168: Domenica Marchetti on Italian Cookies

About this episode

Kate and Molly interview Domenica Marchetti about her new cookbook focused on Italian cookies and her journey as a food writer.

Kate and Molly speak with Domenica Marchetti about her newest book and finding a niche in the crowded Italian cookbook category. Domenica shares how she got her start as a food writer, bringing her journalistic background and other interests and experiences together in a unique way, and then talks about the personal importance of some of her early work. She gets into how a cookie captured her imagination, inspiring this new cookbook all about the history, stories and bakeries that create singular Italian cookies. We discuss her research, recipe development and writing process as well as the adventure of baking all of the cookies for the photoshoot (!). And we conclude with a discussion about how her newsletter figures into her professional life.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kate Leahy, Molly Stevens

Guest: Domenica Marchetti

Topics covered

• Italian cookies
• cookbook writing
• food writing
• recipe development
• baking

Keywords

• Italian cookies
• cookbook
• food writer
• recipe development
• baking

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