András Koerner was born in 1940 in Budapest. After receiving his degree in architecture he worked for several years as an architect. In 1967, he moved to the United States, where he continued the same career. Since his retirement, he dedicates his time mostly to writing and organizing exhibitions. His publications include: A Taste of the Past. The Daily Life and Cooking of a Nineteenth-Century Hungarian-Jewish Homemaker(2004) and The Stages of Andor Weininger from the Bauhaus to New York (2008), as well as several books published by CEU Press (Early Jewish Cookbooks; Jewish Cuisine in Hungary; How They Lived: The Everyday Lives of Hungarian Jews, 1867-1940).