Welcome to Season 2! Lydia and Valerie took a few weeks off to let Valerie settle in with her newest little one, and are excited for a new round of conversations about cultivating our minds and homes. We’re wrapping up our series on the theology of hospitality and beginning a new series on one of the more practical aspects of hospitality, as well as of daily life: food and drink. Today’s episode is all about cookbooks! A brief history of cookbooks, the changing uses of cookbooks in a digital age, and the cookbooks that helped us learn to cook.

Cookbooks discussed on the show:

• The Joy of Cooking
• Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook
• Everyday Food: Great Food Fast
• Fat Salt Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
• Smitten Kitchen Everyday: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites
• Mastering the Art of French Cooking
• On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
• Jerusalem: A Cookbook
• Simple: A Cookbook
• The Flavor Bible