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Novel and Nosh
Novel & Nosh is a podcast about nourishment in all its forms; stories, seasons, food, books, and lived experience.
Each episode offers reflections and conversations that explore new ways of living, gathering, and finding belonging through shared moments. Across tables and through changing seasons, we collect stories that remind us we don’t have to do life alone.
This is a podcast for those who crave depth without hustle, presence over productivity, and connection that feels real.
Novel and Nosh
Latest Episodes
Book and Food Pairing: Mad Mabel and a Berry Pavlova
An 80-year-old woman trying to disappear quietly in her neighborhood sounds calm until you learn why everyone once called her Mad Mabel. I’m sharing my latest book and food pairing, and it starts with a real moment: when I try to branch out cre...
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Seven Poolside Reads For Summer
A pool day book has one job: keep you hooked even when real life interrupts. I'm sharing seven poolside reads that are easy to drop and pick back up without losing the thread, with the kind of pacing that makes you say, “Just one more chapter,”...
We Pair The Song Bird Of The Sorrows With A Decadent Flourless Cake
We fall hard for The Song Bird Of The Sorrows by Brady Otto, a romantic fantasy that mixes bird-centered world building with spies, assassins, and brutal bridal trials. We turn that mood into a bookish food pairing with a flourless chocolate ca...
Pairing the book Behind Closed Door with a Hot Honey Popcorn
A perfect-looking life is rarely as simple as it seems and sometimes the best way to process that truth is with a page-turner and a great snack. I’m savoring a summer that feels like it’s moving too fast, with big family transitions on the hori...
A Month With The Honeysuckle Cookbook And What Worked
I try cooking through one cookbook for a full month and realize the idea sounds better than it feels once the flavors start to repeat. I review the Honeysuckle Cookbook by Dzung Lewis with the recipes that shine, the ones that miss for me, and ...