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Andrew F. Smith

Culinary historian Andrew F. Smith, who teaches food studies at the New School, has made numerous television appearances (most recently on the National Geographic Channel’s six-part miniseries, Eat: The Story of Food). He has written or edited 27 books, including his just released Savoring Gotham: The Food Lovers Companion to New York City, an encyclopedia published by Oxford University Press  with 570 entries written by 170 authors.

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