David Sax

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David Sax (born 1979) is a Canadian journalist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Sax has written for publications such as New York Magazine , Vanity Fair , Bloomberg Business Week , The New York Times , Saveur , NPR, [1] GQ and Toronto Life . [2] [3] [4]

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Books

Sax is the author of several books, including The Revenge of Analog, [5] which was named one of Michiko Kakutani's Best Books of 2016 in the New York Times, [6] The Tastemakers, [7] and Save the Deli , a book that examines the recent decline of the Jewish Delicatessen and puts forward a case for saving it. [1] His book, The Soul of an Entrepreneur, was published by PublicAffairs in April 2020. [8]

Awards and honors

Sax's book "Save the Deli" won the James Beard award. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "David Sax". Huffington Post. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  2. New York Magazine Article, Northern Exposure
  3. Vanity Fair Article, Rise of the New Yiddishists
  4. Toronto Life Article, Here's the Beef
  5. The Revenge of Analog. 2017-06-27. ISBN   978-1-61039-572-4.
  6. Kakutani, Michiko; Garner, Dwight; Senior, Jennifer; Maslin, Janet (2016-12-14). "Times Critics' Top Books of 2016". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  7. The Tastemakers. 2017-06-27. ISBN   978-1-61039-316-4.
  8. The Soul of an Entrepreneur. 2019-08-06. ISBN   978-1-5417-3036-6.
  9. "David Sax". The Grid. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.