Radio story about Joanne Chang

I'm posting on behalf of our newest member, Matthew Nixon.  Kudos, Matthew, for sending this along!

This Week on Milk Street Radio

How Joanne Chang Used Applied Mathematics to Build a Culinary Empire

The woman behind Flour Bakery and Myers + Chang shares how studying Applied Mathematics at Harvard led her to found two of Boston’s most beloved eateries.
Photos: Kristin Teig

You can listen to this story using the itunes app.  Enjoy!

Jacques Pepin worked for HoJo's?!

I'm almost finished listening to the audio book of The French Chef in America: Julia Child's Second Act.
It's a wonderful follow up to Alex Prud'homme's first book about Julia, My Life in France.  If you haven't read either of these books yet, I highly recommend them.  They're perfect for for foodies and biography lovers. 

I'm learning all kinds of juicy tidbits about Julia and her friends (Jacques Pepin was recruited to cook for Howard Johnson's in the early 60s.).  Who knew?!

Now I'm going to borrow a bunch of library DVDs of Julia's cooking shows!