When I write a book, I like to think about what was happening in the bigger world outside of the story. Working on the Knish War on...

During the knish war in 1916 the two knisheries featured music as attraction...this is from The Mediator, a newspaper of the day,...

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If you haven't been following my blog, let me explain. I'm posting ideas for posters that didn't make it into THE KNISH WAR ON RIVINGTON...

When you write a picture book, you only have 32 pages, so there's never room for all the golden words and great images in your head. ...

PJ Library just sent me a copy of their paperback edition of The Knish War on Rivington Street. I’m thrilled and honored that my work...

Thought you'd enjoy some of the signage that didn't make it onto the billboards in my new book. Testimonial ads were big at the turn of...

This weekend, I decided to go down to the Lower East Side to take photos of the buildings at 150 and 155 Rivington Street—the sites of...

“It's war to the last crumb of potato, cheese, and kasha on New York City's Lower East Side. The first knishery has opened in the early...