A Cook's Legacy is our new six-part series with Lucinda Scala Quinn, exploring family, food, and cultural memory through her beloved culinary voice. Our interview here introduces Lucinda, who shares the inspiration behind her latest book, Mother Sauce.
Few cooks bridge professional mastery and deeply personal storytelling as gracefully as Lucinda Scala Quinn. The author of eight cookbooks and long-time food director at Martha Stewart Living, Scala Quinn has spent decades showing home cooks how to bring restaurant-worthy meals to the family table. But with her latest book, Mother Sauce, she turns inward – toward the women whose kitchens came before hers.
