Food for Thought
Eatymology
Do you like your garlic “Goodfellas thin”? Have you ever been part of a “carrotmob”? Why are bartenders “fat washing” their spirits (and what does that even mean)? Eatymology demystifies the most fascinating new food words to emerge from today’s professional kitchens, food science laboratories, pop culture, the Internet, and more
Comfort Me with Offal
The definitive manual for eating, drinking, and fondling food from the James Beard Award-winning Twitter sensation, Ruth Bourdain. From food history to dining etiquette to matters of taste, this practical handbook offers the basics for navigating every aspect of gastronomy.
Made With Love
I contributed the recipe for my grandfather Saul’s mandelbrodt (which unofficially translates as Jewish biscotti) to this cookbook compilation of more than 100 family recipes from actors, chefs, writers, and other celebrities, including Cokie Roberts, Judi Dench, Helen Mirren, and Martha Stewart, among others,
Corporate Histories
The Common Man as Uncommon Man
I consulted with the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law as an editor on The Common Man as Uncommon Man, a compendium of personal essays on Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., and his judicial legacy. I worked with contributors to solicit essays, conducted interviews, edited copy, and compiled the manuscript.
The Lamp Beside the Golden Door
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the New York Association for New Americans (NYANA), I wrote The Lamp Beside the Golden Door. This exhaustive history of the refugee resettlement agency was based on extensive research in the organization’s archives, as well as interviews with agency leadership and immigrants served by NYANA. The book chronicles the creation of NYANA by the American Jewish community to find homes in New York City for displaced persons from World War II and the evolution of NYANA’s mission over the next half-century to aid refugees uprooted from conflicts and oppression around the globe, including the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.