Molly Wizenberg

Molly Wizenberg is an American chef, entrepreneur, and writer. She is the author of a food blog, Orangette, which won a James Beard Award for food writing in 2015. She has also written a memoir, The Fixed Stars, which won a Stonewall Book Award in 2021, and her previous recipe book/memoir, titled A Homemade Life, was a New York Times bestseller.

Career

Wizenberg began her career studying anthropology, but did not complete her Ph.D.[1] In 2004, she started a food blog, Orangette. In 2015, she won the James Beard Foundation Award for best individual blog (for Orangette).[2] Wizenberg authored a book, titled A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, which consisted of recipes and memoirs, and became a New York Times best-seller.[3] In 2009, Wizenberg co-founded a Seattle-based pizzeria named Delancey, with her (now ex) husband, Brandon Pettit.[4] She also wrote a book, titled Delancey: A Man, A Woman, A Marriage, which was an account of establishing the pizzeria, as well as a personal memoir.[5][6] Since 2010, Wizenberg has co-hosted a podcast about food titled Spilled Milk, with Matthew Amster-Burton.[7][8]

Personal life

Wizenberg met her former husband, Brandon Pettit, after he read her blog and contacted her about it.[1] She had one daughter with him, June, before they divorced. In 2016, Wizenburg published a post on her blog, coming out and writing that she was "not straight anymore."[9] Wizenberg has since remarried, to Ash Wizenberg-Choi.[1] She has written a memoir about her personal life, and relationships, titled The Fixed Stars, which won a Stonewall Book Award in 2021.[10][11]

Bibliography

  • A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table (2010) ISBN 9781416551058
  • Delancey: A Man, A Woman, A Restaurant, A Marriage (2015) ISBN 9781451655094
  • The Fixed Stars (2021) ISBN 9781419742996

References

  1. ^ a b c Bull, Marian (2020-10-12). "Molly Wizenberg Comes Of Age, Again". ELLE. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  2. ^ Galarza, Daniela (2015-04-24). "Here Are the James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast, and Journalism Winners 2015". Eater. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  3. ^ "Molly Wizenberg chronicles the dramatic early days of her marriage and her restaurant in "Delancey"". Santa Cruz Sentinel. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  4. ^ "'Delancey,' the book, tells the restaurant's not-so-easy story". The Seattle Times. 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  5. ^ DELANCEY | Kirkus Reviews.
  6. ^ "Inside Molly Wizenberg's New Memoir 'Delancey'". Seattle Met. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  7. ^ "10 Seattle Podcasts to Keep You Company". Seattle Met. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  8. ^ Sommerfeld, Seth (2018-04-18). "Laughing Over 'Spilled Milk'". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  9. ^ "November 30". Orangette. 30 November 2016.
  10. ^ admin (2009-09-09). "Stonewall Book Awards List". Round Tables. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  11. ^ "Seattle chef and author Molly Wizenberg ('Delancey' and more) outlines a journey of identity, sexuality and family in 'The Fixed Stars'". The Seattle Times. 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2022-01-23.