Jasmine and Fire (42 page)
Authors: Salma Abdelnour
For reading and commenting on the first draft of my manuscript, and not cringing (too much) at being in it, I thank Richard Gilman, who has given me more courage, calm, strength, and outrageous laughs than he knows.
BOUT THE
A
UTHOR
S
ALMA
A
BDELNOUR
is a writer and editor based in New York City. She has been the travel editor of
Food & Wine
, the food editor of
O
,
The Oprah Magazine
, and the restaurant editor of
Time Out New York
. Her writing has appeared in the
New York Times
,
Food & Wine, Travel +
Leisure
,
Afar
,
ForbesLife
, and other publications, and has been anthologized in two volumes of
Best Food Writing
. She has taught writing courses for New York University’s continuing-education department and for Gemini Ink, and has appeared in television segments about travel and food for CNN, CNBC, the Fine Living Network, and elsewhere. She divides her time, or aspires to, between Brooklyn and Beirut. Look for her online at
Salmaland.com
.