Episode 129: Being a Cookbook Writer: Interviews with Cookbook Mastermind Students

Cookbook Love Podcast

Hi everybody. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I’m excited to host an interview with three cookbook writing students from the current Hungry for a Cookbook Mastermind. They are Jennie Gottschalk, Rikki Asher, and Shan O’Fee-Byrom.

Jennie Gottschalk Jennie is a composer based in Boston. She holds a bachelor's degree in composition from The Boston Conservatory and a master's degree and doctorate from Northwestern University. She is the author of two books - Experimental Music and Being Time. Jennie is beginning a cookbook project that explores beans and bean techniques. :

Rikki Asher Rikki is a New York City visual artist. She is the author of the Art in Queens Cuisine and is working on a cookbook that combines vegetarian cooking, art, and meditation/mindfulness. Asher received her MFA in painting from City University of New York at Lehman College, and earned a Doctorate in Art Education from Teacher’s College, Columbia University. She was a professor and Director of Art Education at Queens College, CUNY for 17 years, Asher currently serves as Artist-in-Residence at Lenox Hill Hospital in a program she developed (Art by the Bedside).

Shan O’Fee-Byrom

As a former corporate trainer, plant-based cook, soccer-mom, and Naples-based triathlete Shan loves experimenting with delicious food to keep everyone in our family healthy, strong, feeling good and performing at our best. Her family has been eating a plant-based diet since 2015 when they started experimenting with it as a way to promote health. Shan is the founder of Plant Fare and is a master at systems and planning to make plant-based suppers, lunches, and snacks a breeze for moms and families on the run.

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