Kaufman’s nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Sunday Book Review, New York magazine, Harper’s, The New Yorker, Gourmet, Gentleman’s Quarterly, Interview, Spin, Spy, Aperture, Allure, Publisher’s Weekly, The Village Voice Literary Supplement, and numerous other publications. His previous book, A Short History of the American Stomach (Harcourt), won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for “Best Culinary History Book” in 2008. Other books include Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Photographs and Memories, and the novel 42 Days and Nights on the Iberian Peninsula with Anís Ladrón. Documentary film writing credits include Fast Pitch, the grand prize winner of the Nashville International Film Festival. Kaufman received his BA from Yale and a PhD in English from The Graduate Center, CUNY.