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Joan Nathan in 2005

Joan Nathan is an award-winning author of cookbooks. She has also produced documentaries on the subject of Jewish cuisine.

Biography

Joan Nathan was born in Providence, Rhode Island. After receiving a master’s degree in French literature from the University of Michigan, she earned a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. For three years she lived in Israel working for Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem. She was one of the founders of New York's Ninth Avenue Food Festival under mayor Abraham Beame.Nathan was also the executive producer and host of Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan, a PBS series based on her cookbook, Jewish Cooking in America.

Nathan is married to Allan Gerson, an attorney, and has three children: Daniela, David, and Merissa. She lives in Washington, D.C. and Martha's Vineyard with her husband, attorney Allan Gerson.

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

Cookbooks

Nathan has written ten cookbooks, winning numerous awards for them. Six are about Jewish cuisine and two on Israeli cuisine. She says 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. Nathan was the guest curator of Food Culture USA at the 2005 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which was based on the research for her book.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.

  • 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

Awards

  • 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
  • 1995, Golda Award, American Jewish Congress

Broadcast credits

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.

  • 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

Guest appearances

  • Good Morning, America
  • The Today Show
  • Live with Regis and Kathie Lee
  • All Things Considered and Weekend Edition
  • Food Network
  • Retirement Living TV

References

  1. ^ "About Joan Nathan". Random House. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  2. Tom Colicchio Uses Heimlich Maneuver to Save Cookbook Author Slash Food, January 19, 2009
  3. Cooking with chutzpah, Books, Haaretz
  4. ^ "Joan Nathan: Book Fest 07". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  5. Denchak, Melissa. "Interview with TV Chef Joan Nathan". Food and Wine. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  6. "Joan Nathan: An Exotic Holiday Feast". NPR. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  7. "Hannukah with Joan Nathan". Episode CL9422. Food Network. Retrieved 2009-07-20.

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