Tamar Adler is the author of An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace. She currently spends most of her time writing, punctuated by odd, terrifying, wonderful cooking commissions. She also teaches cooking, and just finished a job as the first cooking teacher at Edible Schoolyard NYC. and is working on her next book. Her work has appeared in the Bangkok Post, Harper’s Magazine, The New Leader, Mother Jones, Meatpaper, Salon.com, Fine Cooking, and Gilt Taste.