About Mark Kurlansky

Kurlansky is the author of the popular books Cod, The Basque History of the World, and Salt. He worked as a professional chef and pastry maker in New York and New England and currently writes a regular column about food history for Food & Wine magazine. Recently he transformed 25 years of experience reporting on international affairs and covering the Caribbean into a collection of short stories and a novella titled The White Man in the Tree. He has written articles for the New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, and Partisan Review. Kurlansky lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.

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