Bio: A food writer, librarian, and historian, Becky Libourel Diamond has had a varied career combining writing and research. Her latest project is The Gilded Age Cookbook, blends Gilded Age details and entertaining stories of celebrities from the era with historic menus and recipes updated for modern kitchens. Her previous book, The Thousand Dollar Dinner, tells the unique story of a nineteenth-century “Top Chef”-style competition between Philadelphia restauranteur James Parkinson and the Delmonico family of New York. The result was a luxurious seventeen-course feast that helped launch fine restaurant dining in America as we know it today. She is also the author of Mrs. Goodfellow: The Story of America’s Cooking School, a successful nineteenth-century pastry chef who also ran an innovative cooking school for young women – a Philadelphia first. She is currently working on a book about the history of processed food. She lives in Yardley, PA. And here are the links: Rowman.com (use code GPFANDF30 to get 30% off preorders). Can also https://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Age-Cookbook-Recipes-Americas/dp/1493069454/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= This website has links for preorder. https://www.beckyldiamond.com/the-gilded-age-cookbook _____________________________________________________ This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and its work, please visit its website at www.chnorcal.org If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend “Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian” “Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released." Music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/coma-media-24399569/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=117676">Coma-Media</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=117676">Pixabay</a> Logo created by author Sarah Neidhardt who wrote "Twenty Acres:A Seventies Childhood in the Woods" Out now!

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