[3] He was the son of Adele Kaplan, director of the Rutgers University Small Business Development Center's women division, and Donald E. Liederman, chairman and president of the Capital Energy Corporation, an‐oil drilling business based in Beverly Hills.
[3] When he was 19, Liederman went to France, he met the Troisgros brothers, which led to his interest in finding a career preparing food.
[3] While he was studying for a degree at Brooklyn Law School and clerking for Judge Maxine Duberstein of the New Jersey State Supreme Court, he began taking classes at night in the culinary program at New York Technical College (now the New York City College of Technology) in downtown Brooklyn.
Starting with a $30,000 investment,[citation needed] he opened his first David's Cookies store in Manhattan on Second Avenue, near 54th Street in 1979,[3] next door to Chez Louis.
[citation needed] The batter is mixed in Fairfield, New Jersey and the dough is sold to distributors.
[citation needed] However, David's Cookies under Liederman's leadership would cease to thrive by the late 1980s, with numerous stores closing due to operating costs.
[8] After being acquired by the New Jersey–based Fairfield Gourmet Foods Corp., David's Cookies evolved into a full line dessert supplier.