A jour­nal­ist Sari­na Rof­fe’s recipes have been includ­ed in the New York Times the New York Times Jew­ish Cook­book and Joan Nathan’s Jew­ish Cook­ing in Amer­i­ca (Beard­s­ley Award). Sari­na is the author of ​“Food and Drink Mod­ern Peri­od: Syr­ia.” Ency­clo­pe­dia of Jews in the Islam­ic World (Brill Lei­den 2014). She is a rec­og­nized aca­d­e­m­ic in the field of Syr­i­an and Sephardic Jew­ish his­to­ry. Inspired by her grand­moth­er Esther Salem the first Syr­i­an Jew­ish cater­er in Brook­lyn NY Sari­na also pub­lish­es an online blog and launched Sari­na’s Sephardic Cui­sine an iPhone cook­ing app. She holds a BA in Jour­nal­ism and MA in Jew­ish Stud­ies and an MBA.