Authors

Elizabeth Barbone

Elizabeth Barbone is the founder of GlutenFreeBaking.com and an alumna of the Culinary Institute of America. With her solid professional baking background, Barbone is known for creating gluten-free recipes that taste “just like” their wheat counterparts.
Machiko Chiba

Machiko Chiba, inventor of the Cook-Zen, is a bestselling cookbook author and television personality in Japan. She teaches her microwave cooking techniques to aspiring chefs around the world. She divides her time between Tokyo and New York.
Jill Donenfeld and Josie Gordon

Having cooked for every type of party from sunset beachside gatherings with a few friends to celeb-dotted dinner parties, Jill and Josie have cultivated a collection of rock-out recipes for any occasion.
Jim Fobel

Jim Fobel, a protégé of James Beard and frequent contributor to Family Circle, Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, and Cooking Light magazines, is a noted food writer and author. He lives in New York City.
Jose Garces

Chef Jose Garces is a key visionary in the movement to reinvigorate classic Latin cooking, traditions, and flavors in ways that are modern and exciting while retaining their cultural authenticity.
Linda Levy and Francine Grabowski

Linda Levy, a writer and co-author of Low-Fat Living for Real People, took her family "heart healthy" many years ago.
Flora Gill Jacobs

Flora Gill Jacobs is regarded as one of the world’s foremost authorities of antique dolls’ houses.
Vikas Khanna

Vikas Khanna grew up in Amritsar, India and learned to cook from his grandmother. He opened his own catering company at the age of seventeen and never looked back.
Sandra Lawrence

The late Sandra Lawrence was a proud, life-long resident of Harlem. Her passion for Harlem's food, arts, and architecture, including her own beloved brownstone on Convent Avenue, was legendary.
David Lawrence

David Lawrence, a native Californian, is a private chef and caterer. He also teaches cooking classes at gourmet food markets and is a frequent participant at regional food and wine festivals.
Toni Lydecker

Toni Lydecker is a journalist and cookbook author who specializes in Italian regional cooking.
Angela Shelf Medearis

Angela Shelf Medearis is the author of four best-selling cookbooks, including Ideas for Entertaining from the African-American Kitchen and The Ethnic Vegetarian.
George Moran

George Moran, a.k.a. "The Egg Man," is a New York City street artist and co-author of seven top-selling humor books.
Nirmala Narine

Nirmala Narine is the founder and owner of Nirmala’s Kitchen, a gourmet food company specializing in spices, exotic rice blends, and varieties of salt.
Rachael Ray

Rachael Ray is the host of the Rachael Ray Show and popular Food Network programs: 30-Minute Meals, $40 a Day, Inside Dish, and Tasty Travels. She has published thirteen books with Lake Isle Press, including the original 30-Minute Meals.
Hanka Sawka

Hanka Sawka is the wife of Jan Sawka, internationally known multimedia artist and designer. A native of Poland, she’s lived in Paris, New York City, and currently resides in High Falls, NY.
Pierre Thiam

Pierre Thiam is the chef-owner of Le Grand Dakar restaurant in Brooklyn, New York and author of Yolele!, the first Senegalese cookbook in English.
Catherine Walthers

Catherine Walthers, an award-winning journalist and food writer, is co-author of the cookbook Greens, Glorious Greens. She has worked for the past 15 years as a private chef and cooking instructor in the Boston area and on Martha’s Vineyard.