Sheilah Kaufman

As the award-winning author of 28 cookbooks, a cooking instructor (from Alaska to Hawaii and Maine to Mexico), culinary lecturer, and food editor for more than 48 years, Sheilah has shared her great passion of cooking with thousands of cooks across the nation. Sheilah is popular lecturer and expert on Mediterranean cooking and on Jewish culinary traditions and history. She has been an invited guest speaker for The Library of Congress, Caje, Ort, Brandeis, Jewish Genealogy International, the National Book Festival, the Textile Museum, Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival, and the Smithsonian Institution. In addition, the Turkish Embassy, Jewish Federation, and diplomatic groups.