Leah Koenig is a blogger, writer, and editor living in Brooklyn, NY. Her focus areas are diverse, including food and cooking, agriculture, religion, and sustainability/environmental thought.

She is the Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning blog The Jew and the Carrot. Her work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, Gastronomica, Jewish Living Magazine, New York Press and others. Leah pulls inspiration from the world around her - she is a frequent farmer's market shopper, an enthusiastic cook, and a member of a Community Supported Agriculture project in Brooklyn. Leah graduated from Middlebury College with a B.A. in environmental studies and religion.