Bonny Wolf
NPR commentator Bonny Wolf grew up in Minnesota and has worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in New Jersey and Texas. She taught journalism at Texas A&M University where she encouraged her student, Lyle Lovett, to give up music and get a real job. Wolf gives better advice about cooking and eating, and contributes her monthly food essay to NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday. She is also a contributing editor to "Kitchen Window," NPR's Web-only, weekly food column.
Wolf 's commentaries are not just about what people eat, but why: for comfort, nurturance, and companionship; to mark the seasons and to celebrate important events; to connect with family and friends and with ancestors they never knew; and, of course, for love. In a Valentine's Day essay, for example, Wolf writes that nearly every food from artichoke to zucchini has been considered an aphrodisiac.
Wolf, whose Web site is www.bonnywolf.com, has been a newspaper food editor and writer, restaurant critic, and food newsletter publisher, and served as chief speechwriter to Secretaries of Agriculture Mike Espy and Dan Glickman.
Bonny Wolf's book of food essays, Talking with My Mouth Full, will be published in November by St. Martin's Press. She lives, writes, eats and cooks in Washington, D.C.
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Two authors journey beyond the coastal cities of Beijing and Shanghai to collect stories and recipes from China's "minority peoples," whose tribal cultures may be in danger of vanishing.
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It's the Fourth of July and time for a barbecue — but don't just throw some hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill. Take a stab at making real Texas barbecue — and all the fixings. -
Move over gefilte fish and matzo-meal cakes. In the exotic, fragrant and flavorful cuisine of the Ashkenazic Jews of Aleppo, Bonny Wolf has found enticing options for her traditional Seder menu this Passover. She shares some of her favorites.
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Nowruz, the Persian New Year, begins at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, when the sun crosses the equator and winter ends. The 13-day festival features fresh foods with herbs, family gatherings, and plenty of myth and symbolism.
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The forsythia is blooming, and that, fishermen say, means just one thing: The shad are in the river — and at the market. Bonny Wolf loves the fish, but she's just wild about the roe. She shares her favorite ways to prepare the seasonal delicacy.
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The first goose that food writer Bonny Wolf made was a disaster, a tough bird swimming in fat. Since then, she has grown to relish the bird's rich, flavorful meat — and its fat — and wants others to learn from her mistakes.
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Book editor Judith Jones persuaded her publisher to take a chance on then-unknown writer, Julia Child. Kitchen Window host Bonny Wolf speaks with Jones about her life introducing mainstream cooks to French cuisine, and her new memoir, The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food.
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Judith Jones appreciates the finer things in life, especially good cooking. Credited with discovering Julia Child, Jones celebrates food. Her new memoir is called The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food.
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Tanya Wenman Steel, editor-in-chief of the food Web Site Epicurious.com, is full from Thanksgiving even before the turkey goes in the oven. Kitchen Window host Bonny Wolf talks with Steel about the site and gets tips for Thanksgiving cooking.
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In New Mexico — the largest producer of chiles in the United States — the spicy peppers are more than just a crop: They're a culture, a way of life. And this time of year, the aroma of roasting chiles permeates the air throughout the state.
