David Liederman ’75 (1949–2024)
David Liederman, who earned his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1975 while clerking for Judge Maxine Duberstein and taking night classes in culinary arts, became..
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David Liederman, who earned his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1975 while clerking for Judge Maxine Duberstein and taking night classes in culinary arts, became one of the most influential American food entrepreneurs of his generation. After a brief period in legal practice, he moved to France to cook at the Michelin three-star restaurant Troisgros, later returning to New York to open David’s Cookies in 1979. His hand-chopped Lindt “chocolate chunk” cookies helped turn the business into a chain of more than 100 stores and reshaped the modern chocolate-chip cookie. Liederman went on to open several New York restaurants, publish cookbooks, and remain a notable force in American culinary innovation.
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