Jane Fox, Author, ‘The Hungry Mother: Recipes for Recovery and Life in the Kitchen’
Join Michael in his conversation with Jane Fox about her new book, The Hungry Mother: Recipes for Recovery and Life in the Kitchen which traces Jane’s past struggles with addiction, her recovery, and how cooking and faith provided a path to sustained sobriety.
Jane is a NY State Certified Recovery Peer Advocate and co-founder of NERALI, a sobriety resource for the Long Island Jewish Community. She is a leading advocate for incorporating structured culinary workshops into drug and alcohol recovery programs
About Our Guest
When Jane Fox left the wealthy enclave she grew up in on Long Island and headed for college in the ’70s, she fell into the counterculture’s easy access to drugs, leading to addiction. In and out of recovery programs, finally getting sober at AREBA Casriel Institute in New York City in 1976. She never lost touch with the recovery community and had many active roles in the industry, including that of a TV spokesperson, appearing on the Oprah, Donahue, and Regis shows.
Yet no one is immune. After fifteen years sober, and now a divorced mom with two young children, she relapsed. It was the climb back and hosting See Jane Cook (CNBC) that inspired the writing of The Hungry Mother. The art of eating and cooking was always a central theme in Jane’s life and she sustained sobriety by incorporating culinary activities into a simple yet revolutionary approach to long-term recovery. That was over twenty-five years ago, and since then, Jane has been on a mission to “pass it on” to other mothers in recovery.
Jane brings the depth of experience from living on both sides of the sobriety fence. Her newly released book, The Hungry Mother, shines the light on a recovery-based lifestyle for sober women and the joy of fulfillment
