About the Author

Clifford A. Wright is the award-winning author of eleven previous cookbooks. His book A Mediterranean Feast won the James Beard Foundation/Kitchen Aid Cookbook of the Year Award, as well as the James Beard Award for Best Writing on Food. He writes frequently for Saveur, Bon Appetit, Fine Cooking, and Food & Wine, and teaches cooking and food history at schools throughout the country. Read Wright regularly at his blog cuisines-mediterranean.blogspot.com, visit his Web site www.cliffordawright.com, and follow his contributions to www.zesterdaily.com. He lives in Santa Monica, California.