29: Finding Your Voice with Tori Ritchie [re-release]
Originally aired on November 16, 2022Kate and Molly chat with cookbook teacher, author and editor Tori Ritchie about her career trajectory and how she developed her personal writing voice after years of working on branded cookbooks. She shares insights and tips about developing a voice and the bad habits to avoid in writing before revealing a few of the writers she assigns to her students. Finally everyone shares the three words that best describe their own singular writing style.Hosts: Kate Leahy + Andrea Nguyen + Molly Stevens + Kristin DonnellyEditor: Abby Cerquitella Tori RitchieInstagramWebsiteHow to Write a Cookbook CourseBooks Vibration Cooking by Vertamae Smart-GrosvenorMichael TwittyCrying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerOsso Buco by Billy CollinsI Wrote a Good Omelet by Nikki GiovanniHeartburn by Nora Ephron Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the showLife Is What You Bake It by Vallery LomasSix California Kitchens by Sally Schmitt
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22: What Does it Mean to Craft a Voice? [re-release]
Originally aired on September 28, 2022Kristin starts out today's episode asking Molly, Kate and Andrea about the books that inspired them to follow this career path and how they'd define the idea of "voice" in writing. They discuss the difference between tone and voice, the tools they've use to craft their own and how to inject it into recipe writing. They reveal some writing exercises and advice on how to find and improve voice in your own writing.Hosts: Kate Leahy + Andrea Nguyen + Molly Stevens + Kristin DonnellyEditor: Abby Cerquitella MentionsJohnny Apple / R.W. Apple Jr.The Key to Chinese Cooking by Irene KuoThe Way to Cook by Julia ChildThe American Baker by Jim DodgeTender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the showJames Beard's American CookeryOn Food and Cooking by Harold McGeeHome Cooking by Laurie ColwinWriting Tools by Roy Peter ClarkThe Elements of Style by Strunk and WhiteWill Write for Food by Dianne Jacob
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141: Season 7 Highlights
Molly, Kate and Kristin get together to celebrate the end of Season 7 and over 140 episodes of Everything Cookbooks! They chat about the highlights and takeaways from this season, what topics and guest insights stood out to them and even wade back into the waters of comp titles for a beat. They are delighted to see how the show has helped authors create their cookbooks over the past few years and share a few things they are excited to see out in the world very soon. We'll be back for Season 8 this fall!Hosts: Kate Leahy + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly + Andrea NguyenEditor: Abby Cerquitella Mentions Cookbook Comp Titles: What They Are newsletter postKristin's NewsletterEverything Cookbooks Substack Episode 42: How to Write Recipe TitlesEpisode 01: Should You Write a Cookbook?Episode 63: On Rejection and RecoveryEpisode 03: Cookbook Proposal Writing TipsEpisode 113: Food, Romance, and Fiction with Sarah Chamberlain Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the showThe Nordic Cookbook by Magnus Nilsson Jubilee by Toni Tipton-Martin Feast: Food of the Islamic World by Anissa Helou
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140: The Italian Summer Kitchen with Cathy Whims and Kate Lewis
Molly and Kate speak with chef and author Cathy Whims and illustrator Kate Lewis about their new cookbook The Italian Summer Kitchen. They share the inspiration behind the book, how it evolved after a few setbacks and why they landed on an illustrated version instead of a photographed one. Her first time working on a cookbook, Kate shares the process of creating the watercolor illustrations and their inspiration while Cathy describes why this particular style worked perfectly for this book. They speak about their workflow and process, how all the moving parts were managed and where some of the recipe ideas came from. Finally they share the intentions they had with this project and the season they'd like to tackle next.Hosts: Kate Leahy + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly + Andrea NguyenEditor: Abby Cerquitella MentionsCathy WhimsKate LewisLeslie Forbes books Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the showThe Italian Summer Kitchen by Cathy WhimsThe Secret Garden illustrated by Kate Lewis
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139: Green Gold with Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons
Kate and Molly speak with co-authors Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons about their new book Green Gold. With backgrounds in scholarship, journalism and avocado farming this duo was uniquely qualified to write all about avocados; their history, agricultural background and the characters that helped mainstream this ingredient. They share why decided to write this book, the false starts and character threads that drew them in and the role recipes played in making the information accessible to readers. Sarah and Monique describe how they worked together, the discoveries that surprised them and the goal they had for the book as well as why it was important for this project to be released right now.Hosts: Kate Leahy + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly + Andrea NguyenEditor: Abby Cerquitella MentionsHathi TrustNewspapers.comStacey Glick, literary agentBrokaw Ranch Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the showGreen Gold, by Sarah Allaback and Monique F. ParsonsAbsolutely Avocados, by Gaby Dalkin
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