David Sax (born 1979) is a Canadian journalist. Born in

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, Sax has written for publications such as ''

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'', '' Vanity Fair'', '' Bloomberg Business Week'', ''

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'', ''

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'', NPR, '' GQ'' and '' Toronto Life''.Toronto Life Article, Here's the Beef
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Books

Sax is the author of several books, includin
''The Revenge of Analog''
which was named one of Michiko Kakutani'
''The Tastemakers''
and ''

Save the Deli ''Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen'' is a book published by Canadian journalist David Sax about the decline of the Jewish delicatessen. The book is about the history of Jewish delica ...

'', a book that examines the recent decline of the

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

Delicatessen Traditionally, a delicatessen or deli is a retail establishment that sells a selection of fine, exotic, or foreign prepared foods. Delicatessen originated in Germany (original: ) during the 18th century and spread to the United States in the m ...

and puts forward a case for saving it. His book
''The Soul of an Entrepreneur''
was published by PublicAffairs in April 2020.

Awards and honors

Sax's book "Save the Deli" won the James Beard award.

References

External links

David Sax profile
at Cookbook Recipe Database
'Save the Deli'

David Sax: Save the Deli on Fora.tv

David Sax audio interview about Save the DeliInterview on The Next Track podcast about The Revenge of Analog
1979 births Journalists from Toronto Living people Writers from Toronto Jewish Canadian journalists {{Canada-journalist-stub