Originally aired on January 18, 2023

Molly and Andrea talk with Kenji López-Alt, author and Chief Culinary Advisor for Serious Eats, about creating and maintaining a voice of authority. He shares his career path, where his interest in food got started and the work that has influenced his own. He describes the relationship he has with his followers, how (or if) to curb enthusiasm while doing topic deep dives and a glimpse inside the creation of his best-selling books.

Hosts: Kate Leahy + Andrea Nguyen + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly

Editor: Abby Cerquitella

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Kenji López-Alt

• Website
• Instagram
• You Tube channel

Cookwise & Bakewise by Shirley Corriher

Complete Techniques by Jacques Pépin

Mr Wizard's World

Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the show

• The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by Kenji López-Alt
• The Wok: Recipes and Techniques by Kenji López-Alt
• Every Night is Pizza Night by Kenji López-Alt
  

Originally aired on November 16, 2022

Kate 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 Donnelly

Editor: Abby Cerquitella

Tori Ritchie

Instagram

Website

How to Write a Cookbook Course

Books

Vibration Cooking by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor

Michael Twitty

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Osso Buco by Billy Collins

I Wrote a Good Omelet by Nikki Giovanni

Heartburn by Nora Ephron

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• Life Is What You Bake It by Vallery Lomas
• Six California Kitchens by Sally Schmitt

Originally aired on September 28, 2022

Kristin 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 Donnelly

Editor: Abby Cerquitella

Mentions

Johnny Apple / R.W. Apple Jr.

The Key to Chinese Cooking by Irene Kuo

The Way to Cook by Julia Child

The American Baker by Jim Dodge

Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl

Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the show

• James Beard's American Cookery
• On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee
• Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin
• Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark
• The Elements of Style by Strunk and White
• Will Write for Food by Dianne Jacob