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 Virtual Media Training 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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Workshops + Courses
Bring our knowledge to you.
Talent
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Lauren Stauble
Lauren Stauble is Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Bunker Hill Community College as well as consultant for her business, Engage: feel.think.connect.
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Alyssa Campbell
Alyssa Blask Campbell has an M.Ed. in Early Childhood, is a leading expert in emotional development speaking to people around the world, podcast host for Voices of Your Village in over 100 countries, and CEO of Seed & Sew LLC.
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Sonya Sanford
Sonya Sanford is a culinary producer, food stylist, and writer based out of Los Angeles.
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Michele Song
Michele Song is a former Marketing Manager turned trained pastry chef and content creator with a serious addiction to carbs, butter, and chocolate.
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Judi Leib
Judi Leib is a food writer, cooking instructor, and food lover who combines her passion of cooking and teaching to bring home cooks unique, delicious recipes.
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Natalie Rizzo, MS, RD
Natalie Rizzo, MS, RD is a NYC-based media Dietitian, food and nutrition writer, national spokesperson and owner of Greenletes, a successful plant-based sports nutrition blog.
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Featured Titles
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THE LOW-CARBON COOKBOOK & ACTION PLAN: Reduce Food Waste and Combat Climate Change with 140 Sustainable Plant-Based Recipes
Eating ethically, lowering your carbon footprint, and decreasing greenhouse gases sound like great steps you can take to curtail climate change and its impacts. But is it really that easy? In The Low-Carbon Cookbook, renowned chef Alejandra Schrader offers science-backed information on how to make the most-climate friendly choices from […]
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RAISING FEMINIST BOYS: How to Talk with Your Child about Gender, Consent, and Empathy
As parents, we all want to raise kind and loving kids who will grow up to be conscientious adults. But in a world still steeped in gender inequality and sexual violence, it’s become more and more clear that we can’t just teach girls to protect themselves. We must also teach […]
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TOASTER OVEN TAKEOVER: Easy and Delicious Recipes to Make in Your Toaster Oven
ENJOY DELICIOUS, FRESHLY COOKED MEALS IN JUST MINUTES WITH THESE EASY RECIPES USING THE MOST UNDERRATED YET VERSATILE APPLIANCE IN THE KITCHEN—THE TOASTER OVEN. You may think the toaster oven is just a tool for making a simple toasted cheese sandwich, but now it can do so much more! While […]
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hot for food all day: easy recipes to level up your vegan meals
More than 100 utterly simple, crazy-delicious vegan recipes that satisfy cravings all day, everyday, from YouTube guru and bestselling author of Vegan Comfort Classics Lauren Toyota. Buffalo chicken crunch wraps. The “spiced” grilled cheese. Stuffed breakfast danishes. Tokyo street fries. These are some of the totally tastebud-pleasing dishes that are within your reach in hot for […]
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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 […]