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I'm a writer, teacher, oral historian, scholar, and avid eater, cook and gardener. I love feeding people and being fed, asking questions and trying to answer them, too.
I'm currently at work on a narrative biography of the legendary editor, Judith Jones (under contract with Signal, a non-fiction imprint of Simon & Schuster), an outgrowth of a longform oral history I conducted with Jones upon her retirement from Knopf at age 88. I also teach courses on food culture, writing, and oral history at NYU's Gallatin School for Individualized Study and via the NYU Prison Education Initiative at Wallkill Correctional Facility.
My first book-- Edna Lewis: At the Table with an American Original, chronicling and celebrating the life and work of pioneering Southern chef and cookbook writer, Edna Lewis-- was published by UNC Press in 2018 to wide acclaim.
My writing and teaching are informed by my training in history, public health, oral history and documentary studies, as well as my experience in sustainable agriculture, grassroots community development, and strengthening urban-rural food systems in the U.S., South Africa, and Brazil. Before turning to writing and teaching full-time, I held positions as an organic vegetable farmer, restaurant critic, anti-poverty and sustainable agriculture trainer and advocate, urban agriculture instructor, researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, and professional pie baker.
I have a PhD in Food Studies from NYU and studied documentary radio and non-fiction at both the Duke Center for Documentary Studies and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.
I live with my husband, twin children, and rambunctious dogs in Kingston, New York.
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