Crescent Dragonwagon

Crescent Dragonwagon (born Ellen Zolotow on November 25, 1952, in New York City) is a multifaceted American writer, chef, and educator. She is the author of over fifty books spanning various genres, including children's literature, cookbooks, fiction, poetry, and culinary memoirs. Raised in a literary family—her mother was renowned children's book author Charlotte Zolotow—Dragonwagon began her writing career at the age of sixteen with the publication of Rainy Day Together. She later co-founded Dairy Hollow House, a country inn and restaurant in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where she served as executive chef. Her culinary expertise earned her the James Beard Award for her cookbook Passionate Vegetarian in 2003. +4+4+4+6Encyclopedia of Arkansas+6+6+5+5+5Amazon+1

Dragonwagon's children's book Half a Moon and One Whole Star, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, received the Coretta Scott King Award and was a Reading Rainbow selection. Her other notable works include The Year It Rained, a New York Times Notable Book, and Home Place, which won the Golden Kite Award. In addition to her writing, she developed and leads the Fearless Writing™ workshops, which have helped numerous writers find their authentic voice. +4+4Amazon+4+4+4+4+3+3HG LITERARY+3

Beyond her literary and culinary achievements, Dragonwagon is known for her insightful reflections on life, food, and creativity. She believes in the interconnectedness of nourishment, connection, and pleasure, stating, "I always have this sense of food as triangular, in that one point is nourishment, one point is connection, and one point is pleasure, and I always come at it from the pleasure and connection points, and the nourishment follows." Her words inspire others to approach both writing and living with authenticity and courage.+4myquotes.co+4A-Z Quotes+4

Notable Quotes by Crescent Dragonwagon:

"To hunger is to be alive and to hope."

"Writing is how I metabolize life and how I give and receive."

"I like to erase lines between categories. Why separate cookbook writing from writing, healthy from good tasting? I want to be open to possibilities."

"Cooking and eating are among the most important ways we weave days into lives."

"Beans are such a nice, neutral canvas, you can make a big, basic pot of them and then play around with them differently every day."

"I tend to be a person who, when I get interested in something, I get obsessed by it... Once I make the decision that something has intrigued me enough to draw me in, there is no end to it."

"First of all, you want to do the soaking with almost all of the larger beans because that will take care of the gas, and second of all... they want to be seasoned and flavored."

"There is a water soluble sugar that is in beans called oligosaccharides, and they are indigestible by human beings. They ferment during the digestion process, and hence, you have gas."

"I always have this sense of food as triangular, in that one point is nourishment, one point is connection, and one point is pleasure, and I always come at it from the pleasure and connection points, and the nourishment follows."

"To hunger is to be alive and to hope."

"Writing is how I metabolize life and how I give and receive."

"I like to erase lines between categories. Why separate cookbook writing from writing, healthy from good tasting? I want to be open to possibilities."

"Cooking and eating are among the most important ways we weave days into lives."

"Beans are such a nice, neutral canvas, you can make a big, basic pot of them and then play around with them differently every day."

"I tend to be a person who, when I get interested in something, I get obsessed by it... Once I make the decision that something has intrigued me enough to draw me in, there is no end to it."

"First of all, you want to do the soaking with almost all of the larger beans because that will take care of the gas, and second of all... they want to be seasoned and flavored."

"There is a water soluble sugar that is in beans called oligosaccharides, and they are indigestible by human beings. They ferment during the digestion process, and hence, you have gas."

"I always have this sense of food as triangular, in that one point is nourishment, one point is connection, and one point is pleasure, and I always come at it from the pleasure and connection points, and the nourishment follows."

"To hunger is to be alive and to hope."

"Writing is how I metabolize life and how I give and receive."

"I like to erase lines between categories. Why separate cookbook writing from writing, healthy from good tasting? I want to be open to possibilities."

"Cooking and eating are among the most important ways we weave days into lives."

"Beans are such a nice, neutral canvas, you can make a big, basic pot of them and then play around with them differently every day."

"I tend to be a person who, when I get interested in something, I get obsessed by it... Once I make the decision that something has intrigued me enough to draw me in, there is no end to it."

"First of all, you want to do the soaking with almost all of the larger beans because that will take care of the gas, and second of all... they want to be seasoned and flavored."

"There is a water soluble sugar that is in beans called oligosaccharides, and they are indigestible by human beings. They ferment during the digestion process, and hence, you have gas."

"I always have this sense of food as triangular, in that one point is nourishment, one point is connection, and one point is pleasure, and I always come at it from the pleasure and connection points, and the nourishment follows."

"To hunger is to be alive and to hope."

"Writing is how I metabolize life and how I give and receive."

"I like to erase lines between categories. Why separate cookbook writing from writing, healthy from good tasting? I want to be open to possibilities."

"Cooking and eating are among the most important ways we weave days into lives."

"Beans are such a nice, neutral canvas, you can make a big, basic pot of them and then play around with them differently every day."

"I tend to be a person who, when I get interested in something, I get obsessed by it... Once I make the decision that something has intrigued me enough to draw me in, there is no end to it."

"First of all, you want to do the soaking with almost all of the larger beans because that will take care of the gas, and second of all... they want to be seasoned and flavored."

"There is a water soluble sugar that is in beans called oligosaccharides, and they are indigestible by human beings. They ferment during the digestion process, and hence, you have gas."

"I always have this sense of food as triangular, in that one point is nourishment, one point is connection, and one point is pleasure, and I always come at it from the pleasure and connection points, and the nourishment follows."

"To hunger is to be alive and to hope."

"Writing is how I metabolize life and how I give and receive."

"I like to erase lines between categories. Why separate cookbook writing from writing, healthy from good tasting? I want to be open to possibilities."

"Cooking and eating are among the most important ways we weave days into lives."