Kāren Barnes, Chopping onions, editing delicious., and why the craft of food writing matters
As a five-year-old, food writer, editor, educator and mentor, Kāren Barnes remembers watching her mother peel an onion and thinking, "I'll never be able to do this". That fleeting moment shaped her learning to cook, and as a young teenager, she made Saturday night Flemish beef stew and lemon syllabub for pudding for her family. These are signs of the determination and hard work that thread throughout this fascinating podcast.
Kāren’s earliest food lessons came from her mother, who had spent formative years as a governess to the American ambassador in Moscow during the height of the Cold War…
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