The Lisa Ekus Group is a full service culinary agency.
We provide Literary and Talent representation as well as Media Training and Consulting services. It is our belief that a vibrant culinary industry is the result of many voices and collaborations. We work to support and connect culinary professionals across all platforms.
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Services
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Literary Agency
Turn your book dreams into book deals.
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Talent Agency
Turn your talent into paid endorsements.
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Consulting
Find Your Path. What do you want? How do you get there?
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Media Training
Learn how to be camera and crowd ready.
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À la Carte
Discover one-off solutions for your book, brand, and business.
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Presentations + Workshops
Bring our knowledge to you.
Talent
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Daniel Olivella
Do you want to work with Daniel? Click here! Born in the heart of the wine region of Penedès in Spain and with more than thirty years of experience in the restaurant business, Chef Daniel Olivella brings authentic Spanish flavors to his establishments in the Bay Area and Austin. He began his career as a teenager […]
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Perre Coleman Magness
Do you want to work with Perre? Click here! Perre Coleman Magness is the cook and writer behind the book Pimento Cheese: The Cookbook (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2014) and the website The Runaway Spoon, which focuses on creative recipes with a Southern slant. Perre Coleman has studied food and cooking around the world, mostly by eating, but also […]
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Zainab Storms
Do you want to work with Zainab? Click here! Zainab Storms is the home chef, baker, neuroscientist, world traveler, mom, and voice behind A Classic Twist. For Zainab, cooking and baking began as a grad-school hobby, a way to de-stress and express her creativity while earning her Ph.D. in neuroscience. She enjoyed experimenting with new recipes […]
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Elizabeth Sims
Do you want to work with Elizabeth? Click here! Elizabeth L. Sims is a communications professional with a background in strategic marketing, brand management, advertising, public relations, journalism and published writing. She began her communications company in 2009, following her role as Vice President of Marketing Communications for The Biltmore Company in Asheville, NC. She is […]
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Anne Quatrano
Do you want to work with Anne? Click here! Though she was raised in Connecticut, Anne Quatrano attributes her passion for cooking to spending time with her grandmother in the kitchen and summers at her mother’s family farm, Summerland, near Cartersville, Georgia. Her professional culinary career began in earnest at the California Culinary Academy in San […]
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Sherrie Castellano
Do you want to work with Sherrie? Click here! Sherrie Castellano is a Certified Health Coach, plant-based chef, recipe developer, and photographer based in St. Louis, MO. She is the woman behind the seasonally inspired naturally gluten-free food blog, With Food + Love. With an intense passion for wellness and intuitive nourishment, Sherrie empowers her clients […]
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Featured Titles
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THE CONFIDENT COOK: Basic Recipes and How to Build on Them (Picador Cookstr Classics)
Irena Chalmers shows readers that anyone who can understand a few basic home cooking tricks can be a star in the kitchen. THE CONFIDENT COOK demonstrates that there are in fact only four or five basic cooking methods and that with these methods you can vastly expand your recipe repertoire. […]
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SOUL: A Chef’s Culinary Evolution in 150 Recipes
James Beard Award-nominated Chef Todd Richards shares his personal culinary exploration of soul food. Black American chefs and cooks are often typecast as the experts of only one cuisine—soul food, but Todd Richards’ food is anything but stereotypical. Taste his Hot-Chicken-Style Country-Fried Lamb Steak or Blueberry-Sweet Tea-Brined Chicken Thighs as […]
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TOTS!: 50 Tot-ally Awesome Recipes from Totchos to Sweet Po-tot-o Pie
It’s a fact: Americans love tots, and last year consumed 3.5 billion of them. And not just at home. From fast-food joints to high-end restaurants, chefs are joining the tot trend, serving exotically spiced tots or fun mash-ups like Totchos, with tots replacing the corn chips in nachos. But now, […]
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THE CAMP & CABIN COOKBOOK: 100 Recipes to Prepare Wherever You Go
“In The Camp & Cabin Cookbook, Laura Bashar opened my eyes to the adventures and pleasures of cooking a world of wonderful dishes outdoors. Her gorgeous photographs and inviting recipes make me eager to enjoy campfire cooking and put our charcoal grill to use. And while I’m planning my outdoor culinary […]
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THE WICKED HEALTHY COOKBOOK: Free. From. Animals.
THE WICKED HEALTHY COOKBOOK takes badass plant-based cooking to a whole new level. The chefs have pioneered innovative cooking techniques such as pressing and searing mushrooms until they reach a rich and delicious meat-like consistency. Inside, you’ll find informative sidebars and must-have tips on everything from oil-free and gluten-free cooking […]
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THE BOURBON COUNTRY COOKBOOK: New Southern Entertaining: 95 Recipes and More from a Modern Kentucky Kitchen
Bourbon, the first uniquely American distilled spirit, is nearly synonymous with Kentucky, its birthplace. The state conjures images of lush bluegrass hills punctuated with white fences, rolling green pastures, cold bourbon cocktails sweating in the sun, and hundreds of well-dress racegoers urging their steeds of choice to the finish line—all […]
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THE HANDMADE MAMA: Simple Crafts, Healthy Recipes, and Natural Bath + Body Products for Mama and Baby
On this life-changing journey into mamahood, making your own healthy recipes, soothing skin care products, and everyday baby items allows you to choose what goes into and on your–and your baby’s–body. From Mary Helen Leonard, a natural lifestyle writer and the creator of the popular blog Mary Makes Good, THE […]
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SECRETS OF THE SOUTHERN TABLE: A Food Lover’s Tour of the Global South
From the rolling hills and hollows in Appalachia to the flat salt marshes of South Carolina to an urban farm in metro-Atlanta, the South has a strong tradition of good food and generous hospitality. The region is well known for fried chicken, grits, and biscuits (and there are irresistible recipes […]
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THE EASY 5-INGREDIENT HEALTHY COOKBOOK: Simple Recipes to Make Healthy Eating Delicious
From the trusted nutritionist behind the bestselling healthy cookbook on meal prep comes THE EASY 5-INGREDIENT HEALTHY COOKBOOK―your next course in healthy meals made super simple. Keeping balanced meals on the table can be tough when you’re busy. That’s why registered dietitian nutritionist and bestselling healthy cookbook author, Toby Amidor, […]
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FAMILY TABLE: Farm Cooking from the Elliott Homestead
“Shaye Elliott not only delivers a gorgeous cookbook filled with thoughtful flavor-forward recipes, but also one that deftly interweaves a very deep-rooted message of family, sustainable farming, and stewardship. She’s able to tackle all these subjects with grace and humor, leaving us with a book that’s as inspiring as it […]
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GREEN ENOUGH: Eat Better, Live Cleaner, Be Happier (All Without Driving Your Family Crazy!)
What’s really in that cleaning spray? Those tortilla chips? That deodorant? Brace yourself- in GREEN ENOUGH, Mamavation blogger Leah Segedie uncovers the truth behind the food and household products that are filled with synthetic chemicals and toxins. From furniture to packaged food, Leah empowers you to detoxify your home, diet, […]
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HEIRLOOM VEGETABLE GARDENING (updated)
“This book is sure to be a modern classic and is one of the most important books on gardening in the current century.” —Jere Gettle, founder, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds HEIRLOOM VEGETABLE GARDENING has always been a book for gardeners and cooks interested in unique flavors, colors, and history […]
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FOOD IS THE SOLUTION: What to Eat to Save the World–80+ Recipes for a Greener Planet and a Healthier You
“The way we eat reflects how we are taking care of the planet. This book can guide us towards real change.” — Alice Waters In FOOD IS THE SOLUTION, Matthew Prescott, Senior Food Policy Director for the Humane Society and a leader in the environmental food movement, shows how our […]
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RISOTTO AND BEYOND: 100 Authentic Italian Rice Recipes for Antipasti, Soups, Salads, Risotti, One-Dish Meals, and Desserts
Rice is a staple of northern Italy and, because of this, a rich and varied rice-based cookery has developed in this region. From acclaimed Chicago chef John Coletta of Quartino Ristorante comes a recipe collection focusing on a relatively unexplored area of Italian cuisine—rice cookery. In RISOTTO & BEYOND: 100 […]
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HOT FOR FOOD VEGAN COMFORT CLASSICS: 101 Recipes to Feed Your Face
A fun and irreverent take on vegan comfort food that’s saucy, sweet, sassy, and most definitely deep-fried, from YouTube sensation Lauren Toyota of Hot for Food. In this bold collection of more than 100 recipes, the world of comfort food and vegan cooking collide as Lauren Toyota shares her favorite […]
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SERIOUSLY GOOD FREEZER MEALS: 150 Easy Recipes to Save Your Time, Money and Sanity
Don’t freeze up when your family asks what’s for dinner — reach into the freezer instead. SERIOUSLY GOOD FREEZER MEALS provides home cooks with the tools they need to make delectable, healthy meals using fresh and flavorful ingredients, with information on shopping, cooking, freezing, thawing and everything in between. This unique […]
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TOM FITZMORRIS’S NEW ORLEANS FOOD (Revised and Expanded Edition): More Than 250 of the City’s Best Recipes to Cook at Home
Tom Fitzmorris is uniquely qualified to write about the food of New Orleans. Born in the Crescent City on Mardi Gras, he has been eating, celebrating, and writing about the city’s cuisine for more than 30 years. Now Fitzmorris is refreshing his bestselling cookbook NEW ORLEANS FOOD. The book features all of […]
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THE SOUTHERN SYMPATHY COOKBOOK: Funeral Food with a Twist
Comforting casseroles; jugs of sweet tea; creamy, cheesy potatoes—all these foods provide sympathy and sustenance for the bereaved. There are times when your instinct, your heart’s reaction, is to prepare food. To comfort a grieving family and remove at least one mundane worry from their day. To help out a […]
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COCONUTS AND COLLARDS: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South
When her family moved from Puerto Rico to Atlanta, Von Diaz traded plantains, roast pork, and Malta for grits, fried chicken, and sweet tea. Brimming with humor and nostalgia, COCONUTS AND COLLARDS is a recipe-packed memoir of growing up Latina in the Deep South. The stories center on the women […]
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VEGAN COOKING IN YOUR AIR FRYER: 75 Incredible Comfort Food Recipes with Half the Calories
VEGAN COOKING IN YOUR AIR FRYER provides plant-based dishes with all the decadence of fried food without the added calories. Using little to no oil, these recipes result in wholesome and delicious meals with less mess, but the perfect texture, every time. You will be amazed at how fast you […]