I develop recipes with Food Network host Ellie Krieger. Some of the fruits of our collaboration can be seen in her best-selling cookbooks, So Easy: Luscious, Healthy Recipes for Every Meal of the Day, and The Foods You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life, and on her popular television show, Healthy Appetite.

I am a culinary arts instructor at the JCC of Manhattan. Click here to see a list of my classes. I also teach private cooking classes; work as a food styling assistant; cater small parties and perform food and cocktail demonstrations.

I'm a graduate of the Institute for Culinary Education and, more importantly, of my late mother Stephanie Sussman's kitchen, where she imparted a passion for cooking and entertaining that has helped inform both my career path and many appetites. Having grown up in a traditional Jewish home and lived in Israel for several years, I'm well-versed in kosher dietary laws. Some of my work reflects my background, but I'm not limited to that arena.

When I'm not writing, cooking or traveling, I entertain, collect cookbooks, run, play basketball, swim, and generally try to keep my heart rate up—anything to help offset the affects of a very persistent eating habit.