55: Making a Documentary-Style Cookbook with Matt Rodbard

Molly and Kristin chat with Matt Rodbard; writer and founding editor of the online food and culture magazine TASTE, all about his career in food media. He reveals the surprising way he got started, how his collaborations came about and the documentary visual style of some of his books. He shares some ups and downs of his writing career, how he balances his many projects and his hopes and excitement for the future of cookbooks.


 


Hosts: Kate Leahy (https://www.kateleahycooks.com/) + Molly Stevens (https://www.mollystevenscooks.com/) + Kristin Donnelly (https://kristindonnelly.squarespace.c...)


Editor: Abby Cerquitella (https://abigail-cerquitella.squarespa...)


 


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Matt Rodbard

• Website (https://www.mattrodbard.com/)
• Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mattrodbard...)
• Twitter (  / mattrodbard  )
• Taste (https://tastecooking.com/)
• The Taste Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...)
• Taste Pitching Guideline (https://tastecooking.com/how-to-pitch...)

 


Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/everythingc...) to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the show

• Koreatown: A Cookbook (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97808041...) by Deuki Hong and Matt Rodbard
• Food IQ (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97800630...) by Daniel Holzman and Matt Rodbard
• Pok Pok (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97816077...) by Andy Ricker
• Lasagne (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97819848...) by Anna Hezel
• Beyond the Great Wall (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97815796...) by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid
• Andrea Nguyen's books (https://bookshop.org/contributors/and...)
• Priya Krishna's books (https://bookshop.org/contributors/pri...)
• Alison Roman's books (https://bookshop.org/contributors/ali...)
• Masala (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97819848...) by Anita Jaisinghani
• Chaat (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97819848...) by Maneet Chauhan and Jody Eddy
• Tin to Table (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97817972...) by Anna Hezel
• Sheet Pan Chicken (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97819848...) by Cathy Erway
• Maangchi’s Real Korean Cooking (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97805441...) by Maangchi