Emma Straub and Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy of Baldor Specialty Food grew up infatuated with the cooking world, watching episodes of Two Fat Ladies and Julia Child\u2019s The French Chef religiously at a young age. After studying baking at the Institute of Culinary Education in 2006, Emily made the move away from the kitchen into buying and selling specialty foods for her family business, Baldor Specialty Foods. She worked with Baldor founder Kevin Murphy, who evolved the company from a warehouse full of fruits and vegetables into a produce powerhouse. She may have traded in her apron for a desk, but there is still plenty of excitement in her day, from scouring Europe for the best cheese or running around Manhattan with truffles for the world\u2019s top chefs. Her love for food came full circle after marrying chef David Malbequi and opening David\u2019s Caf\xe9, a new spot St. Mark\u2019s Place. Emily lives in the East Village.\n\nEmma Straub is The New York Times\xad-bestselling author of The Vacationers, Laura Lamont\u2019s Life in Pictures, and the short story collection Other People We Married. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Elle, and Conde Nast Traveler, and she is a contributing writer for Rookie. Emma\u2019s work has been published in 15 countries. Her newest book, Modern Lovers, is a Brooklyn\xadbased love story that Vogue named one of the best books of the summer. Emma lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons\u2014all of whom she\u2019ll be taking along on her next book tour.