139: Green Gold with Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons

Kate and Molly speak with co-authors Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons about their new book Green Gold. With backgrounds in scholarship, journalism and avocado farming this duo was uniquely qualified to write all about avocados; their history, agricultural background and the characters that helped mainstream this ingredient. They share why decided to write this book, the false starts and character threads that drew them in and the role recipes played in making the information accessible to readers. Sarah and Monique describe how they worked together, the discoveries that surprised them and the goal they had for the book as well as why it was important for this project to be released right now.Hosts: Kate Leahy + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly + Andrea NguyenEditor: Abby Cerquitella  MentionsHathi TrustNewspapers.comStacey Glick, literary agentBrokaw Ranch Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the showGreen Gold, by Sarah Allaback and Monique F. ParsonsAbsolutely Avocados, by Gaby Dalkin