About the Author

Born in New York City and raised in the New York area, Brian Yarvin has been a commercial photographer for more than forty years. For the last fifteen years he's been combining photography and writing. Yarvin has contributed to publications such as the Washington Post, Mothering, SeriousEats.com, and New Jersey Monthly, to name a few. He has authored seven books on subjects ranging from Italian regional cuisine to New Jersey farmers to the history of lamb as a food. After long stints in Queens, New York, and Edison, New Jersey, he now lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.