Climate? Food? This is Climate Culinarians
What to expect from the Climate Culinarians newsletter. And a few things about its author.
Welcome to the intersection of climate and food! Where cows burp methane and chili peppers go to space. Where broccoli grows under solar panels and scientists grow new plants to fight dust storms. This is Climate Culinarians:
Come for the food for thought.
Stay for the tasty reading recs.
Leave with an actual vegetarian recipe.
There is one topic per month - with a different chunk delivered to you each Thursday:
1st Thursdays: Food For Thought, Part 1 (explainer/problems)
2nd Thursdays: Food For Thought, Part 2 (solutions/action)
3rd Thursdays: Reading Room (book & media recommendations)
4th Thursdays: Digging In (recipe)
And if there’s a 5th Thursday: Spread the Word (writing tips)
See? It’s simple. Enjoy!
Wait! And who’s writing Climate Culinarians?
My name is Petrina Engelke. I write about climate, food and the U.S., and I help other writers turn their ideas into a book people want to read. In other words: I’m a journalist and a book coach.
Since starting out as a journalist at the turn of the century, I have honed my skills, and learned new ones. I still do.
I interviewed bestselling authors and acclaimed scientists and people who’s names you’ve never heard. I met rock bands in their recording studios and a fisherman on his trawler. My words sung. My words sucked. I dealt with research roadblocks. With audio recorders that wouldn’t do their jobs. And with contributors who wouldn’t either.
I was in charge of two print magazines, and I worked as an editor in an online newsroom. I organized collective bargaining with fellow freelance journalists. I held my own as a female writer at a chaotic music magazine. I took risks. I failed. I tried again. Or I tried something different.
I learned how to produce a podcast. I wrote my third book with a writer I had never met. And I think I never multitasked while speedwalking until I worked on a documentary film shoot at the Capitol in Washington, DC.
I did all that. And I’m not done yet.