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Mayukh Sen is the author of Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America (2021). His biography of the Indian-born Old Hollywood actress Merle Oberon is forthcoming from W.W. Norton & Company. He is also working on a book of essays about soap operas. He has received a James Beard Award for his food writing, and his work has been anthologized in three editions of The Best American Food Writing.