J.M. Hirsch is a James Beard Award-winning food and travel writer.
He is Editorial Director of Christopher Kimball's Milk Street. His previous cookbooks include “High Flavor, Low Labor: Reinventing Weeknight Cooking;” “Beating the Lunchbox Blues” and “Shake Strain Done.” He is the former national Food Editor for The Associated Press and lives in New Hampshire with his son, husband and two cats.