Memoir, Food, and Foundations: Juan Carlos Hernández

We explore with writer and journalist Juan Carlos Hernández the nature of memoir, the connections made over cooking, and the importance of staying grounded. Episode artwork: Footballer André Roosenburg in Florence, 1953. Image with no known copyright restrictions courtesy Nationaal Archief and Wikimedia Commons. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Want to learn more about the books—and films!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay!   Anthony Bourdain                Kitchen Confidential Anna Burns                          Milkman  Mary Karr                            The Liars' Club  Mary Karr                            The Art of Memoir Rachel Cusk                        The Outline Trilogy Lisa Dordal                          Next Time You Come Home Xuan Carlos Hernández      Lost and Found on the Camino de Santiago Norton Juster                       The Phantom Tollbooth Stephen King                       On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Karl Ove Knausgaard          My Struggle series Mario Levrero                      The Luminous Novel Valeria Luiselli                     Lost Children Archive Alejandra Márquez Abella   A Million Miles Away Rigoberta Menchú               I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala Tim O'Brien                         The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien                         In the Lake of the Woods Jordan B. Peterson             Twelve Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos Thomas Piketty                  Capital in the Twenty-First Century Sally Rooney                      Beautiful World, Where Are You Maurice Sendak                 Where the Wild Things Are Michelle Zahner                 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir