Kindred Spirits

Emily Hahn

A heroine of mine, St Louis-born Emily broke molds from the Belgian Congo to Shanghai to Dorset to Manhattan. A fearless imaginative early feminist and writer–called by The New Yorker “a forgotten American literary treasure”—Hahn wrote fifty books and 200 articles as a correspondent for the magazine. My parents had dinner with her and her Chinese lover in Shanghai on the brink of The War…were fascinated, charmed. Wish I’d been there, too. Begin with her memoir, “No Hurry to Get Home.”

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Deborah Madison

A brilliant creative-thinking-outside-the-box cook, a pioneer who illumined vegetarian cuisine for the rest of us. A lovely darling woman--like me, half-Jewish, half-Scottish--Deborah was most generous teaching me when I needed to learn how to teach cooking classes. To render your precious bundle of asparagus or box of ripe red currants to their ultimate most delicious, you’ll be grateful for your copy of Madison’s Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by your side.

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Amanda Greenleaf-Whelan

Once Marketplace’s “A Waitress from Nashville,” a singularly beguiling, original, whimsical, bright and bonny artist in many aspects (who happens to be my daughter). Check out this page: Amanda Greenleaf-Whelan WordPress.com Blog. Nothing like it.

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