Growing up, Dawn Lerman, nutritionist and author of My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Family, With Recipes, had a variety of food influences within her own family.

“Every memory from my childhood is attached to food,” Lerman says. “Whether they were good or bad, that is what I remember.”

Debra Eckerling speaks with Dawn Lerman about her wide variety of food influences, as well as some of her favorite recipes, including chicken soup and gluten-free protein-packed thumb-print cookies.

Read the full article about Dawn Lerman, get the recipes, and listen to the podcast.