Melissa Clark

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Melissa Clark, a James Beard Foundation award winner, writes about cuisine, wine, and travel for numerous publications, including the New York Times (where she writes the enormously popular “A Good Appetite” Dining Section column), Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, and Martha Stewart. Her work has also appeared in Best Food Writing 2007, and she is a regular guest on NPR’s national broadcast The Takeaway and a contributor to Gilt Taste. Clark has written thirty-two cookbooks, including In the Kitchen with A Good Appetite; Braise with Chef Daniel Boulud; The Last Course with former Gramercy Tavern pastry chef Claudia Fleming; The Deen Family Cookbook with Paula Deen; and The Skinny: How to Fit into Your Little Black Dress Forever. Clark was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where she now lives with her husband and daughter.