ALBERT SONNENFELD, writer

Cultural historian, restaurant consultant, raconteur, and for many years literature professor at Princeton and USC, Albert Sonnenfeld directs the series Arts of the Table: Studies in Culinary History for Columbia University Press, where he has published Culture of the Fork (2001) and Food: A Culinary History (1999).   He has also authored and edited some 10+ volumes and well over 100 scholarly articles.

Four times decorated by the French Republic, most recently as Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (1997) and as Chevalier dans l'ordre du mérite agricole he served four terms on the National Board of Directors of The American Institute of Wine and Food. He recently was named editor of The FCI Review by The French Culinary Institute of New York. He currently is food columnist for Westside News Publications.

His edition and translation from the Italian of Il Cibo come cultura (Food as culture) was published in 2008. Mr. Sonnenfeld will be a featured speaker at the 2010 Festival of the Arts BOCA.