2024 Ohio Book Award Winner Sarah Lohman on the Eight Flavors of American Cuisine

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Blogger and food writer Sarah Lohman won not one but two 2024Ohio Book Awards: the Ohio Book Award in Nonfiction and the Reader’s Choice Award for her book Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Food. The Ohioana Library will present the Ohio Book Awards at the 83rd Annual Ohio Book Awards Celebration on October 29th, where you can meet the award winners. Lohman also wrote Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine, which argues that eight flavors unify American cooking: black pepper, vanilla, curry powder, chili powder, soy sauce, garlic, msg, and sriracha. I was only able to find six in my kitchen, but maybe you’re a more adventurous cook than I am? Listen in to hear Sarah’s judgement on my taste.