This podcast features alumna author Aleksandra Crapanzano, class of 1988. Aleksandra is a journalist, screenwriter, cookbook author, and consultant. A recipient of The M.F.K. Fisher Award for Distinguished Writing from The James Beard Foundation and the Gourmand Award in France, Aleksandra was, for fifteen years, a food columnist for "The Wall Street Journal, until moving full time into book writing. She is the author of "The London Cookbook," "Eat. Cook. LA.," and "Gateau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes," and her work has been widely anthologized, most notably in "Best American Food Writing." She has been a frequent contributor to most major magazines, including "The Atlantic," "The New York Times Magazine," "Food & Wine," and "Bon Appetit." She has years of experience in the film world, consults in the food space, and serves on several boards with a focus on sustainability. Aleksandra grew up in New York and Paris, received her AB from Harvard and her MFA from NYU, where she has taught writing.

Her most recent book is "Chocolat: Parisian Desserts and Other Delights."

This podcast features alumna author Sophie Brickman, class of 2002. Sophie is a writer, journalist, and editor whose work has appeared in the "New Yorker," the "New York Times," the "Wall Street Journal," "Saveur," the "San Francisco Chronicle," the "Best Food Writing" compilation, and the "Best American Science Writing" compilation, among other publications. She is a contributor to the op/ed section of the "Guardian," and her first book, "Baby, Unplugged," explored the intersection between parenting and technology.

Her second book, and debut novel, is "Plays Well With Others."

This podcast features alumna author Daphne Uviller, class of 1989. She is the author of the Zephyr Zuckerman Series: "Super in the City," "Hotel No Tell," and "Wife of the Day." Her first book was an acclaimed anthology, coedited with Deborah Siegel, "Only Child: Writers on the Singular Joys and Solitary Sorrows of Growing Up Solo."

A former book and poetry editor at "Time Out New York," Daphne's reviews, profiles, and articles have been published in the "Washington Post, the "New York Times," "Newsday," the "Forward," "New York Magazine," "Oxygen," "Allure," and "Self," for which she wrote a column on ethics.

Her most recent novel is "This Was Not the Plan."