Sally Sampson is the author and coauthor of numerous cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-nominated "The $50 Dinner Party, Throw Me a Bone" (with Cooper Gillespie) and "The Olives Table" (with Todd English). She has contributed to "Self, Bon AppEtit, Food & Wine, The Boston Globe, Boston magazine" and "The Boston Phoenix." She lives with her family in Watertown, Massachusetts.