Episode 100: From Legal Briefs to Recipes: Nisha Vora & Jessie Sheehan

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English - October 17, 2019 18:40 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
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Join co-host Vallery Lomas for a special conversation with former attorneys, Nisha Vora & Jessie Sheehan, as we celebrate our 100th episode! These three women all turned in their pant suits and legal pads to focus full time on food writing, Instagram and publishing cookbooks.

Nisha Vora is a cookbook author, food blogger, and food photographer. After graduating from Harvard Law School and working as a lawyer for four years, she launched a career in her dream world of food by creating RainbowPlantLife, a popular vegan Instagram account, blog, and YouTube channel. Nisha is a Californian at heart but has lived in New York City for the last seven years, where she resides with her partner in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Jessie Sheehan is a cookbook author, food writer, recipe developer, and baker. She is the author of The Vintage Baker (one of the Washington Post’s best cookbooks of 2018) and the co-author of Icebox Cakes (both published by ChronicleBooks). She has contributed recipes/and or written for Rachael Ray Everyday, the Washington Post, Better Homes & Garden,Yankee Magazine (October 2020), Epicurious, Food52, FineCooking, TASTE, Chowhound, Yummly, and Spruce, among others. She blogs atjessiesheehanbakes.com and can be found on Instagram at @jessiesheehanbakes. She likes layer cakes with lots of frosting and cookies that are thick and chewy. Oh, and she has a soft spot for chocolate pudding. She lives in RedHook, Brooklyn, with her husband and two boys, not far from her beloved Baked, the bakery where she got her start.

Join Heritage Radio Network on Monday, November 11th, for a raucous feast to toast a decade of food radio. Our tenth anniversary bacchanal is a rare gathering of your favorite chefs, mixologists, storytellers, thought leaders, and culinary masterminds. We’ll salute the inductees of the newly minted HRN Hall of Fame, who embody our mission to further equity, sustainability, and deliciousness. Explore the beautiful Palm House and Yellow Magnolia Café, taste and imbibe to your heart’s content, and bid on once-in-a-lifetime experiences and tasty gifts for any budget at our silent auction. Tickets available now at heritageradionetwork.org/gala.

Photos Courtesy of Jessie Sheehan and Nisha Vora