was when she was in college with Taste of Home Magazine and their companion cookbooks. Ally then subscribed to a cookbook-of-the-month club and started receiving cookbooks as gifts. As a food blogger, now Ally receives from publishers who want her to review their cookbooks on her blog. Ally...

Episode 5: Interview with Gina Michak of From Gina's Kitchen

October 04, 2018 04:00 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MB

In this episode of the podcast, Maggie interviews cookbook collector Gina Michak. Gina describes herself as a Pittsburg gal living in Virginia and as a self-proclaimed Disney fanatic. Gina owns a business called From Gina’s Kitchen where she bakes specialty cakes, cupcakes, and cookies for her clients. Gina’s favorite features of a cookbook are the stories, entertainment ideas, and suggestions for wine pairings. In this interview, we talk about Gina’s Disney cookbook collection, her love of ...

Episode 4: Interview with Monique Llamas of Hardcover Cook

September 27, 2018 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

In this episode of the podcast, Maggie interviews cookbook “obsessive” Monique Llamas. Monique participates in online cookbook clubs and loves new release cookbooks. For the past 11 years, Monique has kept a recipe journal to document her use of cookbooks. In our interview, we discuss her journal and how she uses it to inform what she cooks every day. Monique learned her love of cookbooks, and cooking, from her Mom and she bought her first Betty Crocker cookbook when she was in college. In t...

Episode 3: Interview with cookbook reader and collector Kim Cowherd

September 20, 2018 04:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MB

In this episode of the podcast, Maggie interviews cookbook reader and collector Kim Cowherd. Kim is a fellow Kentuckian and retired horticulturist. She has a love of gardening and farmers' markets due to her horticulture background. Kim has a fondness for stories found in cookbooks with a particular interest in church and community cookbooks.   Join the conversation  Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group Instagram @cookbooklovepodcast  Show notes can be found at cookbooklove.co 

Bonus Episode: More about the Cookbook Love Podcast and your host Maggie Green

September 20, 2018 04:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MB

In this bonus episode, Maggie Green talks about her journey with cookbooks as a reader, buyer, collector, writer, and now as a podcast host that celebrates cookbook readers, buyers, collectors, and clubs. 

Episode 2: Interview with Jenny Hartin: The Cookbook Junkies Facebook Group and Eat Your Books

September 13, 2018 04:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MB

In this episode, Maggie interviews Jenny Hartin. Jenny is the owner and administrator of  Cookbook Junkies Facebook Group and her own website The Cookbook Junkies, as well as the Director of Publicity for Eat Your Books. Jenny shares her introduction into the cookbook space as a cook and cookbook collector, why she started Cookbook Junkies and her role as Director of Publicity for Eat Your Books.   The Cookbook Junkies Facebook Group Eat Your Books thecookbookjunkies.com Cookbook Love ...

Episode 1: Interview with Kelsey Banfield of Little Snack Newsletter

September 06, 2018 16:00 - 42 minutes - 46 MB

In this episode to the podcast, Maggie interviews Kelsey Banfield of The Little Snack Newsletter. Kelsey shares about her love of organizing her cookbooks by color, what she learned from her mom about cookbooks, and more about her newsletter the Snack Cookbook Club.  Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group Cookbook Love Podcast Show Notes Cookbook Love Podcast on Instagram Green Apron on Instagram

Episode 0 : Welcome and Introduction to Cookbook Love Podcast

September 05, 2018 16:44 - 2 minutes - 9.79 MB

In this introductory episode to the Cookbook Love Podcast, cookbook author, editor, and coach Maggie Green shares her vision, mission, and goals for the show. In addition to this Maggie shares how to connect with the Cookbook Love Podcast Community, as well as how to access show notes for each episode.  Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group Cookbook Love Podcast Show Notes Cookbook Love Podcast on Instagram Green Apron on Instagram

Guests

Lisa Goldstein
1 Episode

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