Shana Liebman

A headshot of Shana Liebman, a recipe contributor for The Mediterranean Dish.

Culinary Specialties:

  • 20+years working in the publishing industry
  • Recipe developer, writer, and editor for national publications
  • Graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education (with a specialty in plant-based and health-supportive cooking)
  • Award-winning cookbook author

Shana Liebman has written for many publications, including New York Magazine, The New York Observer, Salon, Food52, Travel & Leisure, and The Independent. She has an MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University and a culinary degree from the Institute of Culinary Education. Most recently, she wrote the 300-recipe book about international barbecue, Barbecue, published by Phaidon Publishing Co. in 2025, which won the Readable Feast award for best single-subject cookbook.  

Shana lives in New York in a house full of boys (including a rescue dog named Ziggy). When she is not writing or cooking, she is desperately trying to keep up with soccer discussions among her two sons and her husband, Michael.

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