Molly Birnbaum (born 1982) is a writer. Her work has appeared in ''The New York Times'', ''ARTnews'' magazine, the ''New York Post'', ''USA Today'', the ''Point Reyes Light'' newspaper, and ''The Brown Alumni Magazine''. She has won the

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Traveling Fellowship for Art and Culture from

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in 2008. She was born and raised in

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, attended

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, where she studied the History of Art and Architecture. She then became interested in cooking. Her first job was as a dish washer working for

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at his

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restaurant, ''Craigie Street Bistrot;'' it is now called ''Craigie on Main''. She was accepted into

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, but did not attend after an automobile accident in August 2005 that occurred while she was jogging in

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; the accident caused her to lose her ability to smell. She wrote a book about her experience dealing with her loss of smell titled "Season to Taste: How I lost My sense of Smell and Found My Way." She writes the blog "My Madeleine".

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Mollys Madeleine Blog
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