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.
Career
Wizenberg began her career studying anthropology, but did not complete her Ph.D. In 2004, she started a food blog, Orangette. In 2015, she won the James Beard Foundation Award for best individual blog (for Orangette). 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. In 2009, Wizenberg co-founded a Seattle-based pizzeria named Delancey, with her (now ex) husband, Brandon Pettit. 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. Since 2010, Wizenberg has co-hosted a podcast about food titled Spilled Milk, with Matthew Amster-Burton.
Personal life
Wizenberg met her former husband, Brandon Pettit, after he read her blog and contacted her about it. 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." Wizenberg has since remarried, to Ash Wizenberg-Choi. She has written a memoir about her personal life, and relationships, titled The Fixed Stars, which won a Stonewall Book Award in 2021.
Bibliography
- A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table (2010) ISBN 9781416551058
- Delancey: A Man, A Woman, A Restaurant, A Marriage (2015) ISBN 9781451655094
- The Fixed Stars (2021) ISBN 9781419742996
References
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- Galarza, Daniela (2015-04-24). "Here Are the James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast, and Journalism Winners 2015". Eater. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- "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.
- "'Delancey,' the book, tells the restaurant's not-so-easy story". The Seattle Times. 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- DELANCEY | Kirkus Reviews.
- "Inside Molly Wizenberg's New Memoir 'Delancey'". Seattle Met. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- "10 Seattle Podcasts to Keep You Company". Seattle Met. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- Sommerfeld, Seth (2018-04-18). "Laughing Over 'Spilled Milk'". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- "November 30". Orangette. 30 November 2016.
- admin (2009-09-09). "Stonewall Book Awards List". Round Tables. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- "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.