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Molly Wizenberg

Molly Wizenberg
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Molly Wizenberg

Molly Wizenberg is a freelance food writer and the creator of the award-winning blog Orangette. She is a regular contributor to Bon Appétit, and her writing has been featured on NPR.org and PBS.org and has been praised in The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and The Seattle Times. Wizenberg has degrees in human biology, French, and cultural anthropology, but in 2005, she left the world of academia to write full-time.

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Introduction from A Homemade Life
Jan 16, 2011
Jan 16, 2011
A Homemade Life will be released on March 03, 2009 in
Mar 03, 2009
A Homemade Life is now available in
Mar 03, 2009

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 17, 2013
...food-themed book each spring and plans a feast around it. This recipe appears in "A Homemade Life" by Molly Wizenberg and was part of that night's meal. The book of stories and recipes recounts the blogger-author's life with the kitchen at its center. 6...
Austin Chronicle, December 6, 2012
...GIFT GUIDE 2012 An international smorgasbord with something for every palate BY AMY KRITZER BY JESSI CAPE BY MICK VANN BY MICK VANN BY KATE THORNBERRY BY MELANIE HAUPT BY MM PACK BY GRACIE SALEM BY GRACIE SALEM BY WES MARSHALL BY...
JTNews, November 12, 2012
...she’s a member of the upper echelons of female food-bloggers-gone-viral, women like Julie Powell (Julie and Julia), Molly Wizenberg (Orangette), and Clotilde Dusoulier (Chocolate & Zucchini), who sought a creative escape from ordinary life and laid...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, November 2, 2012
...history of food. It's really interestingI didn't know there was a whole genre. I've read Molly Wizenberg's A Homemade Life. She started off as a blogger, and it translated into a book deal. She's in her early 30s. It's the same kind of...
Kitsap Sun, October 31, 2012
...Adventures at the Table" by Ruth Reichl "A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table" by Molly Wizenberg "Endless Feasts: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet" edited by Ruth Reichl...
USA Today, August 22, 2012
...Many food bloggers have made the transition to published author. Who are your favorites? A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg, who writes the Orangette (orangette.com), and the Pioneer Woman (thepioneerwoman.com), of course...
Philly.com, June 7, 2012
...IT MUST BE said: In the scope of literature, food writing is a minor genre. As popular as food books have become, no one is confusing most of them with "War & Peace" or "One Hundred Years of Solitude" or even "Fifty Shades of Grey." There is nothing...
TwinCities.com, April 17, 2013
...to make cinnamon buns from scratch. Can you find a recipe? A This recipe, originally from Orangette blogger Molly Wizenberg, is adapted from Bon Appetit magazine. CINNAMON ROLLS WITH CREAM CHEESE GLAZE Makes 18 rolls. Dough: 1 cup whole milk ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 17, 2013
...food-themed book each spring and plans a feast around it. This recipe appears in "A Homemade Life" by Molly Wizenberg and was part of that night's meal. The book of stories and recipes recounts the blogger-author's life with the kitchen at its center. 6...
Austin Chronicle, December 6, 2012
...GIFT GUIDE 2012 An international smorgasbord with something for every palate BY AMY KRITZER BY JESSI CAPE BY MICK VANN BY MICK VANN BY KATE THORNBERRY BY MELANIE HAUPT BY MM PACK BY GRACIE SALEM BY GRACIE SALEM BY WES MARSHALL BY...
Seattle Times, December 5, 2012
...So I give them away in pairs or stacked even higher, filled with things like lemon curd or Molly Wizenberg’s Cranberry Chutney with Crystallized Ginger and Dried Cherries (recipe at www.orangette.blogspot.com). I like knowing they’ll still be useful...
JTNews, November 12, 2012
...she’s a member of the upper echelons of female food-bloggers-gone-viral, women like Julie Powell (Julie and Julia), Molly Wizenberg (Orangette), and Clotilde Dusoulier (Chocolate & Zucchini), who sought a creative escape from ordinary life and laid...
Bon Appetit Magazine, November 9, 2012
...s first excellent pizza place when it opened a few years ago. Husband and wife Brandon Pettit and Molly Wizenberg (of the food blog Orangette) specialize in Neapolitan-style wood-fired pies, nodding to New York with a blistered crust that has a bit of...
ParentMap, August 28, 2012
...is. 10. Blackberry brulee. I have not yet tried this unbelievable-looking recipe from Orangette, the Seattle-based blog by Molly Wizenberg, but I've just added it to my end-of-summer bucket list. (Blogger gossip alert — Molly is pregnant and due any...