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Rockland County, New York

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Health, Mind & Body, Cooking, Food & Wine

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Ravenous: A Food Lover's Journey from Obsession to Freedom tells the story of how I made peace with my appetite and my body. That journey, and the one I traveled to become a writer, both took a while.

I was born in Rockland County, New York. I went to college at Drew University, and then to graduate school at Brown University, where I got my degree in philosophy. I thought I wanted to teach but realized what I really wanted to do was write. I wasn't quite ready to hang out my writer's shingle, though -- so instead, I decided to get a step closer to writing by getting into book publishing.

Most people don't leave New York to start a publishing career, but that's what I did. I made my way to Berkeley in 1986 and landed my firs...more Personal Biography
Ravenous: A Food Lover's Journey from Obsession to Freedom tells the story of how I made peace with my appetite and my body. That journey, and the one I traveled to become a writer, both took a while.

I was born in Rockland County, New York. I went to college at Drew University, and then to graduate school at Brown University, where I got my degree in philosophy. I thought I wanted to teach but realized what I really wanted to do was write. I wasn't quite ready to hang out my writer's shingle, though -- so instead, I decided to get a step closer to writing by getting into book publishing.

Most people don't leave New York to start a publishing career, but that's what I did. I made my way to Berkeley in 1986 and landed my first publishing job at Ten Speed Press. The company's subversive nature appealed to my own. A job in publicity opened, and I sprinted out of that receptionist's chair as fast as I could. The first book I worked on was White Trash Cooking, a gorgeously written ode to poor Southern food that spent many weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

After Ten Speed, I directed public relations for various Bay Area media companies, including Collins Publishers San Francisco, Nolo Press, and Salon.com. These jobs gave me great and weirdly diverse experiences, from working on former Black Panther Bobby Seale's cookbook, to publicizing basketball great Michael Jordan's photographic autobiography, to taking a new-media website public.

Along the way, I began studying yoga, which changed my life. In 2001, I joined the staff of Yoga Journal as communications director, and in December 2008, I also became managing editor of Yoga Journal's international editions.

I was a publicist by day, and a writer by night. I began writing articles for Self, Yoga Journal, Salon.com, and other publications, and then my essays started getting published in anthologies. I've been lucky: I have great fun bringing national exposure to wonderful companies. And I love the short form of essay writing.

But I could not forget about that book I've wanted to write since I was twelve. "Write what you know" is common advice. That makes a lot of sense, but I never followed it. Instead, I write so I can figure out what I think.

Today, I live in Northern California with my husband Scott Rosenberg, also a writer, and our two sons (less)

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The Passover Seder

My mother and in-laws are old. I married a Jewish atheist. Ergo, I'm in charge of the Seder.

There is an atavistic part of me that feels fondly about this Spring ritual. Except now, I'm in charge, and I'm tired. I work a lot. My husband got a job in Seattle and is gone for a good chunk of the week. My house is a mess. And we have a Seder to prepare for 12 people by Saturday (we celebrate on the...

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	Ravenous: A Food Lover's Journey from Obsession to Freedom 292 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Ravenous: A Food Lover's Journey from Obsession to Freedom 400 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	My rating:
	Savoring the Wine Country by Meesha Halm, Dayna Macy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Rothfeld (Photographer) 000 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995	My rating:

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Dayna Macy liked Mary Chrapliwy's review of Ravenous: " This book is not just about hunger and longing for food, it far more a spiritual journey through where food comes from (from small yet bountiful gardens and farms, the diary farms, straight through to cattle ranching and slaughtering) and how one... " Read more of this review »
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Dayna Macy liked Candy's review of Ravenous: " Someone (I don't remember who, thanks to whomever it was!) recommended this book to me and I grabbed a copy of it. I will admit I was a bit hesitant. I read half of Eat Pray Love, which it kind of sounded like. I really didn't like that book, at a... " Read more of this review »
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Dayna Macy said "yes" to attending the event: Ravenous Reading with Dayna Macy date: February 09, 2011 06:00AM location: Bookpassage, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, The United States description: Dayna Macy discusses Ravenous: A Food Lover’s Journey from Obsession to Freedom ($24.95). Macy embarks on a year-long journey to uncover the origins of her food obsessions. From her childhood home in New York and up the California coast, Macy travels across the country, meeting with farmers, food artisans, and others, to understand what food means to her.
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