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Nadia Berenstein

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Nadia Berenstein is a James Beard award-winning journalist, flavor historian, and part-time faculty at the New School for Social Research in New York City. She holds a PhD in History & Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied the growth of the flavor industry and the science and technology of flavor design. Her writing has appeared inForbes,The Counter, Food & Wine,andSerious Eats, among other places. She has been a featured guest on NPR’s Science Friday, Gastropod, and other podcasts, and was an advisor for the Museum of Food and Drink’s inaugural exhibition, "Flavor: Making It and Faking It," in New York. You can read more about her research into flavor and food history on her blog,Flavor Added, and follow her on Twitter@thebirdisgone

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