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Molly Wizenberg
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Molly Wizenberg

Molly Wizenberg is a freelance food writer and the creator of the award-winning blog Orangette. She is a regular contributor to Bon Appétit, and her writing has been featured on NPR.org and PBS.org and has been praised in The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and The Seattle Times. Wizenberg has degrees in human biology, French, and cultural anthropology, but in 2005, she left the world of academia to write full-time.

A Homemade Life will be released on March 23, 2010 in Trade Paperback
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A Homemade Life will be released on March 03, 2009 in Hardcover
Mar 03, 2009
A Homemade Life is now available in Hardcover
Mar 03, 2009
A Homemade Life will be released on March 03, 2009 in eBook
Mar 03, 2009
A Homemade Life is now available in eBook
Mar 03, 2009
A Homemade Life is now available in eBook
Mar 01, 2009
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Introduction from A Homemade Life
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A Homemade Life will be released on March 01, 2009 in eBook
Dec 19, 2008
A Homemade Life will be released on March 03, 2009 in Hardcover
Dec 19, 2008

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Los Angeles Times, November 4, 2009
...But although there is an emphasis on practicality over poetry, there is some nice writing too: stories by Molly Wizenberg on being a vegetarian at Thanksgiving, one by Heather John on Spanish wine and another by ace baker Dorie Greenspan on fougasse....
Seattle Weekly, October 7, 2009
...W. 70th St., 838-1960, delanceyseattle.com, @delanceyseattle on Twitter. Open for dinner Wed.?Sun. Slideshow: A Look Inside Molly Wizenberg and Brandon Pettit's Delancy I received a postcard from two San Francisco friends this week. One filled up the...
NWI Times, July 30, 2009
...with wordplay and bawdy humor. Foodoir 1. 'A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, by Molly Wizenberg (Simon & Schuster). An Oklahoma native, Wizenberg wises up on a trip to Paris; later she meets and marries a reader of her real-life...
Seattle Times, July 28, 2009
...thriller, the follow-up to 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.' 348 holds/59 copies. 4. 'A Homemade Life' by Molly Wizenberg. A food writer/blogger's memoir. 344 holds/64 copies. 5. 'I'm Down' by Mishna Wolff. Memoir of growing up white in 1970s Seattle's...
Time Out Hong Kong, July 8, 2009
...her, I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti, which is essentially Sex and the City plus Italian food. Molly Wizenberg is the latest young whizz to master the blog to book deal, having parlayed her successful food blog Orangette into hardbound family...
NPR, June 9, 2009
...short supply, what explains the sudden popularity of the memoir with recipes?Two sparkling new suggest answers. Neither by Molly Wizenberg nor by Giulia Melucci recounts a superficially remarkable story, and therein lies their charm. These are not...
New York Times, May 30, 2009
...on her blog. (OMG! Today I put tangerine sections on the radiator and they got really really crispy!) Molly Wizenberg, a young enthusiast of cakes and adverbs, is an aspirant to Fishers tone. Her nearly five-year-old blog, Orangette, is a pretty and...
Missoulian, May 1, 2009
...congratulations while youre there!We have it: Staff reviewsA Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from my Kitchen Table, by Molly Wizenberg; illustrations by Camilla Engman. Simon & Schuster, 2009, find it at: 641.5092 WIZENBE This has got to be my new...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 5, 2009
...'A Homemade Life' by Molly Wizenberg. The arrival of review copies of cookbooks always gives me a little thrill, but ripping open a thick envelope to find 'A Homemade Life' was like opening a long-anticipated...
Blogcritics.org, March 4, 2009
...As a devoted reader of Molly Wizenberg's weekly culinary blog Orangette, her Bon Appetit magazine column, and a committed archaeologist of her online archives, I thought I knew Molly's story. I certainly knew the...
Seattle Post Intelligencer, February 25, 2009
...P-I photo/Andy Rogers back in 2007 to see that Molly Wizenberg of Orangette had a book deal with Simon & Schuster. At the time, I mostly figured the book would introduce her to a larger audience and be a handy...
The Times, February 17, 2009
...who are approachable and deliver in an endearing style. Such blogging amateurs can even garner literary success. Take Molly Wizenberg, for example, of Orangette, Nicole Stich of Delicious Days and Clotilde Dusoulier of Chocolate and Zucchini, each of...
The Times, February 17, 2009
...who are approachable and deliver in an endearing style. Such blogging amateurs can even garner literary success. Take Molly Wizenberg, for example, of Orangette, Nicole Stich of Delicious Days and Clotilde Dusoulier of Chocolate and Zucchini, each of...
Woof Nanny, September 26, 2009
...favorite blogs is a foodie blog called Orangette . I had read on Goodreads that the blog's author, Molly Wizenberg, has a book out called A Homemade Life , and the reviews were all in the five-star range. So I put in a request for a copy at my local...
Creative Kismet, September 4, 2009
...perfect remedy for a sore back. 1. A homemade Life: Stories of Recipes from my Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg . This book makes me want to eat potato salad every day with banana bread for dessert.The chocolate chips in the banana bread with ginger...
Biggest Diabetic Loser, August 1, 2009
...I have to thank Andrea for writing about Molly Wizenberg’s book, A Homemade Life .  She is the blog writer of Orangette – a food blog I wish I had found a long, long time ago.  I...
The Book Publicity Blog, June 12, 2009
...org Books We Like / American Radical I.F. Stone NPR.org Books We Like / Homemade Life Molly Wizenberg NPR.org Books We Like / I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti  Giulia  Melucci  Talk of the Nation Newton and the Counterfeiter ...
Books and Cooks, May 28, 2009
...I came to be a fan of Molly Wizenberg slowly, in fits and starts. I became aware of her blog Orangette , I think sometime in 2007. I read along, sometimes, not always, but when Molly became a monthly...
PlanoReads, May 25, 2009
...is from Laura at Davis Library :   A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg Molly Wizenberg, creator of Orangette blog and regular essayist for Bon Appetit magazine, has written a memoir of sorts in A Homemade...
faded willow, May 5, 2009
...case eat . More specifically, cook delicious foods so that you may eat well . I've been slowly savoring Molly Wizenberg 's book A Homemade Life , hoping that if I read it slow enough...just maybe, it won't end. I've bookmarked most of the recipes she...
All About The Pretty, April 28, 2009
...pick up something food related and I'm at peace.  I have been spending time each night with Molly Wizenberg's delicious tome - A Homemade Life .  Molly is the successful food blogger also known as Orangette .  I stumbled upon Molly's blog last year...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings, April 22, 2009
...TYRANNY: A CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO ; and A HOMEMADE LIFE: STORIES AND RECIPES FROM MY KITCHEN TABLE by Orangette blogger Molly Wizenberg . A HOMEMADE LIFE received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly. I think these titles, along with a couple Betty...
Books Lists Life, April 19, 2009
...Total pages read: 683 Books completed: 3 (Gimme Shelter by Mary Elizabeth Williams and A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg and Paper Towns by John Green) Minutes online:0 Minutes lost:4 Drinks consumed: 1 water with flavor Food eaten: 2 dove chocolates...
wish jar, April 16, 2009
...my guy wakes up. But I had a few thoughts I wanted to get out. I am reading Molly Wizenberg's (aka orangette ) new book, a homemade life . You all know and love her as I do, so I won't gush too much. The book is a wonderful...
Nathalie's Notes, April 15, 2009
...I'm sick and partly because I couldn't bear to put it down: A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg . Reading the book made my mouth water even though all I could stomach was another Ricola and some more Sudafed; it made my heart hurt and my eyes tear...
avengingsybil, April 8, 2009
...s Comfort Me with Apples , which made me cry even as I drooled at her culinary descriptions, and Molly Wizenberg's A Homemade Life —which flew by—made me want to be her friend. I am a great and adventurous eater, but to tell you the truth I'm not...
avengingsybil, April 3, 2009
...Lies , which doesn't seem possible. All right, I'm on it. Currently reading: A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg; Club Dead by Charlaine Harris Written material copyright 2009 Dawn A. Emerman...
Berlin's Whimsy, March 19, 2009
...want for a whole week! And this is what I want to read:  It's a book by Molly Wizenberg of the blog, Orangette entitled,  A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from my Kitchen Table . But first, a confession: I already started reading it, stealing...
Techie Diva, March 12, 2009
...guys havent’ told me about SecretTweet (http://secrettweet.com)???? Today I met a great gal over at Molly Wizenberg’s book signing who told me about SecretTweet.com.  If you love Post Secret, but don’t have time to make a confessional post card,...