Books

Doctor Elizabeth Comen and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse talk about gender bias and its lingering impact on women’s healthcare and reproductive rights.

from Life Examined

In a new cookbook filled with Lebanese recipes, Hana El-Hibri invokes the spirit of "mayylu," an invitation for visitors to pop in.

from Good Food

Kitty Morse opens a tattered leather valise and uncovers a WWII journal from her French forbearers — with photographs and some very special recipes.

The contents of an old valise inspire a deeply personal cookbook

Kitty Morse opens a tattered leather valise and uncovers a WWII journal from her French forbearers — with photographs and some very special recipes.

from Good Food

Writer and lecturer Susan Cain explores the evolutionary reasons behind sadness in our lives and how accepting sorrow can lead to greater emotional resilience and creativity.

Bittersweet: Susan Cain on the joy of sweet sorrow

Writer and lecturer Susan Cain explores the evolutionary reasons behind sadness in our lives and how accepting sorrow can lead to greater emotional resilience and creativity.

from Life Examined

Franco-Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan is on a mission to document and share Palestinian foods, traditions, and the work of home cooks.

Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan dreams of a world where he can share his food with everyone

Franco-Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan is on a mission to document and share Palestinian foods, traditions, and the work of home cooks.

from Good Food

Chefs Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson bring the bold Mediterranean flavors of Kismet to a new cookbook.

Los Feliz darling Kismet debuts a cookbook

Chefs Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson bring the bold Mediterranean flavors of Kismet to a new cookbook.

from Good Food

Paralysis from the chest down as a result of serving in the U.S.

Ron Kovic: ‘A dangerous country: An American elegy’

Paralysis from the chest down as a result of serving in the U.S.

from Scheer Intelligence

Noah Gittell’s new book, “Baseball: The Movie,” traces the lineage of and connection between two great American pastimes — baseball and film.

Baseball movies are ‘perfect genre’ to reflect hard American truths

Noah Gittell’s new book, “Baseball: The Movie,” traces the lineage of and connection between two great American pastimes — baseball and film.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Psychologist Katherine Morgan Schafler talks about her book The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control, the universal desire to seek perfection, and the need for greater…

‘The Perfectionist’s Guide’: Learning to control our quest for the ideal

Psychologist Katherine Morgan Schafler talks about her book The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control, the universal desire to seek perfection, and the need for greater…

from Life Examined

Flexitarian Pamelia Chia canvases chefs for show-stopping Asian vegetarian recipes.

Building vegetarian dishes with Asian flavors and techniques

Flexitarian Pamelia Chia canvases chefs for show-stopping Asian vegetarian recipes.

from Good Food

Two small voices sing the praises of seeds in the book A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds.

Evan Kleiman's favorite children's book gets a special reading

Two small voices sing the praises of seeds in the book A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds.

from Good Food

Jonathan Kauffman explains how "hippie food" went mainstream.

How 'hippie food' went mainstream

Jonathan Kauffman explains how "hippie food" went mainstream.

from Good Food

Forget meat alternatives, Lukas Volger develops veggie burger recipes using whole foods.

A new cookbook highlights not impossible veggie burgers

Forget meat alternatives, Lukas Volger develops veggie burger recipes using whole foods.

from Good Food

Author and illustrator Mark Kurlansky peels back the cultural, historical, and gastronomical layers of the onion.

Can onions cure baldness and drive you mad with lust?

Author and illustrator Mark Kurlansky peels back the cultural, historical, and gastronomical layers of the onion.

from Good Food

Dorsey Nunn, a formerly incarcerated individual, co-director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) and co-founder of All of Us or None (AOUON), a grassroots movement of…

Navigating the deadly maze of the prison industrial complex

Dorsey Nunn, a formerly incarcerated individual, co-director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) and co-founder of All of Us or None (AOUON), a grassroots movement of…

from Scheer Intelligence

Pulitzer-prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his memoir “A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial” and the challenges and pain he faced growing up a Vietnamese…

‘The Sympathizer’ author Viet Thanh Nguyen on new memoir ‘A Man of Two Faces’

Pulitzer-prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his memoir “A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial” and the challenges and pain he faced growing up a Vietnamese…

from Life Examined

Olga Massov and Sanaë Lemoine have tons of recipes devoted to the limitless possibilities of the sheet pan.

An all sheet pan Thanksgiving inspired a new cookbook

Olga Massov and Sanaë Lemoine have tons of recipes devoted to the limitless possibilities of the sheet pan.

from Good Food

Growing up in mostly white, small towns in Ohio, Jamie Figueroa felt cut off from her Puerto Rican heritage. She chronicles her journey to connect with her Boricua roots in a new book.

‘Dangling in the diaspora’: Jamie Figueroa rediscovers her ancestry

Growing up in mostly white, small towns in Ohio, Jamie Figueroa felt cut off from her Puerto Rican heritage. She chronicles her journey to connect with her Boricua roots in a new book.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Scott Galloway discusses his book "The Algebra of Wealth" and the growing disconnect between young people and their economic futures.

Scott Galloway: Can the youth still make it in America?

Scott Galloway discusses his book "The Algebra of Wealth" and the growing disconnect between young people and their economic futures.

from Life Examined

On the podcast Your Mama's Kitchen, beloved author Judy Bloom opens her mother's recipe box and reveals her kitchen anxiety dreams.

Kidlit icon Judy Blume recalls her childhood meals

On the podcast Your Mama's Kitchen, beloved author Judy Bloom opens her mother's recipe box and reveals her kitchen anxiety dreams.

from Good Food