The cooking lessons that stick with us are rarely the ones with we read in books or learn through blog posts or YouTube videos); they're the ones we pick up spending time with others in the kitchen. Dorothy Kalins, founding editor of Savuer magazine, calls the people who pass on their wisdom to their loved ones the Kitchen Whisperers. Consciously or not, they help make us the cooks we are—and show the way to what we have the potential to become. Woven through the narrative are 20 recipes, spanning from her mom’s meat loaf to David Tanis’ Swiss Chard Gratin. Your personal Kitchen Whisperers teach you how to see the roadmap of the dishes you make, guiding your hands as you learn the process. The Kitchen Whisperers will prompt older readers to remember and cherish the food mentors in their lives and inspire younger readers to seek them out, while the stories and recipes from Kalins’s notable connections will inspire the creative food journeys of all.