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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June Naylor
Do you want to work with June? Click here! June Naylor is an award-winning travel journalist, dining critic, and food writer with more than 20 years of experience. A Fort Worth native and a sixth-generation Texan who was raised in Dallas and educated at Texas Christian University, June is a lifelong student of food, cooking and culture in Texas and […]
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Julia Skinner, PhD
Do you want to work with Julia? Click here! Julia Skinner, PhD, is founder and director of Root, a food history and fermentation organization in Atlanta, GA. She also works as a professional fermenter for restaurants and for private clients. She has extensive experience as a food history researcher, including her forthcoming book Afternoon Tea: A […]
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Frankie Gaw
Do you want to work with Frankie? Click here! Hey there! I’m Frankie. I’m a food blogger and home cook based in Seattle, WA where my background as a designer/photographer and my love for food became my blog Little Fat Boy. I stumbled upon the food world by accident, where my blog as a passion […]
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Stephanie Weaver
Do you want to work with Stephanie? Click here! Stephanie Weaver, MPH, CWHC has had headaches for years, but didn’t know she was having migraine attacks until she was diagnosed with migraines and vertigo in 2014. As a researcher and recipe renovator, her natural inclination was to understand how some foods might be triggering her symptoms. She […]
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Ana Sortun
Do you want to work with Ana? Click here! With a degree from École de Cuisine La Varenne in Paris, the Seattle-born Ana Sortun opened Moncef Medeb’s Aigo Bistro in Concord, Massachusetts, in the early 1990s; stints at 8 Holyoke and Casablanca in Harvard Square, Cambridge soon followed. This was all in the beginning of her career, […]
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Natlie Rizzo, MS, RD
Do you want to work with Natalie? Click here! Natalie Rizzo, MS, RD is a NYC-based media Dietitian, food and nutrition writer, national spokesperson and owner of Nutrition ȧ la Natalie, a successful plant-based sports nutrition blog. Natalie has bylines in many national publications, such as NBC News, SHAPE, Runner’s World, Bicycling, Diabetic Living and Prevention. […]
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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 […]