The Foods of Israel Today by Joan Nathan

The Jewish Holiday Baker, Schocken 1997.The Children's Jewish Holiday Kitchen, Schocken 1988.An American Folklife Cookbook, Schocken 1984.The Jewish Holiday Kitchen, Schocken 1979.The Flavor of Jerusalem, Little, Brown 1975.Two decades later, in 2005, Jewish Cooking in America won the Julia Child Award for Best Cookbook of the Year, and the James Beard Award (again) for Food of the Americas. She was guest curator of Food Culture USA at the 2005 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which was based on the research for her book. The New American Cooking won the James Beard and IACP Awards for Food of the Americas and Best American Cookbook. French Tastemaker Award (now the James Beard Award). In 1985, An American Folklife Cookbook won the R.T. Her goal is to preserve Jewish traditions by interviewing cooks and documenting their recipes and stories for posterity. Six are about Jewish cuisine and two on Israeli cuisine. Nathan has written ten cookbooks, winning numerous awards for them. Gerson and Nathan divide their time between Washington, D.C. Nathan is married to Allan Gerson, an attorney the couple has three children. She was executive producer and host of Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan, a PBS series based on her cookbook, Jewish Cooking in America.

She lived in Israel for three years working for Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem. As a newspaper food journalist she has visited, among other places, France and Brazil, uncovering new dishes or researching Jewish cuisine. After receiving a master's degree in French literature from the University of Michigan, she earned another master's degree in public administration from Harvard University's John F. Joan Nathan was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Pearl (Gluck) Nathan and Ernest Nathan.

The Foods of Israel Today by Joan Nathan