The Outsider: How Food Writer Nicole Taylor Broke Through
Explicit content warning
08/16/24 • 30 min
Season 2 of Life Changing with Dori Fern opens with an intimate conversation between Dori and James Beard Award-nominated food writer, Nicole Taylor, the author of cookbooks including the modern Juneteenth classic, Watermelon & Red Birds. Dori and Nicole met around 2010 at BK Swappers, a popular Brooklyn-based food swap that helped put the borough's foodie-ism on the map and paved the way for today's social food culture. They talk about that time and Nicole shares surprising details about her life and journey in the food industry, including the role timing, intuition, and confidence played in her path. The Georgia native also discusses the activism that has shaped her life and opens up about her family, including her relationship with her incarcerated brother. At its heart, this is a conversation between two very different, self-defined outsiders in food media: one (Taylor) who still sees herself that way even from the inside, and the other (Fern), who no longer works in the food industry but has come to peace with where she -- and it -- fits into her life. This is what community looks like.
Connect with me!
Instagram: @dorifern
LinkedIn: Dori Fern
Email me: [email protected]
Visit https://dorifern.com for more about Dori's coaching services and to sign up for a complimentary call.
Season 2 of Life Changing with Dori Fern opens with an intimate conversation between Dori and James Beard Award-nominated food writer, Nicole Taylor, the author of cookbooks including the modern Juneteenth classic, Watermelon & Red Birds. Dori and Nicole met around 2010 at BK Swappers, a popular Brooklyn-based food swap that helped put the borough's foodie-ism on the map and paved the way for today's social food culture. They talk about that time and Nicole shares surprising details about her life and journey in the food industry, including the role timing, intuition, and confidence played in her path. The Georgia native also discusses the activism that has shaped her life and opens up about her family, including her relationship with her incarcerated brother. At its heart, this is a conversation between two very different, self-defined outsiders in food media: one (Taylor) who still sees herself that way even from the inside, and the other (Fern), who no longer works in the food industry but has come to peace with where she -- and it -- fits into her life. This is what community looks like.
Connect with me!
Instagram: @dorifern
LinkedIn: Dori Fern
Email me: [email protected]
Visit https://dorifern.com for more about Dori's coaching services and to sign up for a complimentary call.
Previous Episode
The Return
Life Changing with Dori Fern returns for season 2! Hear what Dori has been up to and what she has in store for this new season.
Connect with me!
Instagram: @dorifern
LinkedIn: Dori Fern
Email me: [email protected]
Visit https://dorifern.com for more about Dori's coaching services and to sign up for a complimentary call.
Next Episode
On Resilience, Grief and Timing with Jennie Baird
Dori and Jennie Baird talk about resilience, grief, and the role of timing in their lives. Jennie works as the Chief Product Officer at BBC Studios and is also a certified mental health first aid and volunteer suicide bereavement support facilitator, among her many professional and personal roles and pursuits.
They reflect on their childhoods and the influence their parents played, particularly their fathers. And Dori updates listeners about what happened to her father after this interview with Jennie was recorded.
They talk about their time at Aol, when Jennie hired Dori in 2006 for her first job after a decade as a stay-at-home mom, producing a branded contest sponsored by Dove called Chief Everything Officer. She shares the five words she looks for in all job candidates. Jennie also reminds Dori what she learned from our host about cooking. In admitting that she is not much for looking back and evaluating the past, Jennie reveals much about herself, yes, but also about resilience itself. This is an episode you won't want to miss.
From Dori:
This episode is dedicated to the too many fathers my family and friends lost in 2024, many in this year's very challenging summer. I name some but, in my community alone, there were more. Too many. Much love and care to those in the complex, life-changing process of grief and mourning.
TW: This episode contains a discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, please listen with care or consider skipping this episode. In the United States, the suicide help line to call is the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. You can reach them by dialing 988
Connect with me!
Instagram: @dorifern
LinkedIn: Dori Fern
Email me: [email protected]
Visit https://dorifern.com for more about Dori's coaching services and to sign up for a complimentary call.
Life Changing with Dori Fern - The Outsider: How Food Writer Nicole Taylor Broke Through
Transcript
Dori Fern (00:04.088)
Welcome to Life Changing with Dori Fern, a podcast about who we are, where we're going, and what connects us. It's a show for people in progress at any stage. I didn't know what the hell I was doing, okay? Sounds like me as a college DJ. I was nervous about everything and then I was just like, nah, bring your curiosity in the room and be yourself. Like in a week time period, my whole entire life in New York changed.
Dori Fern (00:35.054)
Today it's easy
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/life-changing-with-dori-fern-269438/the-outsider-how-food-writer-nicole-taylor-broke-through-69637675"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to the outsider: how food writer nicole taylor broke through on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy