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'''Joan Nathan''' (born 1943)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carman |first=Tim |date=2023-05-24 |title=Who connects Jewish cooking the world over? The whirlwind named Joan Nathan. |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/who-connects-jewish-cooking-the-world-over-the-whirlwind-named-joan-nathan/2017/03/24/476cde28-0da4-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html |access-date=2023-11-16 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> is an American ] author and newspaper journalist. She has produced TV documentaries on the subject of ]. She was a co-founder of New York's Ninth Avenue Food Festival under then-] ]. '']'' has called her the "matriarch of Jewish cooking".<ref>{{cite web |title=Taste Israeli food with Joan Nathan |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=November 16, 2020 |url=https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/taste-israeli-food-with-joan-nathan-649262}}</ref><ref>''The New Yorker'' has described her similarly as the ''grande dame'' of Jewish cooking. See: {{Cite magazine |title= In the Kitchen with the Grande Dame of Jewish Cooking |url= https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/04/15/joan-nathan-the-grande-dame-of-jewish-cooking |date= April 8, 2024 |magazine= The New Yorker |access-date= April 9, 2024 }}</ref>


==Education==
Nathan is married to Allan Gerson, an attorney, and has three children: Daniela, David, and Merissa. She lives in ] and ] with her husband, attorney Allan Gerson.<ref name="random house" />
Joan Nathan was born in ], to Jewish parents Pearl (Gluck) Nathan and Ernest Nathan. After receiving a master's degree in ] from the ], she earned another master's degree in ] from ]'s ].<ref name="random house">{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/nathan/bio.html|title=About Joan Nathan|publisher=Random House|access-date=2009-07-20}}</ref> As a newspaper ] she has visited, among other places, France<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/dining/17hanu.html?em|title = In Successful Paris Restaurant, Jewish Roots|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 17 December 2008|last1 = Nathan|first1 = Joan}}</ref> and Brazil,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE3D71F3EF933A15757C0A9639C8B63|title = In Brazil, Passover Holdovers|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 20 April 2005|last1 = Nathan|first1 = Joan}}</ref> uncovering new dishes or researching Jewish cuisine.


==Career==
In January 2009 she was saved from choking on a piece of chicken at the Art.Food.Hope dinner in Washington, DC, by chef ], who performed the ] on her.<ref> Slash Food, January 19, 2009</ref>
===Television===
She was executive producer and host of ''Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan'', a ] series based on her cookbook, ''Jewish Cooking in America''.<ref name="random house"/> The series follows Nathan as she travels across the United States, visiting the kitchens of celebrities, chefs, and other notable Jewish cooks as she explores Jewish culture and history throughout the nation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jewish Cooking in America {{!}} Cooking Shows |url=https://www.pbs.org/food/shows/jewish-cooking-in-america/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=PBS Food |language=en-US}}</ref> The success of the series helped Nathan earn the distinction of being called the "Jewish ]" in the media.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jewish Julia Child' discovers the right mix |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/10/01/jewish-julia-child-discovers-the-right-mix/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref> In 2000, the series was nominated for best national television food show at the ]s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lerner |first=Michele |date=2014-02-06 |title=For cookbook author Joan Nathan, a home that 'loves people' |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/for-cookbook-author-joan-nathan-a-home-that-loves-people/2014/02/05/99bcf3da-8386-11e3-8099-9181471f7aaf_story.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>


==Cookbooks== ===Cookbooks===
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Nathan has written ten cookbooks, winning numerous awards for them. Six are about Jewish cuisine and two on ]. She says her goal is to preserve ] traditions by interviewing cooks and documenting their recipes and stories for posterity.<ref>]]</ref>
Nathan has written twelve cookbooks, winning numerous awards for them. Six are about Jewish cuisine and two on ]. Her goal is to preserve ] traditions by interviewing cooks and documenting their recipes and stories for posterity.<ref>, Book Section, '']''</ref>


In 1985, ''An American Folklife Cookbook'' won the R.T. French Tastemaker Award (now the James Beard Award). ''The New American Cooking'' won the James Beard and IACP Awards for Food of the Americas and Best American Cookbook. Nathan was the guest curator of Food Culture USA at the 2005 ], which was based on the research for her book.<ref name="random house" />In 2005, Jewish Cooking in America, won the Julia Child Award for Best Cookbook of the Year and the James Beard Award, Food of the Americas. In 1985, ''An American Folklife Cookbook'' won the R.T. French Tastemaker Award (now the James Beard Award). ''The New American Cooking'' won the James Beard and IACP Awards for Food of the Americas and Best American Cookbook. She was guest curator of Food Culture USA at the 2005 ], which was based on the research for her book.<ref name="random house"/>

Two decades later, in 2005, ''Jewish Cooking in America'' won the ], and the James Beard Award (again) for Food of the Americas.<ref>, ''New York Times'', March 28, 2007.</ref> In 2017, the IACP: International Association of Culinary Professionals honored ''Jewish Cooking in America'' as a Culinary Classic.


* ''The Flavor of Jerusalem'', Little, Brown 1975 * ''The Flavor of Jerusalem'', Little, Brown 1975
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* ''The New American Cooking'', Knopf 2005 * ''The New American Cooking'', Knopf 2005
* ''Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France'', Knopf 2010 * ''Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France'', Knopf 2010
* ''King Solomon's Table: A Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking from Around the World'', Knopf 2017
* ''My Life in Recipes: Food, Family, and Memories'', Knopf 2024
* ''A Sweet Year: Jewish Celebrations and Festive Recipes,'' Knopf 2024


== Awards == ==Personal life==
===Israel===
* 2008, MacDowell Fellow, the ]
She lived in Israel for three years working for Mayor ] of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1860137|title=Israeli Hanukkah|website=myrecipes.com|access-date=2011-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228215326/http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1860137|archive-date=2008-12-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2005, Silver Spoon Award, Food Arts Magazine
* 2002, Honorary doctorate from the Spertus Institute of Jewish Culture
* 2001, Inductee into James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who in American Food and Beverage
* 1995, Golda Award, American Jewish Congress


===Marriage===
== Broadcast credits ==
Nathan was married to the late Allan Gerson, an attorney; the couple has three children and two grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About – Joan Nathan |url=http://joannathan.com/about/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> Nathan divides her time between ], and ].<ref name="random house"/>
In 1994, Nathan's documentary ''Passover: Traditions of Freedom'' won a Silver Star at the Houston International Film Festival, and the Chris Award, Religion and Philosophy at the Columbus International Film Festival.


==Awards==
* Executive Producer and Host of ''Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan'', 1998, 2002, Co-production Maryland Public Television and Frappe Inc.
* Assistant Producer, ''Jerusalem Lives'', Documentary for Guggenheim Productions, Washington, DC, 1973


* 2018, Creativity Moment Award, Moment Magazine {{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
===Guest appearances===
* 2015, Grande Dame Award, Les Dames d'Escoffier International {{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
* Good Morning, America<ref name="loc">{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4190|title=Joan Nathan: Book Fest 07|publisher=The Library of Congress|accessdate=2009-07-20}}</ref>
* 2011, Special Recognition Award from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research for her contribution to preserving Jewish culture <ref>{{cite web|title=YIVO 10th Annual Heritage Dinner|url=http://www.njapf.com/YIVO_HeritageProg_2ndBatch/HerDinnerProg2011_YIVO_v7HiBypageCrops.pdf|website=YIVO|access-date=May 31, 2011}} {{dead link|date=September 2013}}</ref>
* The Today Show<ref name="loc" />
* 2008, MacDowell Fellow, the ] {{citation needed|date=September 2013}}
* Live with Regis and Kathie Lee<ref name="food and wine">{{cite web|url=http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/tv-chef-interview-joan-nathan|title=Interview with TV Chef Joan Nathan|last=Denchak|first=Melissa|publisher=Food and Wine|accessdate=2009-07-20}}</ref>
* 2005, Silver Spoon Award, Food Arts Magazine {{citation needed|date=September 2013}}
* All Things Considered and Weekend Edition<ref name="NPR">{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5068097|title=Joan Nathan: An Exotic Holiday Feast|publisher=NPR|accessdate=2009-07-20}}</ref>
* 2002, Honorary doctorate from the Spertus Institute of Jewish Culture {{citation needed|date=September 2013}}
* Food Network<ref name="food network">{{cite web|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/cooking-live/hannukah-with-joan-nathan/index.html|title=Hannukah with Joan Nathan|work=Episode CL9422|publisher=Food Network|accessdate=2009-07-20}}</ref>
* 2001, Inductee into James Beard Foundation's ''Who's Who in American Food and Beverage'' {{citation needed|date=September 2013}}
* Retirement Living TV
* 1998, Jewish Daily Forward "Forward 50"
* 1995, Golda Award, American Jewish Congress {{citation needed|date=September 2013}}
* 1994, ''Jewish Cooking in America'' received the James Beard Award for Best American Cookbook and later, the IACP/Julia Child Cookbook of the Year Award

==Guest appearances==
* ''Good Morning, America''<ref name="loc">{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4190|title=Joan Nathan: Book Fest 07|publisher=The Library of Congress|access-date=2009-07-20}}</ref>
* ''The Today Show''<ref name="loc"/>
* ''Live with Regis and Kathie Lee''<ref name="food and wine">{{cite web|url=http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/tv-chef-interview-joan-nathan|title=Interview with TV Chef Joan Nathan|last=Denchak|first=Melissa|publisher=Food and Wine|access-date=2009-07-20}}</ref>
* ]<ref name="food network">{{cite web|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/cooking-live/hannukah-with-joan-nathan/index.html|title=Hannukah with Joan Nathan|website=Episode CL9422|publisher=Food Network|access-date=2009-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010005709/http://www.foodnetwork.com/cooking-live/hannukah-with-joan-nathan/index.html|archive-date=2009-10-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''The Martha Stewart Show''.<ref name="random house"/>
* ]<ref name="NPR">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5068097|title=Joan Nathan: An Exotic Holiday Feast|website=NPR.org |publisher=NPR|access-date=2009-07-20}}</ref>

==Other==
In January 2009, she began choking on a piece of chicken at the Art.Food.Hope dinner in ], but was saved by chef ], who performed the ].<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927062156/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/01/19/tom-colicchio-uses-heimlich-manuver-to-save-cookbook-authors-li/?icid=200100397x1217316856x1201131322Tom |date=2013-09-27 }} Slash Food, January 19, 2009.</ref>


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American cookbook writer
Joan Nathan
BornProvidence, Rhode Island, U.S.
OccupationJournalist
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
GenreCookbooks
Notable worksQuiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France
Website
joannathan.com

Joan Nathan (born 1943) is an American cookbook author and newspaper journalist. She has produced TV documentaries on the subject of Jewish cuisine. She was a co-founder of New York's Ninth Avenue Food Festival under then-Mayor Abraham Beame. The Jerusalem Post has called her the "matriarch of Jewish cooking".

Education

Joan Nathan was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Jewish parents Pearl (Gluck) Nathan and Ernest Nathan. 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. Kennedy School of Government. As a newspaper food journalist she has visited, among other places, France and Brazil, uncovering new dishes or researching Jewish cuisine.

Career

Television

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. The series follows Nathan as she travels across the United States, visiting the kitchens of celebrities, chefs, and other notable Jewish cooks as she explores Jewish culture and history throughout the nation. The success of the series helped Nathan earn the distinction of being called the "Jewish Julia Child" in the media. In 2000, the series was nominated for best national television food show at the James Beard Awards.

Cookbooks

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Nathan has written twelve cookbooks, winning numerous awards for them. Six are about Jewish cuisine and two on Israeli cuisine. Her goal is to preserve Jewish traditions by interviewing cooks and documenting their recipes and stories for posterity.

In 1985, An American Folklife Cookbook won the R.T. French Tastemaker Award (now the James Beard Award). The New American Cooking won the James Beard and IACP Awards for Food of the Americas and Best American Cookbook. She was guest curator of Food Culture USA at the 2005 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which was based on the research for her book.

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. In 2017, the IACP: International Association of Culinary Professionals honored Jewish Cooking in America as a Culinary Classic.

  • The Flavor of Jerusalem, Little, Brown 1975
  • The Jewish Holiday Kitchen, Schocken 1979
  • An American Folklife Cookbook, Schocken 1984
  • The Children's Jewish Holiday Kitchen, Schocken 1988
  • Jewish Cooking in America, Knopf 1994
  • The Jewish Holiday Baker, Schocken 1997
  • The Foods of Israel Today, Knopf 2001
  • Joan Nathan's Jewish Holiday Cookbook, Schocken 2004
  • The New American Cooking, Knopf 2005
  • Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France, Knopf 2010
  • King Solomon's Table: A Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking from Around the World, Knopf 2017
  • My Life in Recipes: Food, Family, and Memories, Knopf 2024
  • A Sweet Year: Jewish Celebrations and Festive Recipes, Knopf 2024

Personal life

Israel

She lived in Israel for three years working for Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem.

Marriage

Nathan was married to the late Allan Gerson, an attorney; the couple has three children and two grandchildren. Nathan divides her time between Washington, D.C., and Martha's Vineyard.

Awards

  • 2018, Creativity Moment Award, Moment Magazine
  • 2015, Grande Dame Award, Les Dames d'Escoffier International
  • 2011, Special Recognition Award from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research for her contribution to preserving Jewish culture
  • 2008, MacDowell Fellow, the MacDowell Colony
  • 2005, Silver Spoon Award, Food Arts Magazine
  • 2002, Honorary doctorate from the Spertus Institute of Jewish Culture
  • 2001, Inductee into James Beard Foundation's Who's Who in American Food and Beverage
  • 1998, Jewish Daily Forward "Forward 50"
  • 1995, Golda Award, American Jewish Congress
  • 1994, Jewish Cooking in America received the James Beard Award for Best American Cookbook and later, the IACP/Julia Child Cookbook of the Year Award

Guest appearances

Other

In January 2009, she began choking on a piece of chicken at the Art.Food.Hope dinner in Washington, D.C., but was saved by chef Tom Colicchio, who performed the Heimlich maneuver.

References

  1. Carman, Tim (2023-05-24). "Who connects Jewish cooking the world over? The whirlwind named Joan Nathan". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. "Taste Israeli food with Joan Nathan". The Jerusalem Post. November 16, 2020.
  3. The New Yorker has described her similarly as the grande dame of Jewish cooking. See: "In the Kitchen with the Grande Dame of Jewish Cooking". The New Yorker. April 8, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  4. ^ "About Joan Nathan". Random House. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  5. Nathan, Joan (17 December 2008). "In Successful Paris Restaurant, Jewish Roots". The New York Times.
  6. Nathan, Joan (20 April 2005). "In Brazil, Passover Holdovers". The New York Times.
  7. "Jewish Cooking in America | Cooking Shows". PBS Food. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  8. "Jewish Julia Child' discovers the right mix". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  9. Lerner, Michele (2014-02-06). "For cookbook author Joan Nathan, a home that 'loves people'". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  10. "Cooking with chutzpah", Book Section, Haaretz
  11. Joan Nathan profile, New York Times, March 28, 2007.
  12. "Israeli Hanukkah". myrecipes.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  13. "About – Joan Nathan". Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  14. "YIVO 10th Annual Heritage Dinner" (PDF). YIVO. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  15. ^ "Joan Nathan: Book Fest 07". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  16. Denchak, Melissa. "Interview with TV Chef Joan Nathan". Food and Wine. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  17. "Hannukah with Joan Nathan". Episode CL9422. Food Network. Archived from the original on 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  18. "Joan Nathan: An Exotic Holiday Feast". NPR.org. NPR. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  19. Colicchio Uses Heimlich Maneuver to Save Cookbook Author Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Slash Food, January 19, 2009.

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