A short biography of Nathan

Joan Nathan was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a master's degree in French literature. For three years she lived in Israel, where she worked for Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem. She then went on to earn a master's degree in public administration from Harvard, after which she worked for Mayors Linsay and Beame, and during which she founded the Ninth Avenue Food Festival. She lectures frequently around the country and contributes articles on international ethnic food and special holiday features to the New York Times, Food and Wine, Gourmet, and Hadassah Magazine. She is the author of six previous books, including Jewish Cooking in America, which won both the James Beard Award and the IACP/Julia Child Cookbook of the Year Award. She is the host of the nationally syndicated television series Jewish Cooking In America with Joan Nathan, based on the book. Ms. Nathan lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband Allan Gerson, and their three children.

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