Kristin, Molly and Kate chat all about that often dreaded activity, networking. They talk about the stressors involved, their individual approaches and what they focus on to build relationships and why re-framing these as learning opportunities can help with imposter syndrome. They discuss some specific resources and advice along with some personal experiences that they've learned from to build a community of mutual support before ending with their Thanksgiving plans and traditions.

Hosts: Kate Leahy + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly + Andrea Nguyen

Editor: Abby Cerquitella

Mentions

"How to Network When You're an Introvert" by Kristin Donnelly

Episode 107: Caroline Choe on Banchan

Episode 32: Co-Authoring Cookbooks with JJ Goode

Episode 106: Caroline Chambers on Building a Substack Platform

IACP

Cherry Bombe Membership

How to be a Cookbook Author Facebook Group

The American Institute of Wine & Food

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Kate and Kristin speak all things platform building and content creation with Sarah Fennel as we learn what should come first, the audience or the book? Sarah shares her definition of 'content', her path from hobbyist blogger to business owner and what areas she focused on on to build her platform. She speaks about tipping points in her career, how she balances creating persona forward vs food forward content and why she decided now was the best time to write a cookbook. Finally, she talks about shooting the photos for the book, working with her team and leaves us with some wise and inspiring advice and a hint into what she is working on next.

Hosts: Kate Leahy + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly + Andrea Nguyen

Editor: Abby Cerquitella

Mentions

Sarah Fennel

• Website
• Instagram
• TikTok

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• Sweet Tooth by Sarah Fennel
• Hungry Authors by Liz Morrow and Ariel Curry
  

Kristin and Molly speak about the newest release from America's Test Kitchen "When Southern Women Cook" with its editor, Morgan Bolling, and its forward writer, Toni Tipton-Martin. This is a newer format for ATK so Morgan and Toni share its journey from idea to publication, where the concept and title came from and how late night conversations inspired its creation. They talk about working with a historical consultant, the process of balancing over 300 recipes with all of the contributing essays and how it was almost split into two volumes. They share the lessons learned for the future, how investigative curiosity is involved in both recipe development and story writing and the pride they felt in bringing the expertise of so many individuals to this project.

Hosts: Kate Leahy + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly + Andrea Nguyen

Editor: Abby Cerquitella

Mentions

Southern Foodways Alliance

Cook's Country

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• When Southern Women Cook by ATK, foreword by Toni Tipton-Martin, edited by Morgan Bolling
• Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin
• Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice by Toni Tipton-Martin