The Lisa Ekus Group is a full service culinary agency.
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.
We provide Literary and Talent representation as well as Media Training and Consulting services.
We also hold How to Write A Cookbook and Media Skills workshops.
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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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Kathy Hester
Do you want to work with Kathy? Click here! Kathy Hester writes a vegan slow cooker blog called Healthy Slow Cooking and writes a vegan column for Key Ingredient every Wednesday. When she’s not blogging or developing new recipes she teaches classes and writes articles about eating healthier, menu planning, and cooking for picky eaters. Kathy has […]
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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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Keith Pandolfi
Do you want to work with Keith? Click here! Keith Pandolfi is a James Beard Award-winning food writer and editor—a celebrant of everything from the exquisite cacio e pepe risotto prepared by Italian chef Massimo Bottura, to the chocolate Fribble served at a Pennsylvania Interstate Friendly’s. For years now, Pandolfi has written about the world’s best […]
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Irv Miller
Do you want to work with Irv? Click here! Irv Miller, founding executive chef at Jackson’s Steakhouse, has prepared dinner at the James Beard house for five one-of-a-kind events. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in 1982, Miller began his career as chef along the Florida Panhandle at Destin’s first out-of-the-ordinary restaurant, Les Saisons. […]
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Anne Willan
Do you want to work with Anne? Click here! Anne Willan has had an extraordinary career in the culinary arts and is recognized as one of the world’s preeminent authorities on French cooking. She founded École de Cuisine La Varenne in Paris in 1975. Inducted into the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame for her “body […]
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Karen Adler
Do you want to work with Karen? Click here! The founder and owner of Pig Out Publications, Karen Adler is a past vice-president of the National Barbecue Association and a certified barbecue expert. She is the author of numerous articles on the topic and has given demonstrations at culinary schools and events around the country. In […]
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Featured Titles
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THE INSTANT POT® KOSHER COOKBOOK: 100 Recipes to Nourish Body and Soul
Welcome to the first Instant Pot® cookbook to feature kosher food. Paula Shoyer has expertly developed a robust array of both traditional and contemporary kosher recipes for the king of all kitchen appliances: the Instant Pot®! Jewish food and the Instant Pot® are a natural fit. So many traditional Jewish […]
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SIBO MADE SIMPLE: 90 Healing Recipes and Practical Strategies to Rebalance Your Gut for Good
If you’re one of the 25-45 million Americans living with IBS, finding an accurate diagnosis, treatment, and ultimately good health can feel like an impossible mystery. And when you do get a diagnosis, it’s often hard to figure out what to do. SIBO MADE SIMPLE: 90 Healing Recipes and Practical […]
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ZERO PROOF DRINKS AND MORE: 100 Recipes for Mocktails and Low-Alcohol Cocktails
Maureen Petrosky, an Entertaining & Lifestyle Expert, shares over 100 no-alcohol and low alcohol recipes for cocktails, spritzers, ciders, coffees, shandies and radlers,and a whole lot more. ZERO PROOF DRINKS & MORE offers delicious and mindful drinks for every guest and every occasion. The reasons for no- and low-alcohol drinking […]
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PLANT-POWERED PROTEIN: 125 Recipes for Using Today’s Amazing Meat Alternatives
Everyone’s favorite meaty dishes go vegan with delicious plant-based recipes featuring beefy crumbles, chicken-style strips, sausage, bacon, seafood, and more! Whether you’re exploring vegan options for environmental, ethical, or health reasons, Nava Atlas’s protein-focused recipes extend a warm welcome to the plant-powered protein revolution! Today’s innovative meat alternatives prove you […]
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THE TAHINI TABLE: Go Beyond Hummus with 100 Recipes for Every Meal
Most people who know about tahini understand the sesame paste as simply one of the building blocks of hummus. But for Amy Zitelman, CEO and cofounder of woman-owned Soom Foods—the leading purveyor of tahini and tahini products in the American market—the culinary potential of tahini goes far beyond hummus. In The […]
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Vegan on a Budget: 125 Healthy, Wallet-Friendly, Plant-Based Recipes
Eating vegan on the cheap CAN be luxurious! Be kind to your wallet, your body, and the environment too with this up-to-date, plant-based cookbook from Nava Atlas, one of the most respected authors in the world of vegan cooking. Enjoy delicious, healthy, plant-based food every meal of the day, every […]
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JUBILEE: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking: A Cookbook
Toni Tipton-Martin, the first African-American food editor of a daily American newspaper, is the author of the James Beard Award-winning The Jemima Code, a history of African-American cooking found in–and between–the lines of two centuries’ worth of African-American cookbooks. Tipton-Martin builds on that research in Jubilee, adapting recipes from those historic texts for […]
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5-INGREDIENT VEGAN: 175 Simple, Plant-Based Recipes for Delicious, Healthy Meals in Minutes
Bestselling author Nava Atlas is back with her first cookbook in five years! Her new collection boasts 175 delicious 5-ingredient recipes in which vegans, vegetarians, and the veg-curious can enjoy the convenience of getting plant-based recipes on the table fast—most in less than 20 minutes! This book is for anyone […]