Marion Nestle turns 90 today, and on Tuesday I got to celebrate with her at NYU’s Bobst Library, where a launch party for Sugar Coated doubled as a birthday party.

Mickey Revenaugh’s School’s Out and Samuel Marquis’s Empire and Frontier both officially hit shelves this week!

For most of human history, to be born with a genetic disease was to be condemned to a short and brutal life. Just Around the Corner takes one rare inherited condition—maple syrup urine disease, or MSUD—as a lens through which to examine the extraordinary evolution of genetic medicine.

In the category of “better late than never,” I’m very pleased to share that last summer I sold Samuel Marquis’s Empire and Frontier: Colonel Peter Schuyler and the Valiant Iroquois in King William’s War: 1689–1701 to Pegasus Books. The book will be published on August 4, which means this is less a traditional deal announcement than a timely nudge to preorder 😉

I’m thrilled to share that two Sinsheimer Literary authors have been nominated for 2026 James Beard Media Awards. Marion Nestle’s What to Eat Now: The Indispensable Guide to Good Food, How to Find It, and Why It Matters has been nominated in the Food Issues and Advocacy category. Published by North Point Press, the recently relaunched Farrar, Straus and Giroux imprint devoted to literary nonfiction, What to Eat Now is a fully revised and dramatically expanded update of Marion

I have concluded a best-offer auction for Christopher St. Cavish’s story-driven cookbook, MIAN: Travels Through China's Noodle Culture.

I'm woefully behind on my deal announcements, but I hope to get through at least one or two more before the end of the year! First up is Justin Vibbert's The Last Whale Hunter , which happily sold to Evan Phail at Diversion Books. The Last Whale Hunter transports readers to the remote island of Bequia—a volcanic speck in the Lesser Antilles—and into a battle for the soul of the Caribbean. As China’s Belt and Road Initiative reshapes the region and U.S. developers scramble t

In Erecting the Pulpit, Duke scholar Amy Laura Hall traces how ideals of manliness and divine authority intertwined to shape American evangelicalism—from Roosevelt’s “strenuous life” to modern megachurches and Cowboy Churches.

Two new books by master shipwright and author of ALL HANDS ON DECK Will Sofrin: HANDS ON, exploring the resurgence of apprenticeships and the enduring value of hands-on learning, and THE USCG EAGLE: AN AMERICAN AMBASSADOR, exploring the evolution of this iconic ship, from a Nazi tool of war to a United States Coast Guard training vessel and beacon of diplomacy.

Curry and Beyond is a pioneering exploration of the journey of Indian cuisine in America.

Grant’s Betrayal: The Gilded Age Conspiracy to Steal the Black Hills from the Lakota tells a villainous story.

Sugar Coated will explore how the food industry, publicly and behind the scenes, sells its products—as illustrated by breakfast cereals.

Gill traces the history of culinary and conservation movements in the Amazon...

Did you know that an estimated 3 million American families have pulled their kids out of the traditional education system? It's a charged...

I'm ecstatic to share that Mona Talbott's forthcoming Talbott & Arding Cookbook is officially my 50th book sold.

I always enjoy meeting authors, and this year I've been able to do so through a number of publishing conferences and events, like the...

“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself,” wrote John Quincy Adams in 1814. With a mere 7% of young...

How many people can call themselves the direct descendants of real-world "pirates"? Samuel Marquis counts himself among them as the...

Cooking is an alchemical act. Science and magic come together when we prepare food with certain medicinally charged flora and fungi....

“This is a story for anyone who has refused to give up on someone, including themselves. Especially themselves.” –Connie...