Anya von Bremzen is a Russian-born American culinary writer who has won the James Beard Award three times.[1][2]
She was born in Soviet Russia, and her works include Fiesta, Paladares, The New Spanish Table, The Greatest Dishes: Around the World in 80 Recipes, Terrific Pacific Cookbook (co-authored by John Welchman), and Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook (coauthored by John Welchman). Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing, published in 2013, is a culinary autobiography and compact Soviet history in one. It has been translated into 19 languages. [3]