Joan Nathan (born 1943) is an American cookbook author and newspaper journalist. She has produced TV documentaries about Jewish cuisine. She was a co-founder of New York’s Ninth Avenue Food Festival under then-Mayor Abraham Beame. The Jerusalem Post has called her the “matriarch of Jewish cooking”.
Books in order of publication:
The Flavor of Jerusalem, Little, Brown 1975
The Jewish Holiday Kitchen, Schocken 1979
An American Folklife Cookbook, Schocken 1984
The Children’s Jewish Holiday Kitchen, Schocken 1988
Jewish Cooking in America, Knopf 1994
The Jewish Holiday Baker, Schocken 1997
The Foods of Israel Today, Knopf 2001
Joan Nathan’s Jewish Holiday Cookbook, Schocken 2004
The New American Cooking, Knopf 2005
Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France, Knopf 2010
King Solomon’s Table: A Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking from Around the World, Knopf 2017
My Life in Recipes: Food, Family, and Memories, Knopf 2024
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