Mark Kurlan­sky is the New York Times best­selling author of Milk!, Havana, Paper, The Big Oys­ter, 1968, Salt, The Basque His­to­ry of the World, Cod, and Salmon, among oth­er titles. He has received the Day­ton Lit­er­ary Peace Prize, Bon Appétit​’s Food Writer of the Year Award, the James Beard Award, and the Glen­fid­dich Award. He lives in New York City. www​.markkurlan​sky​.com