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In this episode:
Author/illustrator/former St. Louisan Sarah Becan (Let’s Make Ramen!, Let’s Make Dumplings!) joins us to talk about her background and process for making comics about food, and gives us some info about her brand-new comic book cookbook with Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast author Ken Forkish, Let’s Make Bread!, out now from Ten Speed Graphic!
Show notes:
0:00 Intro
1:26 Catching up With Sarah
3:44 Mini-comics
7:59 Getting Into Cooking
10:02 I Think You’re Sauceome
12:31 Let’s Talk About “Let’s Make Ramen!”
19:27 Let’s Talk About “Let’s Make Dumplings!”
23:47 Process
35:53 Let’s Talk About “Let’s Make Bread!”
48:48 St. Louis Restaurant Reminiscing
50:43 The Pizza Question
53:51 What’s Next?
