804: Summer Reading with Aimee Nezhukumatathil author of Bite By Bite & Sara B. Franklin author of The Editor
From The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters by American Public Media
May 29, 2026 · 51 min
About this episode
The episode features discussions on summer reading recommendations with authors Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Sara B. Franklin.
This week, we’ve got suggestions to start your summer reading list. First, we sit down with bestselling author and poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil to talk about her upbringing and the nature of her poetry. She writes about her parent’s gardens and their food, and how she carries her childhood experiences with her today. Her latest book is Bite By Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees. Then, we learn about the life and legacy of the iconic book editor Judith Jones through her biographer Sara B. Franklin. Sara documented Judith’s amazing journey from her first job at a publishing house to transforming the cookbook industry at large. Plus, we hear from Judith herself from an interview we did several years ago with our former host, Lynne Rossetto Kasper. Sara B. Franklin’s book is The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America. Broadcast dates for this episode: May 24, 2024 (originally aired) May 2, 2025 (rebroadcast) May 29, 2026 (rebroadcast) Subscribe to @TheSplendidTable on YouTube for full podcast episodes and full-length video interviews! Your support is a special ingredient in helping to make The Splendid Table. Donate today
People in this episode
Guests: Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Sara B. Franklin
Topics covered
- summer reading
- poetry
- cookbook industry
- biography
- food culture
Keywords
- summer reading
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil
- Sara B. Franklin
- Judith Jones
- cookbook
- poetry
- biography
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: American Public Media
Books & works: Bite By Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees, The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America
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