Eugenia Bone
{{Short description|American food and nature writer}}
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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.{{cite news |last1=Bone |first1=Eugenia |title=Mushroom magic: 5 ways fungus-based technology will change the world |url=https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/fungus-technology/ |access-date=28 October 2022 |publisher=BBC Science Focus |date=23 June 2022}} 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.
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.{{cite journal |last1=Fischer |first1=Mary Clare |title=This Author Reveals What Your Poop Says About Your Health |journal=5280: Denver's Mile High Magazine |date=April 2018 |url=https://www.5280.com/this-author-reveals-what-your-poop-says-about-your-health/ |access-date=28 October 2022}}{{cite news |last1=McElhatton |first1=Heather |title=Nature writer Eugenia Bone: Skip hand sanitizer and miss a shampoo or two |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/05/21/nature-writer-eugenia-bone-skip-hand-sanitizer-and-miss-a-shampoo-or-two |access-date=28 October 2022 |publisher=MPR News |date=21 May 2018}} Her book, Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms (2013) was reviewed in the New York Times and other publications.{{cite news |last1=Seymour |first1=Miranda |title=Mushroom Magic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/books/review/mycophilia-revelations-from-the-weird-world-of-mushrooms-by-eugenia-bone-book-review.html |access-date=28 October 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=17 November 2011}}
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.{{cite web |title=Eugenia Bone: The Kitchen Mycologist |url=https://www.wisconsinmycologicalsociety.org/may---eugenia-bone.html |website=Wisconsin Mycological Society |access-date=28 October 2022}}{{cite web |title=About Eugenia Bone |url=http://www.eugeniabone.com/about-eugenia-bone-2/ |access-date=28 October 2022}}{{cite web |title=Eugenia Bone: Appearances |url=http://www.eugeniabone.com/appearances-lectures/ |access-date=28 October 2022}}
She is the former president of the New York Mycological Society.{{cite news |last1=Druckman |first1=Charlot |title=New cookbook reflects mushroom mania but not foraging's full community |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/03/29/fantastic-fungi-cookbook/ |access-date=28 October 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=29 March 2022}}
=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. {{ISBN|978-0-307-88580-7}}{{cite book |last1=Bone |first1=Eugenia |title=Well Preserved: Recipes and techniques for putting up small batches of seasonal foods |date=27 October 2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z8j8Qrk4Ls8C |publisher=Random House |isbn=9780307885807 |access-date=28 October 2022}}
- Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms, (2013), Rodale Press. {{ISBN|978-1-60961-987-9}}{{cite book |last1=Bone |first1=Eugenia |title=Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms |date=26 February 2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yx5ZDwAAQBAJ |publisher=Rodale Press |isbn=9781609619879 |access-date=28 October 2022}}
- Kitchen Ecosystem: Integrating Recipes to Create Delicious Meals, (2014), Clarkson Potter Press, {{ISBN|978-0-385-34512-5}}
- Microbia: A Journey into the Unseen World Around You, (2018), Rodale Press {{ISBN|978-1-62336-735-0}}{{cite book |last1=Bone |first1=Eugenia |title=Mycrobia: A Journey into the Unseen World Around You |date=3 April 2018 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xR9ZDwAAQBAJ |publisher=Rodale Press |isbn=9781623367350 |access-date=28 October 2022}}
- Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook, (2021), Simon & Schuster, {{ISBN|978-1647222956}}{{cite book |last1=Bone |first1=Eugenia |title=Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook |date=7 December 2021 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9781647222956 |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fantastic-Fungi-Community-Cookbook/Eugenia-Bone/Fantastic-Fungi/9781647222956 |access-date=28 October 2022}}
=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.{{cite web |title=Eugenia Bone, Single Subject, Book Nominee |url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?year=&keyword=Eugenia+Bone |website=James Beard Awards |access-date=28 October 2022}} Her 2021 book, Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook won the Nautilus Silver Medal Award for food, cooking and healthy living.{{cite web |title=Eugenia Bone: Books |url=http://www.eugeniabone.com/eugenia-bone-books/ |access-date=28 October 2022}}
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.{{cite web |title=Eugenia Bone |url=https://www.sciencefriday.com/person/eugenia-bone/ |website=Science Friday |access-date=28 October 2022}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.eugeniabone.com Official Website]
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