Marti MendenhallMarti's Music Kitchen, Season One Cookbook is a fusion of creativity and food. When music, imagination, laughter, fun, friendship, and delicious food collide-magic happens. This is how varieties of cultures bind together and we celebrate all of the dfferences and similarities we share at once. More than ever before, we need to be together and to seek out the things that connect us. This is why I wrote this book and why I created my podcast that birthed this book. It fed a hunger that I had for community in a way that I needed it, in a way that I believe that many of us crave it, said author Marti Mendenhall.Jazz Singer Marti Mendenhall is an outstanding entertainer, songwriter, producer and host of Marti's Music Kitchen, the fun creative cooking podcast where anything can (and does) happen. The podcast episodes are just a kick to listen to, sometimes with live performances, a ton of laughter and lots and lots of amazing food. She interviews musicians, chefs, food-lovers and creative people - sometimes cooking and even singing on air. She delights in the discovery of each interview, the surprises and the tremendous creativity of each dish. The food experience is an adventure in itself. Some of the guests include Jazz Songstress Tahirah Memory, Zia McCabe of the Dandy Warhols, Mark Bitterman from the International Bitterman Salt Co and The Meadow, and singer-songwriter, Naomi LaViolette.Marti is also a magnetic, engaging performer, whose live shows are an enigmatic blend of jazz-pop originals and standards, and she teaches every audience to scat right along with her. She is often featured in Oregon Music News, and her vocal improv solos have been compared with Karrin Allyson and John Pizzarelli. An Oregon native with a bachelor's degree in Voice Performance from University of Northern Colorado, Marti keeps expanding her talents into new projects and compositions. Her love of all Holidays contributed to her third album release of the Christmas Holiday Original, Here I Am Home. Her directing debut came with the Here I Am Home Video, which was written and produced by Mendenhall and is available on the Marti Mendenhall YouTube Channel.Marti is keeping the cooking world fresh with the release of her first cookbook, The Marti's Music Kitchen Podcast Season 1 Cookbook, the upcoming MMK Friends and Family Cookbook, and the Season 2 podcast cookbook set for release in the Spring of 2022. You can find more about Marti at https: //martimendenhall.com/ I think that's plenty to talk about. Marti is a bright light with great pipes! - Tom D'Antoni, KMHD and Oregon Music NewsMarti is a musician par excellence, with a superbly trained voice that can do almost anything she asks of it. - Mike Horsfall, Tall Jazz Read More Read Less