Laura Shapiro

Laura Shapiro (born June 20, 1946) is an American food journalist and historian. Shapiro was a dance critic for ''The Boston Globe'' in the 1970s and joined ''Newsweek'' magazine in 1984. She shifted to food writing during her 15-year tenure at ''Newsweek'', and in 1995, she won a James Beard Foundation Award for one of her magazine features.

Shapiro has written four books on culinary history. Her 2007 biography of television chef Julia Child won the Literary Food Writing award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Provided by Wikipedia