Autumn 2017  |  No. 100

Edward Behr (“Honey and a Touch of Smoke,” “Holiday Gift Ideas 2017,” “Roquefort, the Most Classic Blue,” Books: The Art of Flavor, Resources: A Long-Handled Chestnut Roaster and Skimmer Follow-up, Shorts) is the author of The Food & Wine of France and the publisher of The Art of Eating.

Marc-André Cyr (Shorts: Pantry & Palate), who comes from an Acadian family, is a bread baker and the founder of A Taste for Grain, a Montreal-based not-for-profit that celebrates local grain and creates conversations among grain artisans, both locally and cross-border.

Christie Dufault (“Why This Bottle, Really?”) has been a sommelier at some of the best restaurants in San Francisco; she teaches wine and beverage studies at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone.

Deirdre Heekin (“Why This Bottle, Really?”) is co-owner with her husband, Caleb Barber, of La Garagista Farm + Winery in Vermont (they’re former co-owners of the restaurant Osteria Pane e Salute); her most recent book is An Unlikely Vineyard.

Nancy Harmon Jenkins (Six Addresses: Naples) is the author of many books and articles, mostly about food — growing it, cooking it, eating it. Her most recent book, written with her daughter, Sara Jenkins, is The Four Seasons of Pasta. She divides her time between a home on the coast of Maine and an olive farm in Tuscany.

Tse Wei Lim (“American Restaurants in a Newly Gilded Age”) was a co-chef and co-owner of Journeyman, a restaurant in Somerville, Massachusetts, which closed earlier this year. He has been published in The Boston Globe and is currently working on a book about his experiences as a restaurateur.

James MacGuire (“La Galette des Rois”) is a chef and baker, an expert in classical French cooking, and a leading authority on bread. He lives in Montreal.

Jordan Mackay (Restaurants: “Beef Beyond Beef”) writes about wine, spirits, and food; his work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Decanter. Among his recent books are Franklin Barbecue (with Aaron Franklin) and Knife (with John Tesar); he is at work on a book about beef.

Tony Mastroianni (“Pizza de Scarola”) lives in Naples; his writing can found in Lotus-Eater, Able Muse Review, Ambassador, Ink Publishing, The Bicycle Review, and more.

Henry Rathvon (“Onion”) creates crossword puzzles for The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Wall Street Journal with his partner Emily Cox. He is working on a collection of poems about food.

David Schildknecht (Books: Champagne), a former restaurateur trained in philosophy, spent 25 years in the wine trade. His tasting reports were a fixture of Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar, then of Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, and now appear in Vinous. He is a contributor to Wine & Spirits, The World of Fine Wine, and Vinaria; responsible for the German and Austrian entries in the fourth edition of The Oxford Companion to Wine; and a co-author of the seventh edition of Robert Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide.

Derrick Schneider (“Sugarplums”) is a programmer and writer; he lives in Berkeley, California.

Jonathan Stevens (Books: Modernist Bread) is head baker and co-owner, with Cheryl Maffei, of Hungry Ghost Bread in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Emily Kaiser Thelin (Books: State Bird Provisions) is the author of Unforgettable: The Bold Flavors of Paula Wolfert’s Renegade Life (Grand Central Life & Style). A two-time finalist for James Beard awards and a former editor at Food & Wine, she is currently editorial director for recipes for the meal-kit delivery service Sun Basket and lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband and daughter.