Mary Newman

Mary Newman, Ph.D. is a scientist, teacher and member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals and is co-author (with her sister, Constance Kirker) of 'Edible Flowers: A Global History' (Reaktion Books, 2016). She has taught classes in food production and safety in Ohio University’s Environmental Health Program. Newman has broad experience as a foodie; she has taught cake decorating in adult education classes, participated in Meals on Wheels programs and community soup kitchens, has taken cooking classes in Thailand and Singapore, gave a talk about food and spirituality to a Unitarian Universalist congregation, and made wedding cakes for couples in the U.S. and even Vietnam. She is currently working on "Cherry." to be publsihed by Reaktion Books in 2018.