The Well-Seasoned Librarian: Mixing Cookbooks and Conversation

Updated: 18 Nov 2025 • 304 episodes
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The Well-Seasoned Librarian: In Conversation with Food Writers, Chefs, and More! The Well-Seasoned Librarian is one of the fastest growing Food Podcasts online. You can view it on iTunes, Spotify, and all other platforms. Recent guests include Dorie Greenspan, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Beth A Lee , Nick Malgieri, Joanne Weir, Cenk Somnesoy, Darina Allen and more. Dean Jones is a Librarian and food writer. You can read my work at librarian-deanjones.medium.com/

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Author Bio: BIO: Pyet (an abbreviation of her inherited Native American name Pyetwetmokwe meaning something loud coming over the mountains towards you) is a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Tribe, an award winning and global private chef, and the first winner of Gordon Ramsay’s groundbreaking cooking compet

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Author Bio: Rachel Farnsworth Food Creator and Cookbook author Founder of The Stay at Home Chef Rachel Farnsworth is the founder of The Stay At Home Chef, one of the internet’s most beloved food websites. Since launching the site in 2012, she has built a community of millions by sharing approachable, restaurant-quality

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Author Bio: Ashley Rose Young is the American History Curator in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress. She is also a Smithsonian Research Associate and was formerly the Historian of the Smithsonian Food History Project at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. A curato

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Author Bio: Sam Bilton has been intrigued by food history ever since her grandmother gave her a battered copy of Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book. Inside this book was a collection of handwritten recipes dating from around 1871 collated by her grandmother’s Great Aunt Eliza. This little book would spark an interest in histori

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Dorie Greenspan Bio: Dorie’s Anytime Cakes is my 15th cookbook (cue the fireworks, please). Several of my books, including Baking From My Home to Yours, Dorie’s Cookies, Baking with Dorie, and Around My French Table, were New York Times bestsellers and/or won James Beard Awards. I've been a Times columnist, inducted in

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Bio: Shadan Kishi Price is an award winning Iranian-American cook. Born in Tehran, she moved to the United States as a child and lives in Texas. She holds a degree in Visual Arts Studies as well as Hospitality Management. She has taught cooking classes and worked at the nation's first fully vegan dining hall. You can f

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