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Episode 361: The Miami Intersection of Food, Culture, and Wellness with Ellen Kanner

Release Date: 08/07/2025

Episode 386: From Diagnosis to Cookbook: Emily Maxon’s Journey to Real Food, Every Day

Cookbook Love Podcast

In today’s episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast, Maggie sits down with chef and cookbook author Emily Maxon, whose newest book Real Food, Every Day was born out of a life-changing health journey. Emily is a trained chef and lifelong food lover who, at age 28, was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. That diagnosis led her to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet — a rigorous way of eating designed to support gut health and healing. Drawing on her years of experience as a chef and caterer, Emily made it her mission to create recipes that not only met the diet’s strict guidelines but also tasted...

Episode 385: Being a Cookbook Writer: Uplifting Indigenous Culture & Traditions with Pyet DeSpain

Cookbook Love Podcast

Today on the Cookbook Love Podcast, I am honored to welcome Pyet Despain, a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Tribe, award-winning global private chef, and the first winner of Gordon Ramsay’s groundbreaking competition series Next Level Chef. Pyets’s life and work are rooted in Indigenous fusion cuisine, where she weaves together the food traditions of her Native American and Mexican heritage. Through her cooking, storytelling, and travel, Pyet is dedicated to uplifting Indigenous culture and honoring the traditions passed down through generations. Originally from the Osage...

Episode 384: Being a Cookbook Writer: Abstaining with the Saints with Michael Foley

Cookbook Love Podcast

In today’s episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Michael P. Foley, Catholic theologian, professor, and author of Abstaining with the Saints. Michael is best known for his beloved Drinking with the Saints series, and in this new book, he turns his attention to alcohol-free celebrations that are just as meaningful, festive, and rooted in the liturgical year. Abstaining with the Saints offers nearly 200 thoughtfully crafted mocktail recipes, along with alcohol-free beer, wine, and spirit suggestions that align with Catholic feast days and seasons. Each recipe is paired with...

Episode 383: Being a Cookbook Writer: Ins and Outs for 2026

Cookbook Love Podcast

Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today, I have a fun episode called the Ins and Outs for 2026. This episode was inspired by the Ins and Outs list I did last year and focuses on things I did in 2025 that I want to do again, and new stuff I want to try. The outs are things I don’t want to bring forward into the new year that no longer serve me, or don’t help me live the life I want to live, or that use my precious time and life thinking, feeling, or doing. Things We Mention In This Episode:

Episode 382: Eating to Thrive During Menopause with Jenn Huber, RD, ND

Cookbook Love Podcast

Hello and Happy New Year to everyone! Welcome to 2026 and to a new year of podcast episodes. Today, we kick off the new year with a brand new episode with registered dietitian, naturopath doctor, and intuitive eating counselor Jenn Huber. Jenn is the author of Eating to Thrive During Menopause, and on today’s show, we talk all about: How not being able to use HRT prompted Jenn to learn about nutrition and menopause Jenn’s experience writing a nutrition cookbook that isn’t a diet book The “5 Key Ingredients” framework and how it shaped the recipes Starting 2026 with a...

Episode 381: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All

Cookbook Love Podcast

Hello and Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings to all! Today I share a message of peace and our shared love of cookbooks. For this special holiday episode, I share some holiday cookbook recommendations, a wintertime story, and the music of Daniel Kantor and the St. Olaf Choir. Things We Mention in This Episode:

Episode 380: Sustainable Living and Savoring the Seasons with Gesine Bullock-Prado

Cookbook Love Podcast

Today, I’m delighted to welcome Gesine Bullock-Prado to the podcast. Gesine is a pastry chef, cookbook author, and television personality whose work is rooted in an approachable, farm-to-table way of cooking and living. She is the owner of Sugar Glider Kitchen and the author of the beautiful new cookbook, My Harvest Kitchen. In this conversation, we talk about Gesine’s embrace of homesteading, her philosophy of what she calls The Gentle Harvest, and the rhythms of cooking in step with the seasons. We move through My Harvest Kitchen chapter by chapter, exploring the ideas, recipes, and...

Episode 379: Cookbook Design, Art Direction & Homemade Pie with Laura Klynstra

Cookbook Love Podcast

Today, I am excited to have an interview with Laura Klynstra. Laura Klynstra is a senior art director for Revell Books and a freelance graphic designer and photographer. Previously, she worked as an art director at Hyperion Books and at HarperCollins Publishers in New York City. She is the author of The Homemade Pie Cookbook: 100 Pie, Tart, and Galette Recipes for Every Season. On the show today, we: Dive into cookbook art direction for traditional publishing and self-published books Laura’s journey from idea to published cookbook Three parts to every pie and tops for pie baking ...

Episode 378: Athens: Food, Stories, Love, and Cookbooks with Diane Kochilas

Cookbook Love Podcast

Today on the podcast, I’m joined by Diane Kochilas. Diane is a New York Times Bestselling Author and host of five seasons of the acclaimed PBS show My Greek Table. In her new book, Athens: Food, Stories, Love, Diane takes readers on a culinary tour of Greece’s most-visited city: Athens. Having lived in Athens for over thirty years, Diane has witnessed enormous social and culinary changes all around her. Today, the kitchens of Athens overflow with new creative energy while international ingredients fill the markets. Culinary influences on the Athenian table from around the globe are...

Episode 377: Recipes, Resilience, and Creating In Good Health with Rachel Riggs

Cookbook Love Podcast

Today on the podcast, I’m joined by Rachel Riggs, author of In Good Health. As a former specialty food shop owner, Rachel’s life dramatically changed due to chronic illness. Refocusing her work toward healing, she started developing anti-inflammatory recipes rooted in her California sensibilities. Rachel now lives with limited stamina and, despite that, wrote her cookbook with a focus on celebrating what’s possible, flavorful, and aligned with her healing. Her mission is to inspire readers to transform their health and well-being through modern, vibrant food that excites the senses,...

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Welcome to the Cookbook Love Podcast. Today I’m excited to have an interview with Ellen Kanner. Ellen Kanner is the author of Miami Vegan: Plant-Based Recipes from the Tropics to Your Table and the award-winning book Feeding the Hungry Ghost: Life, Faith and What to Eat for Dinner. She writes about the intersection of food, culture, community, and wellness for outlets including HuffPost, VegNews, and Edible South Florida. Ellen is a vegan advocate and culinary instructor, and the creator of the Substack newsletter Broccoli Rising. As a fifth-generation Miami native, Ellen lives with her husband in where else? Beautiful Miami. Today on the show, we talk about all the natural beauty and wonders of Miami, her life as a vegan, her new book Miami Vegan, including everything from tropical fruits and vegetables in Miami, vegan food swap and ingredients, as well as Ellen’s perhaps unpopular opinion about how to include more vegetables in your diet.

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