Anya von Bremzen


Anya von Bremzen is a three-time James Beard Award-winning culinary writer. She was born in 1963 in Soviet Russia, and her works include The New Spanish Table, The Greatest Dishes: Around the World in 80 Recipes, Terrific Pacific Cookbook, and Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook. Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing from 2013 is a culinary autobiography and compact Soviet history in one.