It was once considered unseemly for women to concern themselves with money. But women were wiley enough to use their knowledge of cooking to create cookbooks, contributed to by like-minded women, to sell to raise money for a cause. With a long history of these cookbooks, now known as community cookbooks, the women of the New York Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier have created such a cookbook. They are using the proceeds from the book to raise money for scholarships for women to further their culinary education. Listen to Silvia Baldini and Sharon Franke talk about the book, Stirring the Pot, the people who contributed to it, and importance of these scholarships. It’s on Tip of the Tongue. Get full access to Tip of the Tongue at tipofthetongue.substack.com/subscribe