Cookbook Love Podcast

Digna lives with her husband on a small ranch in the Mojave Desert of Southern California. Digna's cookbook collection stems from her career as a Registered Dietitian in long-term-care, as well as her background growing up in Puerto Rico with a mother who was not only an excellent cook but a cookbook author as well.  In the episode we discuss downsizing her cookbook collection, collecting the Time-Life Foods of the World Series, and her tips on writing family recipes.

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. At the beginning of her training, Elizabeth was given a copy of Where There is No Microwave: A Culinary Survival Guide. Through the reading of this cookbook, Elizabeth learned how to set up a Dutch Oven for cooking, soak beans, prepare grains, and purchase the staples and spices that would soon become part of her day-to-day diet.

Today's Thanksgiving episode is an interview is Sondra Bernstein of The Girl and The Fig. In 2017 fires swept across the North Bay area of CA. In response to the fire, Sondra created Delicious New Chapters cookbook raiser. At the time of part of this recording in early Nov. 2018, CA is again experiencing a very serious fire - the Camp Fire in Butte Co. Our thoughts & prayers go out to all those affected by the fires in California and to the first responders helping people piece their lives back together.

A basic list of ingredients is not copyright protected. But, a writer’s expression of the list of ingredients in a recipe 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 what they are trying to convey in the book and recipes. On this episode of the podcast, I take a look at five cookbooks from my own collection and discuss the recipe style of the author.

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 kitchenware.

On this episode of the podcast, I interview Lisa Goldstein. Lisa is a 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.

Today the podcast features an interview with 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 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. In today’s episode, Eric and I talk about his collection of over 2400 books, how he stores and organizes his collections, and his tips for where to begin if you’re new to cookbook collecting or cooking.

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.

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.

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 as well as Monique's participation in website-, Facebook-, and social media-based cookbook clubs.

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.

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. 

In this episode, Maggie interviews Jenny Hartin. Jenny is the owner and administrator of The Cookbook Junkies Facebook Group and her 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.

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.