Podcasts about food book fair

Amanda Dell is the Program Director at the Jewish Food Society and the host of their new podcast: Schmaltzy. Amanda is also an HRN alum and co-director of the Food Book Fair. Tune in as Harry and Amanda catch up on the Jewish food society and what Jewish food means today. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Feast Yr Ears by becoming a member!Feast Yr Ears is Powered by Simplecast.  

Radio Cherry Bombe stopped in Detroit last year as part of its Future of Food Tour for a live episode at Good Cakes and Bakes. Amanda Saab, owner and baker at the Butter Bear Shop in Livonia, Michigan, and the co-founder of My Muslim Neighbor, speaks to us about her vision for the future. Amanda’s talk is followed by a panel featuring baker Lisa Ludwinski of Sister Pie; Molly Mitchell, owner of Rose’s Fine Food; Dorothy Hernandez, the writer, editor, and founder of Sarap; April Anderson of Good Cakes and Bakes; Kimberly Chou of the Food Book Fair and Allied Media Projects; and Radio Cherry Bombe host Kerry Diamond. Thank you to Kerrygold for supporting our tour! Radio Cherry Bombe is powered by Simplecast.

Today on Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair, Michelin-starred chef Anita Lo joins us in the booth. Her new cookbook, "Solo" is a modern blueprint on cooking for one, peppered with humor and real life cooking affirmations and encouragement. We'll chat with Anita about life after Annisa, how a party of one can truly be a party, and much more. Recommended Reading is powered by Simplecast.

A Conversation with Kimberly Chou and Kimberly Jenkins. Fashion historian and lecturer/professor at Pratt Institute and the New School, Kimberly Jenkins discusses the intersection of fashion and race throughout history. Writer, co-founder of Food Book Fair, and fellow HRN host Kimberly Chou discusses how we similarly use food in de/constructing identity. Powered by Simplecast

In this episode, we dive headlong into how the relationship between Israel and Palestine intersects with food politics. In our first segment, Food Book Fair co-director and organizer Kimberly Chou Tsun An speaks to chef and artist Amanny Ahmad about her advocacy work and about what she misses from Palestine. They also recap a dinner Ahmad cooked last year with Bay Area chef and restaurateur Reem Assil. In our second segment, Soleil talks to chef and organizer Ora Wise about hummus, food media, and olive trees. Finally, we revisit a poem by George Abraham, “Ars Poetica in Which Every Pronoun is a Free Palestine,” recorded at the 2018 Kundiman writers' retreat. We hope you enjoy this episode! Produced by Juan Ramirez. Music by AF the Naysayer and Blue Dot Sessions.

We cook up a good time in the studio with restaurateurs Nicole Ponseca and Miguel Trinidad. Their new book, ""I Am a Filipino: And This Is How We Cook"", highlights modern Filipino recipes that showcase the vibrant flavors of this diverse cuisine. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast.

We love Put A Egg On It. (Note the "a," not "an," and say that ten times fast). This indie publication is one the OG food zines of this generation, inaugurators of Food Book Fair's signature magazine-festival-within-the-fair, and as of this year, celebrating a decade printing stories, photographs, comics and recipes on green paper. Sarah Forbes Keough and Ralph McGinnis join us in the studio to talk publishing, friendship, storytelling and good design — and of course, what they're reading, watching and listening to. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

Okay, okay, ladies, now let's talk representation: Hello, world! We're especially excited to host Julia Turshen, celebrated cookbook author and founder of Equity at the Table — a new professional community and directory by and for queer and of color women and gender non-conforming folks in the food world. Described as "a practical and proactive response to the blatant gender and racial discrimination that plagues the food industry," EATT is inspired by the aphorism that it’s better to “build a longer table, not a higher fence.” We're also joined in studio by Klancy Miller, author of "Cooking Solo" and EATT advisory board member. Listen in as they talk about how EATT aims to change the game, what's on their reading lists as they feed the resistance, and much more. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

This week, we welcome the creative mind and handsome human behind pioneering gay food magazine Mouthfeel. Tune in as Mac Malikowski gives us the download on the new Mexico City issue of the mag — which includes "chef porn, furry graffiti, chilangos, drag tourism, dick tacos" and much more — plus what else he's consuming, reading, watching and listening wise. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

We’re honored to welcome our dear friend, Be Kind Be Fierce founder — and former executive director of Heritage Radio Network! — Erin Fairbanks back into our cozy shipping container behind Roberta’s. She sits down with Taylor Chapman, Senior Vice President of NationSwell Council on this week's episode of Recommended Reading. Stay tuned as they discuss all the things they are reading, eating and listening to. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

Multi-hyphenate culinary and design talent Mira Evnine joins us in the booth to chat all things around the table, plus her latest take on the community dinner party right here in Brooklyn. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

This week on Recommended Reading, we are joined by Casey Elsass, founder of Bushwick Kitchen and creator of our favorite sweet heat Bees Knees Spicy Honey! We discuss all things Bushwick Kitchen, what’s next for Casey and some surprising facts like his obsession with opera (!!). Tune in to hear more and to see what else we’re reading, eating and listening to. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

You say glou glou, I say glug glug: We say, YES to more natural, low-intervention wines with Jennifer Green, co-founder of Glou Glou Magazine (that's French, pronounced "glu glu" for utterly delectable, chuggable wines). On the list this week: What is natural wine anyway, and what we're reading — and what she's reading. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

On this week's show, we're thrilled to welcome Glory Edim, the founder of the coolest book club (and festival) we know: Well Read Black Girl, "dedicated to the phenomenal Black women on our bookshelves–past, present, & the 'beautyful' ones not yet born." We talk about the pleasure and magic of book clubs, online and IRL, #wellreadblackgirl book selfies, and much more. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

We welcome the inimitable Alexander Smalls: self-described "social minister," chef, restaurateur, opera singer, and creator of Minton's Supper Club and The Cecil in Harlem. Most recently, alongside JJ Johnson and Veronica Chambers, he's the co-author of "Between Harlem and Heaven: Afro-Asian American Cooking for Big Nights, Weeknights and Every Day." Perhaps the only guest we'll ever welcome who is a winner of both a Grammy and Tony Award (for a cast recording of "Porgy and Bess" with the Houston Grand Opera, in 1976), AND Esquire's "Best New Restaurant in America" (for The Cecil, in 2014), Alexander gives us the low-down on the new book, his philosophies behind African diasporic cuisines, and, of course, what he's recommending. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

Inspired, Ignited and Inclusive: We break bread (well, Roberta's pizza) with Atara Bernstein of Pineapple Collaborative and Erin Fairbanks of Be Kind Be Fierce — two initiatives that support, empower and create a safe community space for women in hospitality. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

We talk to Gerardo Gonzalez and Carla Hougin, respectively the chef-owner and assistant general manager of Lalito, a crazy, sexy, cool lodestar of goodness in Chinatown that serves not only delicious food but events and vibes that celebrate uniqueness and doing your own thing. In the mix: Tres Leches (Lalito's popular all-you-can-eat buffet slash dope party), making and holding space for other POCs and queer folks, "being brown in the industry," and of course, what Gerardo and Carla are reading, watching and listening to. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

Alison Roman — cook, writer and author of Dining In, joins us in the booth to dish on dinner parties (it's just having people over!), what makes a "highly cookable recipe", #SaltedChocolateChip ShortbreadCookies and more. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

We kick off the winter season with special guest Hetty McKinnon, cookbook author and founder of the gorgeous new food magazine Peddler. Recommended Reading is powered by Simplecast

Has the first mainstream wave of cultural appropriation activism achieved its goals? Andrea Wien talks to Soleil Ho, writer, chef and co-host of the podcast Racist Sandwich, and Kimberly Chou, co-director of Food Book Fair and co-host of the HRN show Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair, about where we're at in the conversation, what needs to happen to move these concerns forward and why this discussion seems so frequently to center around Asian food and activists. Meant to Be Eaten is powered by Simplecast

We're grateful to have hosted Sean Sherman and Dana Thompson, co-owners of The Sioux Chef, while they were on a whirlwind book tour earlier this fall for the best-selling — and beautiful, engaging, and vital — new cookbook, "The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen." Listen in as they discuss indigenous foods in North America, food sovereignty, and much more. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

On today's episode of Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair, we're joined in the studio by chef, restaurateur, and author Seamus Mullen. We dive into his latest book "Real Food Heals" and talk all things health, healing and jamón! Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

Bestselling author and #FBF2016 speaker Stephanie "Sweetbitter" Danler is in the HRN house! We're big fans of her debut novel — coming soon to a Starz channel near you in TV form — but we also can't get enough of her poetry, essay and fiction picks on Instagram. (Peep @smdanler for her #recommendedreading.) Listen in as we dish book stuff, TV stuff, that LA-to-NY life, and more. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

We're next-level proud to be supporting an amazing crew of friends, comrades, chefs, and educators in a new series celebrating the cuisine and history of Palestine, popping up Nov. 13-14 at Dimes and Lalito. Chef and artist Amanny Ahmad — one of the badass Palestinian women chefs leading the pop-ups — joins us with chef and community organizer Ora Wise on #RecommendedReading to talk food and sovereignty, here and everywhere. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

We welcome Amy Emberling and Frank Carollo, master bakers, co-owners of Zingerman's Bakehouse (part of the legendary Zingerman's family of businesses in Ann Arbor, MI, anchored by the world's best deli #dontatme) — and authors of the new bakehouse cookbook! Listen in for #sugarcrispmuffin intel, stories from the bakery's 25 years in business, and more. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

We go beyond bagels and babka this week with Jewish Food Society, in a preview of its upcoming storytelling event Schmaltzy. We're joined by JFS founder Naama Shefi and Schmaltzy special guest Marissa Lippert of Nourish Kitchen + Table as we talk Jewish foods around the globe. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

We're thrilled to be in the studio with Food Book Fair OGs Evan Hanczor and George Weld of Egg Restaurant, in advance of the latest installment of their #TablesofContents series. TOC started as a conceptual literary dinner at Food Book Fair in the Brooklyn days and evolved into dinners from Miami to Milan, and readings with some of today's most exciting authors. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

We welcome to the studio Athena Calderone, creator of lifestyle destination EyeSwoon and author of the brand new Cook Beautiful. We talk recipes, tablescaping (for real, for real), #swoontips, top kitchen and party playlists and more.

We're thrilled to welcome Naz Riahi, founder of Bitten — an event series that brings together disruptors to talk all things fun, exciting and innovative in food — in advance of the New York conference October 27th.

We're raising a glass with two of our favorite beverage authorities — Megan Krigbaum, contributing editor to PUNCH and author of The Essential Cocktail Book: A Complete Guide to Modern Drinks with 150 Recipes, and Thad Volger, owner of San Francisco's Bar Agricole and author of By the Smoke and the Smell: My Search for the Rare and Sublime on the Spirits Trail. Our cup has officially runneth over on this episode! Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

#WomenDoingAmazingThings. We sit down with Journalist, Author and New Yorker Julie Scelfo to talk about her brand new book, The Women Who Made New York, which celebrates the women that define NYC values, humanism, art and good food. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

Bookworms and booknerds unite! We kick off the fall season with special guest Paige Lipari, owner and boss arancini cook of the food-and-books pleasuredome Archestratus. Recommended Reading is powered by Simplecast

On this week's episode of Recommended Reading, in the booth with writer and editor Joshua David Stein (a contributing editor at Food & Wine, frequent contributor to the Village Voice, the New York Times, New York and The Guardian), we analyze JDS' analysis of The Grill, the Torrisi-Carbone group's Four Seasons reboot. In 2017, is it still possible to power lunch like it's 1959 — and should one want to? Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast

We chop it up this week with Kimberly M. Jenkins, a professor of fashion history who specializes in "the sociocultural and historical influences behind why we wear what we wear," and Yahdon Israel, founder of Literary Swag Book Club and #FBF2017 collaborator. On the agenda: the intersections of food and literature, literature and fashion, fashion and race, and much more. It gets lit!

Today on Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair we explore the world of culinary cannabis with two leaders in the field — Warren Bobrow, author of Cannabis Cocktails and Jennifer Shelbo, former pastry chef turned expert in cannabis farming and sustainability. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast.

Today, on Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair, we are joined by the team from NYC's first annual Food Waste Fair including chef Mary Cleaver of The Cleaver Co. The event which will be held on July 25th at the Brooklyn Expo Center, will showcase a “soup to nuts” approach to food waste prevention, recovery and recycling.

This week on The Stew: Jason is in New York so Andre is absent, I'm joined by Amanda and Kim from the Food Book Fair, a food book fair that happens annually in New York, they also have a food podcast of their own on the Heritage Radio Network called Recommended Reading. We talk about tampon delivery services, a Grub Street article about the possibly failing cookbook publishing model, some sensual things and various twitter questions from you guys!  

Get the scoop on "Oaxaca Suculenta" Thursday night's collaborative, roaming dinner at 99 Scott with event co-hosts Jessica Chrastil of Pocoapoco and Nahvae Frost of Eleven36.

On today's episode, we talk "Scraps, Wilt & Weeds," meadows and more with dynamic duo — and new co-authors — chef Mads Refslund and forager Tama Matsuoka Wong. Join us as we chat with Mads and Tama about turning wasted food into plenty, as well as (of course) what they're currently reading, watching and listening to.

On this week's show, we kick it back to the keynote panel of Food Book Fair 2017! "What We Talk About When We Talk About Eating" explored what it means to be engaged in the business, pleasure and politics of food today. Recorded on-site at Ace Hotel New York on May 12th by our friends at Public Announcement. Featured speakers: Ken Friedman, restaurateur Samin Nosrat, chef, author and teacher Mario Batali, chef, author, educator, TV host Myisha Priest, associate professor, New York University, author Moderated by Frank Bruni, author, The New York Times columnist

On this week's show, we sit down with Mark Rosati, Culinary Director of Shake Shack (dream job, am I right?!). We'll sink our teeth into the evolution of Shake Shack from a Hot Dog cart in Madison Square Park to a publicly traded company with locations all over the word — plus of course the brand new Shake Shack book!

On this week's show, we welcome to the studio Christine Sahadi Whelan — one of the third-generation owners of Atlantic Avenue's Middle Eastern-and-beyond bulk-bin fantasia — to chat about what she's reading, watching and listening to, including the forthcoming Sahadi's cookbook. And our pal Amanda Yee, an amazing Copenhagen-by-way-of-Oakland chef, calls in to tell us about her new restaurant, The Blueswoman.

This week we are very happy to present the keynote panel from the 2017 Food Book Fair, recorded live from Liberty Hall at the Ace Hotel New York. The discussion was moderated by Frank Bruni and featured panelists Mario Batali, Samin Nosrat, Myisha Priest, and Ken Friedman. They explored what it means to be engaged in the business, pleasure and politics of food today. This episode also features another pod-collab with our man in the field, Jason Stewart, aka Them Jeans. Jason interviewed authors, chefs, and a few innocent bystanders from the always poppin lobby of the Ace Hotel. Catch the long-form version of Jason's interviews on the latest episode of The Stew. Show Page: http://publicannouncement.org/episode/food-book-fair-2017/

This week on Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair, we flip the script and interview Sierra Tishgart, senior editor of New York Magazine's food blog Grub Street. We dish about what's playing on Hot97 while we cook, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Grub Street Diet, of course, the most exciting email to hit our inbox every Friday (Tom Hanks, if you're out there, you gotta do one ASAP).

Today on #RecommendedReading on we chop it up with dear friend, reformed photo agent, visionary labrador of Table on Ten, and man of many hats and talents, Julian Richards. We'll talk about how to reconcile the worlds of political reportage and lifestyle blogging, literary inspirations and community radio, and you can hear us drink spritzes on air. We might even read Jack Gilbert live. Two decades in the photography industry left Julian Richards with an acute understanding of all things trivial, priming him perfectly for a four year stint in the food industry with Table on Ten. In both cases he clung doggedly to the personal flotation device of creative skepticism. He stands now in his Speedo, contemplating the greasy springboard into senility; but there’s a reverse pike somersault or two in him yet.

This week on The Stew we've got a bit of a different episode. Jason went on location at the Food Book Fair in New York last weekend and conducted a series of mini quick style interviews loosely in the theme of a food related Proust style interview, the kind you may have seen in the back of a Vanity Fair Magazine. Jason chats with Julia Sherman, author of Salad for President, Kerry Diamond of Cherry Bombe Magazine, photographer and magical woman Andrea Gentl, former Food & Wine Magazine Editor and frequent Top Chef just Dana Cowin, Creatior of Mouthfeel Magazine Mac Malikowski, Liz Prueitt of the beloved Tartine Bakery, Aussie whole foods cookbook author Amy Chaplin, my friend and whiz kid barista Elliot Foos, and last but not least Ice Cream hunk Nick Morgenstern from Morgenstern's Ice Cream.

This week on HRN Happy Hour, Caity and Kat are joined by Patrick Martins and two special guests: Daniel Holzman, co-founder and co-owner of The Meatball Shop; and Jamie McDonald, Co-Founder of The Brampton Lodge and Experience. As usual, they kick off the show with rapid fire headlines from the past week across the network and share some highlights from last weekend's Food Book Fair. Then, Kat and Caity look ahead to their trip to Charlotte, North Carolina to interview local chefs and attend the International Symposium on Bread at Johnson & Wales. We hear from Mike Dell and Kim Bagayawa who live in Toronto but are launching a project to send digital creators and storytellers to live in Central America. Learn more about Storytellers in Residence at storytellerinresidence.com. During the second half of the show, we hear more from Jamie about The Brampton Lodge and Experience, which is like summer camp for adults who love food, and from Daniel about how he went from fine dining to opening The Meatball Shop. Finally, since we always end the show with trivia, we’ve got some meatball-themed questions for the guys.

This week's episode came a little late because I got too busy! Sorry for that, this week Jason and Andre talk about the Food Book Fair in New York as if it were going to happen in the future but you will indeed hear this after it's passed, sorry. I do a recap on the Chef's Night Out video on Munchies which you can watch now online, I talk about the cookbook zine I did and is now available, an Eddie Huang dinner I went to last week, fava beans, Ethiopian food, and the best things we ate all week!

On today's episode, we welcome Stephen A. Satterfield — founder of the newly launched Whetstone Magazine, digital media producer, food writer, poet, ATLien and "the other Steven/Stephen Satterfield" — as we wrap up Food Book Fair 2017. We recap all the Fair happenings (including a roundtable on diversifying food media where Stephen was a featured speaker), and talk about the independent publishing hustle, #foodieodicals, reading while traveling, and wine.

This week on HRN Happy Hour, Kat & Caity are joined in-studio by Jordan Werner and Cynthia Malaran (AKA Reverend DJ Cherish the Luv). We recap a full week of season premieres here on the network, and then preview upcoming events including Food Book Fair, HRN On Tour in Charlotte, and the Bread Symposium. We speak to Peter Reinhart, renowned baker, author, two-time James Beard Award Winner, and Chef on Assignment at Johnson & Wales University about what we can expect and look forward to at the Bread Symposium, what's shaping up to be the "TED Talk of Bread." Then, we hear from Cynthia about her new show Wedding Cake here on HRN. As a resident wedding expert (she can DJ them, she can officiate them, she can even help you plan the perfect proposal), Cynthia tells us about the topics she's going to tackle all summer long with the help of other wedding industry pros. To wrap things up, Kat challenges Cynthia, Caity, and Jordan (both Caity and Jordan are brides-to-be) to a round of challenging wedding traditions trivia.

On today's episode of Recommended Reading, we preview the sixth annual Food Book Fair with our special guests — and #FBF2017 collaborators — Nicholas Morgenstern, founder of Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream, and Melissa Clark, food columnist for the New York Times and author of Dinner: Changing the Game. They're joining forces for a Saturday night "Art of Dinner" multi-sensory experience, featuring photographs by author and photographer (and event co-host) Melanie Dunea; a special reading with Kevin Young, poetry editor of The New Yorker and director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; and much more. Bring your appetites, all of them. But first, we talk to Nick and Melissa about what's on their respective bedside tables, what they're cooking from, and why more anchovies and more poetry is always the answer.

Chef Kate Williams worked under Wolfgang Puck before returning to her hometown of Detroit and finding her style of cooking–Nordic food with a little more romance– while in Copenhagen. Now she's about to open her first restaurant, Lady of the House, which Eater already named one of the most anticipated openings of the year. Kate works with local farms to spotlight the beauty of #uglyfood that would otherwise be thrown away. We talk to her about her sustainable philosophy when it comes to nose-to-tail and why everyone should grow their own food. Later, we chat with Kimberly Chou Tsun An and Amanda Dell of Food Book Fair. A reformed journalist, Kim worked in newspapers before focusing on food (professionally, that is). Amanda is a native New Yorker with over a decade of high-end hospitality, public relations/marketing and event experience. Together, they run Food Book Fair: a part festival, part conference set at the intersection of food culture and food systems.

We’re live today with Jami Curl of QUIN, the cult candy company based in Portland. We'll chat about her new book, Candy Is Magic, how she creates her happiness from scratch, and what it’s like to live with the world’s cutest cat. We'll also talk about running a modern candy company. When she was getting QUIN off the ground, Jami wanted to make great handmade treats, but without the yucky ingredients found in conventional candy. Today, she uses Oregon-grown fruit, fresh cream and butter, and all-natural extracts and colorings to make her caramels, gumdrops, lollipops, and something she calls Chocolate Magic Dust.

This week features the second in a two part series on food and labor, focusing on living wage issues faced by farmers throughout the country. What are working conditions like for those who actually grow and harvest the food you eat every day? And what can be done to improve those conditions, encouraging the next generation of farmers to pick up the reins. Host Jenna Liut is joined by GrowNYC's Greenmarket Director, Michael Hurwitz and the National Young Farmers Coalition Executive Director, Lindsey Shute to discuss their experiences advocating for and supporting farmers. Later in the show, Jenna speaks with Eileen Gordon Chiarello about Barnraiser, our featured startup of the week. Barnraiser is a discovery and crowdsourcing platform for projects promoting health and sustainability in the food system.

Tune in for a special bonus episode of Eat Your Words, with an exclusive panel discussion from the recent Food Book Fair. How does one write a convincing, veiled-enough, but-believable-enough work of fiction inspired by a real place, people, and time when the subject is something as personal as food and the dining experience? And why are readers — whether they have worked in restaurants or not — so interested in the behind-the-scenes goings on at restaurants? featuring: Stephanie Danler, author of "Sweetbitter" Jessica Tom, author of "Food Whore" Helen Ellis, author of "American Housewife" Cathy Erway, moderator, host of Heritage Radio Network's "Eat Your Words" and author of "The Food of Taiwan" and "The Art of Eating In"

This week on Sharp & Hot, Chef Emily is joined in the studio by fellow HRN host Cathy Erway, who recently moderated the "Food in Fiction" panel at the Food Book Fair. Tune in to hear them discuss the current state of food media, including getting credit for recipe writing, "selling out" to become an Instagram star, and more. Plus, Emily's brother Joe brings his perspective as a fiction writer.

Anna Newell Jones is the creator of AndThenWeSaved.com, a blog that offers scrappy, down-­to­-earth advice on getting out of debt. She is relentlessly committed to showing how getting out of debt and living a debt­-free life doesn’t have to suck, and has been featured in Forbes, Self, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, and the Chicago Tribune. She and her husband own Newell Jones + Jones Photography and live in Denver, Colorado, with their young son. Her new book, The Spender’s Guide to Debt-­Free Living, is out now. Kimberly Chou and Amanda Dell are the directors of the Food Book Fair — a festival dubbed "the Coachella of writing about food" (LA Weekly) and "Food Geek Heaven" (KCRW) — returning May 1st and 2nd for the fifth annual year at the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn. A reformed journalist, Kim worked at The Wall Street Journal and MSN.com before turning to a professional life in and around food. Along the way, she has also fact­-checked, art modeled, styled fashion shoots, catered gallery lunch, trained as a barista, and once performed in a corps of untrained dancers in the Whitney Biennial. Amanda is a native New Yorker with over a decade of high-­end hospitality, public relations/marketing, and event experience. Her past life in restaurants has seen her guarding the guest book at such establishments as Gramercy Tavern (where she was interviewed for Grub Street's front­-of­-house feature on just that) and Maialino.

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway sits down with the ladies of the Food Book Fair, Kimberly Chou and Amanda Dell. Dubbed the "Coachella of writing about eating," Food Book Fair includes panel discussions, a pop-up bookstore, #Foodieodicals, cooking demos, conceptual literary dinners, film screenings and much more. This year's fifth anniversary of the festival takes place on May 1st and 2nd at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg.

Food is sexy. Books are sexy. So a fair about food and books? Super sexy. On this week's show, Jacqueline and Ben go old-school Love Bites, reconnecting on their past month of insanity with Jacqueline's dating conundrums (break-offs and flirting and abstinence, oh my!) and Ben's having gone off to Paris to perform in a surrealist play in Yiddish...which he doesn't really speak. Then they're joined by Amanda Dell and Kimberly Chou, the directors of the Food Book Fair coming up May 1st and 2nd in New York City. They dish on the challenges and triumphs of pulling off such a gigantic feat, how it affects their single-and-dating lives, and maybe a few rounds of never-have-I-ever will be introduced to the show. Plus! The team gets giddy on the 2013 "Alemannia" Trosseau Gris from Lush Wine and Spirits owner and winemaker Mitch Einhornn. Never heard of a Trosseau Gris before? Neither had we. But it's from a small California vineyard and promises a sleek mouthfeel with notes of melon and dried straw flavors. So, yum.

On today's THE FOOD SEEN, Michael Harlan Turkell hosts a special one-hour episode devoted to The Food Book Fair. Founder Elizabeth Thacker Jones will talk about all of the exciting additions to this year's lineup, as we're joined by a few of those guests in studio. Oliver Strand, a NYTimes coffee contributor, and Lars K. Huse of illustration and coffee, discuss their upcoming FBF Coffee Crawl . Melia Marden, chef/owner of The Smile, discusses her new cookbook, Modern Mediterranean. Christophe Hille, owner Northern Spy Food Co., will be on the FOOD + LABOR panel, touches on the “living wage” injustices of working in the restaurant industry. This episode has been sponsored by [White Oak Pastures](http://www.whiteoakpastures.com

On today's THE FOOD SEEN, with a life long interest in food and it's ability to inspire, Elizabeth Thacker Jones presents the FOOD BOOK FAIR, the first ever event bringing together food publications from around the world alongside a dynamic set of events celebrating food writing, reading, and activism, with such authors as Harold McGee (On Food and Cooking), Marion Nestle (Why Calories Count and Food Politics), Colman Andrews (Author and Editorial Director, The Daily Meal). Held on FRI MAY 4 – SUN MAY 6, 2012, at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg (Brooklyn, NY), there will be a multitude of food-related panel discussions, and books abound! This program has been brought to you by Whole Foods. “There is a need to learn where our food comes from, and perhaps also there's also a historical perspective and a ‘sense of place' to the way we consume.” —Elizabeth Thacker Jones on THE FOOD SEEN