Molly Wizenberg

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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.

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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]

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  1. 1 2 3 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.
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