Today's Lunch Therapy patient, Leah Koenig, is the author of seven cookbooks, including The Jewish Cookbook and Modern Jewish Cooking. Her latest, Portico, is all about Roman Jewish cuisine and our conversation today covers everything Roman and Jewish, from frying artichokes to weighing fish. We also delve into Leah's relationship to food and cooking, her kosher husband, anti-semitism, dealing with picky eaters, recipe testing, and why it's totally fine to eat a tuna melt while keeping kosher.

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