Season 3, Episode 14: Who Made Rebecca the Mascot for Fall Reading + Our Favorite Cookbooks
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: a spicy take on a classic and bookish gluttony
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Current Reads: we're telling each other about six recent reads and talking each other into and out of reading them
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Deep Dive: our favorite cookbooks, as we head into the holiday season
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Book Presses: food-centered delight and family-centered drama
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1:39 - The Star-Crossed Lovers of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman
3:20 - Memorial by Bryan Washington
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Bookish Moments of the Week:
6:09 - The Popcast (most recent Flavortown episode)
6:22 - Rebecca by Dauphne DuMaurier
7:06 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
8:46 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
9:18 - Libby - the BEST library app
Current Reads:
11:01 - In the Market for Murder by T.E. Kinsey (Meredith)
11:11 - A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey
14:27 - The City We Became by NK Jemison (Kaytee)
14:43 - The Fifth Season by NK Jemison
17:15 - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
17:31 - New York by Edward Rutherford
18:27 - The Obsession by Nora Roberts (Meredith)
23:55 - I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider (Kaytee)
24:06 - @tonightsbookishfeast on Instagram
27:13 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
27:21 - Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (Meredith)
31:13 - Luster by Raven Leilani (Kaytee)
32:02 - The Need by Helen Phillips
Deep Dive - Our Favorite Cookbooks:
35:58 - The Barefoot Contessa by Ina Garten
36:22 - The Barefoot Contessa at Home by Ina Garten
36:25 - Modern Comfort Food by Ina Garten
37:09 - How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
37:12 - America's Test Kitchen Complete Cookbook
37:14 - Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat
38:27 - Martha Stewart's Cookbook
39:16 - Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines (and Volume 2)
40:29 - America's Test Kitchen Perfect Cookie Cookbook
41:06 - Start to Cook from Usborne
41:19 - The America's Test Kitchen Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs
42:36 - Eat at Home cooks - Kaytee's meal planning website
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
44:37 - Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl (Meredith)
44:57 - Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
46:22 - The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen-Loigman (Kaytee)
Connect With Us:
Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram
Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram
Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram
Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram
@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've read recently, and as you know, we won't shy away from those strong opinions, so get ready. We are light on the strong opinions, so get ready. |
| 0:23.8 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always be |
| 0:27.4 | spoiler free. |
| 0:29.0 | We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll press books into your hands. |
| 0:33.4 | I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, |
| 0:38.4 | and sometimes my strong book opinions are stronger than others. |
| 0:43.3 | And I'm Katie Com, a homeschooling mama for, |
| 0:45.4 | living in New Mexico, and I love taking a morning walk |
| 0:48.0 | with an audio book in my ears. |
| 0:50.1 | This is episode number 14 of season 3, and we're so glad you're here. |
| 0:53.7 | Oh we are so glad to be here Katie. We both have had a busy week and I know we've both been really |
| 0:58.8 | looking forward to talking today. |
| 1:01.1 | Yes I needed some Meredith time for sure. |
| 1:04.0 | All right, so this is our first episode of November, which means that we get to get started today |
| 1:09.3 | with our friends at Book of the Month, the only paying advertiser we have for this show, and we get to talk about why we love them. |
| 1:16.0 | So, Meredith, what do you think of our five picks this month? |
| 1:20.0 | I think this was another month where I had a really hard time deciding because there were a few books that were really really calling my name, but I'm going to try really hard to just do one for the next few months, right? |
| 1:33.7 | So I don't have to skip months. |
| 1:35.6 | So, all right, my choice this month |
| 1:38.4 | is going to be the Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nielsen-Spelman. |
| 1:45.0 | And I loved this book because it feels, well two things, it feels like the trip to Italy |
| 1:51.1 | that I really need right now. It feels like it's got a very very strong |
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