Myra Chanin

Known to cheesecake lovers and food readers alike as "Mother Wonderful," Myra Chanin is the author of Mother Wonderful's Cheesecakes and Other Goodies, Jewish Penicillin: Mother Wonderful's Profusely Illustrated Guide to the Proper Presetation of Chicken Soup, and The Secret Life of Mother Wonderful. Chanin is the food editor and restaurant critic for Philadelphia Style magazine and a contributor to several other publications. She's a frequent culinary and travel commentator on NPR's nationally syndicated show A Chef's Table with Jim Coleman, and on The Joey Reynolds Show.