Faye Levy is the lead cooking columnist for the Jerusalem Post and the author of more than twenty acclaimed cookbooks, including Feast from the Mideast and 1,000 Jewish Recipes. She has won prestigious prizes for her cookbooks, including a James Beard Award. A syndicated cooking columnist, she has contributed many articles to the country's top newspapers, as well as to Gourmet, Bon Appétit, and other magazines. She lives in Woodland Hills, California.