Recipe Journal Podcast

Our podcast journey starts with soup, as many good journeys do. Most people might know Major Jackson for his poetry (he’s authored six books), as the former host of The Slowdown podcast, as a professor at Vanderbilt, or one of the other illustrious fellowships or hats he’s worn. What they might not know (until now!): Major Jackson’s obsessed with soup. He brings that enthusiasm to A Bowl of Goodness, a collection of food poems and recipes—all about soup.

We discuss his Apple-Parsnip Soup in the podcast and he describes it on the page as “the...

You know the adage, “I never use a recipe?” Well, sometimes I do. I’ve written about how a recipe is a song, meant to be followed as written. The dirty secret no one talks about is how MANY times a recipe is tested and tried before it’s ready to be shared. There’s a story in that… and now a podcast that explores the how’s and why’s. one composed by a particular person with their particular proclivities. I’m curious about those details—and maybe you are too.

Go behind-the-scenes with cookbook authors, culinary professiona...