The Well-Seasoned Librarian: Mixing Cookbooks and Conversation

Author Bio: Steven Shapin joined Harvard in 2004 after previous appointments as Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego, and at the Science Studies Unit, Edinburgh University. His books include Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life (Princeton University Press, 19

Author Bio: Christopher Beckman was born in San Francisco and has a doctorate in Near Eastern Archaeology. Based in Geneva, his research focuses on the links between material culture and subsistence patterns. He has lived in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, with a stint in Hollywood producing horror films. A Twist

Jessie-Sierra Ross is a cookbook author, television contributor, and food & lifestyle blogger at Straight to the Hips, Baby. A native Bostonian and former professional ballerina, Jessie traded in her fast-paced urban life for the farm-to-table landscape of Western Massachusetts. A self-taught cook and avid home enterta

Author bio: Irina Janakievska is a Macedonian-British writer and recipe developer. Irina was born in Skopje, North Macedonia (then one of the republics of former Yugoslavia) but grew up in Kuwait from the late 1980s onwards. In 2001 she moved to London to complete her undergraduate and masters degrees at the London Sch

Author Bio: Toni Tipton-Martin is an award-winning food and nutrition journalist who is busy building a healthier community through her books, foundation and in her role as Editor in Chief of Cook’s Country Magazine and its television show. She is the recipient of the Julia Child Foundation Award, which is given to an

Chef Bio:  Fueled by passion, grit and a knack for artful innovation, David Burke is one of the best known and most respected chefs in modern American cuisine with his signature whimsical, boundlessly creative approach to food. In addition to being an internationally celebrated chef, Burke is a restaurateur, artist, ph