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Darra Goldstein

Darra Goldstein is an author and food scholar. She has published 17 books and is a frequent speaker at organizations and events around the world. Books include "Fire + Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking," "A Taste of Russia," and "The Georgian Feast," among others.

Selected Awards + Fellowships

  • James Beard Foundation Publication of the Year for Gastronomica (2012)
  • James Beard Foundation finalist for Fire + Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking and The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets (2016)
  • IACP Julia Child Award for Cookbook of the Year for The Georgian Feast (1994)
  • IACP Finalist for Fire + Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking (2016) and Baking Boot Camp (2008)
  • IACP Lifetime Achievement Award (2020)
  • Macgeorge Fellow in Food Studies, University of Melbourne (2016)
  • Distinguished Fellow in Food Studies, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto (2012-13)

Selected Press Mentions

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"Under the bed is a dark, cool place"

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Podcast interview on "Food Seen"

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New York Times Magazine Feature

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Food Arts reflects on Gastronomica 

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A review of Sugar and Sweets

Russian Art+Culture

Cuisine, Art, Lore and More

NYT Summer Reading

 

Beyond The North Wind tops Best of Summer Cookbooks

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Culinary Straw into Gold

Salt+Spine

Celebrating Russian Cuisine Interview

Eat This Podcast

Russian Food: Old and New

Amazon

Best Cooking, Food and Wine Books of 2020 So Far

 

Voraciously

 

Our favorite cookbooks of 2020

 

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Cookbooks Worth Buying Even in Quarantine

 

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To Russia With Love

 

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10 of the Best Cookbooks in 2020

 

Alice Zaslavsky Interview

 

Interview with Alice Zaslavsky

 

TLS

Flavours of the Land

Darra Goldstein at the James Beard Foundation

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