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Anya von Bremzen

Anya von Bremzen is one of the most accomplished food writers of her generation: the winner of three James Beard awards; a contributing writer at AFAR magazine; and the author of six acclaimed cookbooks, among them The New Spanish Table, The Greatest Dishes: Around the World in 80 Recipes, and Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook (coauthored with John Welchman). Her memoir, Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking, has been translated into nineteen languages. Anya has been a contributing editor at Travel+Leisure and Food & Wine, and has written for Saveur, The New Yorker, and Foreign Policy, among other publications. Her work has been anthologized in several editions of Best Food Writing and in The Best American Travel Writing. A former concert pianist, Anya is fluent in four languages and when not on the road divides her time between New York and Istanbul.

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Staff Picks + Upcoming Titles: June

June is starting the summer off strong with a crop of great reads! Find fitness wherever you’re at with Slow AF Run Club. Impress guests at a summer dinner party with perfectly crafted cocktails using The Essential Cocktail Deck, and explore the weird and fascinating creatures of the darkest ocean depths with The Deep! June

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