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Ramin Ganeshram (born June 21 New York City) (pronounced: RAH-MEEN, GAN-ESH-ram) is an American journalist, chef and cookbook author who writes about American and Caribbean foodways and culinary culture. She is known for her specialized knowledge of Trinidad & Tobago cuisine and for her work in food history and polycultural American food experiences. ==Life and career== Ganeshram was born in New York City. She attended Stuyvesant High School of Science and earned a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, both in Manhattan. Later she trained at the Institute of Culinary Education also in New York City, where she has also worked as a chef instructor. For eight years Ganeshram worked as a feature writer/stringer for ''The New York Times'' regional sections and another eight years for ''Newsday'' as a food columnist and feature writer. In addition to contributing to a variety of food publications including ''Saveur, Gourmet, Bon Appetit'' and ''epicurious.com'', Ganeshram has written food/culture/travel articles for ''Islands'' (as contributing editor); ''National Geographic Traveler; Forbes Traveler; Forbes Four Season''s and many others. She was as a reporter and writer on Molly O’Neill’s magnum ''One Big Table'' (Simon & Schuster 2010). Her own cookbooks include ''Sweet Hands: Island Cooking from Trinidad & Tobago'' (Hippocrene 2006;2nd Ed 2010) and ''The America I Am: Pass It Down Cookbook'' (Smiley Books, 2011) with Jeff Henderson She is a contributor to the Encyclopedia of World Foods (Greenwood Press 2010) and a peer reviewer for the Journal of Food, Culture and Society. Her work also appears in the second edition of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food & Drink in America, which was nominated for an IACP Cookbook award in 2014 and in Savoring Gotham also forthcoming from Oxford University Press. Ganeshram has received seven journalism awards for her writing and an International Association of Culinary Professionals Bert Greene culinary journalism nomination. Her cookbook (FutureChefs: Recipes from Tomorrow's Cooks Across America and the World ) (Rodale, 2014) won a (2015 International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook of the Year Award ) in the Children, Youth & Family category. In January 2010, she founded the charity Food 4 Haiti, to raise money for the UN World Food Programme’s effort in the earthquake ravaged Caribbean nation of Haiti. She was formerly on the board of the Meriden, Connecticut-based non-profit, My City Kitchen, which teaches kids about food and cooking as a way to instill healthy lifestyle habits while raising self-esteem. Currently, she is the co-chairperson of the Food Access Coalition an Fairfield County, CT based nonprofit that works to promote food justice in the local area. Her first work of fiction ''Stir It Up!'' focuses on a teen chef who gets a shot at cooking competition show on Food Network. Ganeshram herself has appeared on Food Network on the show ''Throwdown! with Bobby Flay'' and has made appearances on CNNfn, Good Day New York, and other news and lifestyle shows for both radio and television. Ganeshram has one brother, (Ramesh Ganeshram ), and is married to photojournalist Jean Paul Vellotti. She lives with her husband and daughter in Westport, Connecticut. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ramin Ganeshram」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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