JOY FRIENDS
Anne Mendelson
Anne Mendelson, a family friend, is a freelance writer and editor specializing in culinary subjects. She is considered a leading authority on the history of American cookbooks, and has contributed to such publications as the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America and the forthcoming essay collection Gastropolis: Food and New York City. She is a contributing editor at Gourmet Magazine and an occasional contributor to other publications including The New York Times Dining Section. Ms. Mendelson also has acted as consulting editor or collaborator on several well-regarded cookbooks, including three works on Mexican cooking by chef-restaurateur Zarela Martinez. She lives in northern New Jersey and is currently working on a book about milk and fresh dairy products for Knopf.
Anne Mendelson's books:
Stand Facing the Stove
Ms. Mendelson is also the author of Stand Facing the Stove, a biography of the authors of The Joy of Cooking. In it she traces not only the private lives of Irma Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker but the history of JOY from the first privately printed edition (1931) to the end of Marion Becker's life (1977). Lovers of JOY will be fascinated by the story of its stormy publishing history, which more often than not pitted authors against publisher in strident battles.
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