Pratesi, Gwen

Co-author GWEN PRATESI is co-owner with her husband (and "Southern Heat s" photographer) of On the Road Culinary Adventures, a culinary travel business. She has been featured on numerous websites and newspapers including Gourmet.com, FineCooking.com, BonAppetit.com, the "LA Times, " and "Atlanta Journal Constitution." Pratesi is a James Beard Award finalist in journalism and chronicles her love of international travel and experience as a self-trained professional cook on Bunkycooks.com. She resides in Smyrna, Georgia.