Aleksandra Crapanzano

Aleksandra Crapanzano is a James Beard-winning writer and dessert columnist for The Wall Street Journal . She is the author of The London Cookbook and Eat. Cook. LA. , and her work has been widely anthologized, most notably in Best American Food Writing . She has been a frequent contributor to Bon Appetit , Food & Wine , Food52 , Saveur , Town & Country , Elle , The Daily Beast , Departures , Travel + Leisure , and The New York Times Magazine . She has years of experience in the film world,...See more

Aleksandra Crapanzano is a James Beard-winning writer and dessert columnist for The Wall Street Journal . She is the author of The London Cookbook and Eat. Cook. LA. , and her work has been widely anthologized, most notably in Best American Food Writing . She has been a frequent contributor to Bon Appetit , Food & Wine , Food52 , Saveur , Town & Country , Elle , The Daily Beast , Departures , Travel + Leisure , and The New York Times Magazine . She has years of experience in the film world, consults in the food space, and serves on several boards with a focus on sustainability. Aleksandra grew up in New York and Paris, received her BA from Harvard and her MFA from NYU, where she has also taught writing. She is married to the writer John Burnham Schwartz, and they live in New York with their son, Garrick, and Bouvier des Flandres, Griffin. See less