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Delicious Stories: Food Adventures for the Mind, Body, and Soul

Original Air Date Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Food history is our history, there is no untangling the two. Industrialized food processing may be whittling away at our appreciation of how deeply certain foods are rooted in our families and culture but not everyone forgets. There are people who still lovingly employ age-old methods of food cultivation.

In this episode, Harvesting Happiness Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with two authors and chefs who translated their life journeys into recipes and their recipes into cookbooks.

Katie Quinn’s hands-on approach has given rise to the revered tradition of fermentation. She shares highlights from her food adventures as documented in her book, Cheese, Wine, and Bread: Discovering the Magic of Fermentation in England, Italy, and France.

And, Mandy Lee shares her experience of fusing foods from the East and West while living in a polarized, authoritarian culture from her personal story inspired cookbook, The Art of Escapism Cooking: A Survival Story, with Intensely Good Flavors.

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Meet Our Guests:

Delicious Stories: Food Adventures for the Mind, Body, and Soul with Katie Quinn & Mandy Lee

Katie Quinn is a video creator, podcast host, and cookbook author. She thinks there is a story to be told everywhere and that food connects people. Every week she posts food and travel videos to her YouTube channel, QKatie, which has over 5 million views and 38,600 subscribers. Her slogan (and podcast title) is Keep It Quirky because she thinks life, both in the kitchen and out of it, is more enjoyable if you don’t take yourself too seriously.

Book: Cheese, Wine, and Bread: Discovering the Magic of Fermentation in England, Italy, and France

Katie Quinn — Food Adventures:

  • Curiosity drives Katie’s quirky and adventurous exploration of travel and food. {2:06}
  • The history of cheesemaking in England is rooted in female labor. {7:12}
  • Katie’s talks about her famous cheddar cheese brownies. {12:49}
  • Finding her great grandfather’s birth certificate in a small town in Italy changed the course of Katie’s life. {17:07}
  • In her book, Cheese, Wine, and Bread, Katie weaves in her personal journey making it more than a cookbook. {22:13}
  • Katie Quinn describes her meeting with the consummate bread maker in France. {24:25}

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Delicious Stories: Food Adventures for the Mind, Body, and Soul with Katie Quinn & Mandy Lee

Mandy Lee founded her award-winning “angry food blog,” LadyandPups.com, in 2012 out of sheer frustration after moving from New York City to Beijing. She and her blog have been featured in numerous publications, including Saveur, FoodandWine.com, Yahoo, Food 52, and WashingtonPost.com. She lives in Hong Kong with her husband and pups.

Book: The Art of Escapism Cooking: A Survival Story, with Intensely Good Flavors

Mandy Lee — Healing Through Cooking:

  • For Mandy Lee, escapism cooking is not a passion, it is a drug. {32:18}
  • The Art of Escapism Cooking is a glimpse into how Mandy used cooking to cope during her six unhappy years in Beijing. {33:54}
  • While traveling, Mandy is fascinated by how different cultures use different foods to create unique cuisine. {40:24}
  • Mandy credits TV for teaching her how to cook. {44:01}
  • Mandy describes her cooking theory and style and how cooking for humans is different from cooking for her pups. {48:45}

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“Curiosity as the driver for life is a game-changer.” @QKatie on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “Rewind five years ago, when I started my journey, I was a different person. A babe in the woods.” @QKatie on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “My book is about how I cope with my unhappiness by cooking, good or bad.” @LadyandPups on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “I always start a recipe because I have a question to answer.” @LadyandPups on @HHTalkRadio Share on X

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