Paula Wolfert in her kitchen.
Paula Wolfert is one of the most celebrated cookbook authors in the country. The Sonoma-based writer, now 75 years old, has penned nine books and amassed a fine collection of James Beard Awards, most recently her 2011 tour de force, “The Food of Morocco” — the 2012 Winner James Beard Award for Best International Cookbook.
In a touching video profile by PBS[3] (below), Wolfert speaks about how she first learned that she had Alzheimer’s, and now how she is staving off neurological decline through food and cooking. She urges people to declare their memory loss to get diagnosed, and with a smile on her face, she emotionally explains how she can’t remember the recipe amounts, even minutes after checking her cookbooks: “It’s not fair that these things happen, but they do, so I just to what I have to, do what I can.”
And for a little inspiration, Wolfert has this lovely quote about her food and her writing.
I like real food. I’m not a chef who makes up dishes. That’s today’s world. I was interested in real food of the countries that I had visited. And I had visited all the countries of the Mediterranean by the time I got around to writing about the food. And in writing about the food, you have to explain the people.
Here’s the full 8-minute video from PBS:
References
- ^ View all posts by Paolo Lucchesi (insidescoopsf.sfgate.com)
- ^ Videos (insidescoopsf.sfgate.com)
- ^ In a touching video profile by PBS (www.pbs.org)
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