Yael Raviv
Yael Raviv is the author of Falafel Nation: Cuisine and the Making of National Identity in Israel (2015) and numerous articles on the intersection of food, culture and art. She is the Founder of Umami food and art festival and is currently the COO of the non-profit organization Jewish Food Society. Yael received her Ph.D from NYU's Department of Performance Studies, and teaches at NYU's Nutrition and Food Studies Department and at UNISG (Bra, Italy). Her work explores food as a creative medium in a variety of cultural contexts.