Marian Burros

[Jason Perlow]

eGullet is pleased to announce that Marian Burros will be joining us for a Q&A which will run from February 2 to February 6, 2004.

An award-winning cookbook author and journalist, Marian Burros has been a senior staff writer at the New York Times since 1992. She is best known for her work in the fields of health and nutrition education, as well as consumer affairs issues and food safety reporting. She has won a multitude of awards, ranging from the James Beard Award for feature writing, an Emmy for local consumer affairs reporting while acting as a consumer reporter on WRC-TV, to the National Press Club award for health and consumer reporting. Along with her weekly column, "Eating Well", she is the interim restaurant critic for the Times.

Marian has written several cookbooks over the years, including The New Elegant But Easy Cookbook, Twenty Minute Menus: TIME-WISE RECIPES & STRATEGIC PLANS FOR FRESHLY COOKED MEALS EVERY DAY, The Best of DeGustibus and Keep It Simple

Her most recent cookbook, Cooking For Comfort: More Than 100 Wonderful Recipes That Are as Satisfying to Cook as They Are to Eat (Simon & Schuster; April 9, 2003; $24.00), celebrates a return to a style of cooking that has a powerful yet universal appeal to most people.

Please note that this is a moderated Q&A. Your questions will not appear until they are reviewed by the moderator. There will be a limit of thirty (30) questions.