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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 Catholic 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. 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. ​ ALISON FENSTERSTOCK Alison Fensterstock is a music and culture writer and founding program director for the Ponderosa Stomp roots -music festival. Her work appears in Rolling Stone and SPIN , and on NPR .

ROMNEY CARUSO Romney is a Mandeville resident 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 publishing arenas. A native New Orleanian and a culinary devotee, she was part of many creative teams that crafted ADDY award-winning campaigns for a variety 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 Discover- ing Cheeses You’ll Love and The Cheese Chronicles , and coauthor of The Murray’s Cheese Hand- book . 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.

TONI TIPTON-MARTIN Toni Tipton-Martin is the author of The Jemima Code: Two Centuries 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 TheMan in the High Castle . Before that, he wrote for the OWN series Greenleaf and the HBO series Tremé . A former columnist for The Times-Picayune , he is the author of Smokestack 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 Wash- ington Post, The New York Times and Bon Appétit . 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 maga- zine. He is a regular commentator for television and radio.

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