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SARAH BAIRD Sarah Baird is the author of the books New Orleans Cocktails and Short Stack Edition: Summer Squash . Her work appears regu- larly in/on Saveur , Eater , GQ , First We Feast , PUNCH and Food & Wine . She was the longtime food editor and restaurant critic for the New Orleans alt-weekly, Gambit Weekly . MARCELLE BIENVENU Marcelle is a cookbook author, food writer and chef/instructor at the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State Univer- sity in Thibodaux. A native of St. Martinville, in the heart of Cajun country, Bienvenu wrote Who’s Your Mama, Are You Catho- lic and Can You Make a Roux? and Stir the Pot: The History of Cajun Cuisine with Eula Mae Dora, and other books and cookbooks. She also co-authored five cookbooks with Emeril Lagasse. DAVID W. BROWN David is a regular contributor to The Atlantic , The Week and Mental Floss . His work also appears in Vox, The New York Times, Writer’s Digest and Foreign Policy magazine. He is a regular commentator for tele- vision and radio. HELEN FREUND Helen Freund is an award- winning food and travel writer and the dining editor and restau- rant critic at Gambit Weekly . She is a regular contributor to The New Orleans Advocate and Reuters . She holds a culinary degree from Paris’ Le Cordon Bleu. KACIE GALTIER Kacie is an illustrator and one of our talented chalk artists. She is a native of Houma, Louisiana. You can see her designs and art in our stores all over the Gulf Coast. ​

TONI TIPTON-MARTIN Toni Tipton-Martin is the author of The Jemima Code: Two Centu- ries of African American Cookbooks , a work that celebrates the impor- tant legacy of African American cooks and their cookbooks. She is the winner of a 2016 James Beard Book Award and the 2016 Art of Eating Prize. LOLIS ERIC ELIE Lolis Eric Elie is a New Orleans born, Los Angeles based writer/ filmmaker. He recently joined the writing staff of the Amazon series The Man in the High Castle. Before that, he wrote for the OWN series Greenleaf and the HBO series Treme . A former columnist for The Times-Pica- yune , he is the author of Smoke- stack Lightning: Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country and editor of Cornbread Nation 2:The Best of Southern Food Writing . A contributing writer to Oxford American , his work has appeared in Gourmet, The Washington Post, The New York Times and Bon Appétit . RIEN FERTEL Louisiana born Rien Fertel has written for Time, The Wall Street Journal, Oxford American, Garden & Gun, Men’s Journal, Southern Living, Saveur and The Local Palate . His book, The One True Barbecue: Fire, Smoke, and the Pitmasters Who Cook the Whole Sara Roahen is the author of Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table and co-editor of The South- ern Foodways Alliance Commu- nity Cookbook .​ Hog , came out in 2016. SARA ROAHEN

ROMNEY CARUSO Romney is a Mandeville resi- dent and has been a professional photographer for over 25 years. He has styled and photographed food for hundreds of local and national publications, and for several cookbooks. His portrait series of chefs and bartenders, titled “Shakers, Knives & Irons,” was recently displayed in New Orleans and Los Angeles. PATTI STALLARD Patti is a freelance copy editor, proofreader and copywriter with decades of editorial experience in both the marketing and publish- ing arenas. A native New Orlea- nian and a culinary devotee, she was part of many creative teams that crafted ADDY award- winning campaigns for a vari- ety of clients, including tourism, professional sports and higher education. LIZ THORPE Liz is a world-class cheese expert. A Yale graduate, she left a “normal” job in 2002 to work the counter at New York’s famed Murray’s Cheese. She is the founder of The People’s Cheese, author of the Book of Cheese: The Essential Guide to Discovering Cheeses You’ll Love and The Cheese Chronicles , and coauthor of The Murray’s Cheese Handbook . Her work and interviews with her have been in everything from The New York Times to Men’s Journal to The Oprah Magazine and NPR and The Today Show. ZELLA PALMER Zella Palmer is the Director of the Dillard University Ray Charles Program in African American Material Culture whose mission is to research, document, disseminate, preserve, and celebrate African Ameri- can culture and foodways in the South.

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