Eugenia Bone Explained
Eugenia Bone is an American food and nature writer, as well as a chef and amateur mycologist. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine, Saveur and the BBC Science Focus. Bone is the author of numerous books on food and mushrooms.
Bone has taught and lectured at the New York Botanical Garden, Denver Botanical Garden and the New York Public Library. She is the former president of the New York Mycological Society.
Career
Bone has written extensively about fungi and their role within nature, as well as within the health and mental health realms.[1] Bone has published numerous books including Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook (2021) which includes recipes by wild mushroom foragers, mycologists and chefs specializing in mushroom-based dishes. Many of the contributors were featured in the 2019 documentary film, Fantastic Fungi, by Louie Schwartzberg.[1]
Her book Microbia: A Journey into the Unseen World Around You (2018) covers various microorganisms including endophytic fungi in plants as well as other species that live in the human gut.[2] [3] Her book, Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms (2013) was reviewed in the New York Times and other publications.[4]
Bone has taught and lectured at the New York Botanical Gardens, the Denver Botanical Gardens, the New York Public Library, and the Reuben Museum, among other venues.[5] [6] [7]
She is the former president of the New York Mycological Society.[8]
Selected books
- Well Preserved: Recipes and techniques for putting up small batches of seasonal foods, (2009), Crown Publishing/Clarkson Potter a division of Random House. [9]
- Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms, (2013), Rodale Press. [10]
- Kitchen Ecosystem: Integrating Recipes to Create Delicious Meals, (2014), Clarkson Potter Press,
- Microbia: A Journey into the Unseen World Around You, (2018), Rodale Press [11]
- Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook, (2021), Simon & Schuster, [12]
Awards and honors
Bone's 2009 book, Well Preserved: Recipes and techniques for putting up small batches of seasonal foods was nominated for a James Beard Award.[13] Her 2021 book, Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook won the Nautilus Silver Medal Award for food, cooking and healthy living.[14]
Personal life
Bone spent her youth in New York City. Her father, Edward Giobbi is of Italian heritage and was a James Beard Award-winning chef. She met her husband, Kevin, in Colorado Springs. Bone lives in Colorado and New York City.[15]
External links
Notes and References
- News: Bone . Eugenia . Mushroom magic: 5 ways fungus-based technology will change the world . 28 October 2022 . BBC Science Focus . 23 June 2022.
- Fischer . Mary Clare . This Author Reveals What Your Poop Says About Your Health . 5280: Denver's Mile High Magazine . April 2018 . 28 October 2022.
- News: McElhatton . Heather . Nature writer Eugenia Bone: Skip hand sanitizer and miss a shampoo or two . 28 October 2022 . MPR News . 21 May 2018.
- News: Seymour . Miranda . Mushroom Magic . 28 October 2022 . The New York Times . 17 November 2011.
- Web site: Eugenia Bone: The Kitchen Mycologist . Wisconsin Mycological Society . 28 October 2022.
- Web site: About Eugenia Bone . 28 October 2022.
- Web site: Eugenia Bone: Appearances . 28 October 2022.
- News: Druckman . Charlot . New cookbook reflects mushroom mania but not foraging's full community . 28 October 2022 . Washington Post . 29 March 2022.
- Book: Bone . Eugenia . Well Preserved: Recipes and techniques for putting up small batches of seasonal foods . 27 October 2010 . Random House . 9780307885807 . 28 October 2022.
- Book: Bone . Eugenia . Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms . 26 February 2013 . Rodale Press . 9781609619879 . 28 October 2022.
- Book: Bone . Eugenia . Mycrobia: A Journey into the Unseen World Around You . 3 April 2018 . Rodale Press . 9781623367350 . 28 October 2022.
- Book: Bone . Eugenia . Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook . 7 December 2021 . Simon & Schuster . 9781647222956 . 28 October 2022.
- Web site: Eugenia Bone, Single Subject, Book Nominee . James Beard Awards . 28 October 2022.
- Web site: Eugenia Bone: Books . 28 October 2022.
- Web site: Eugenia Bone . Science Friday . 28 October 2022.