Michael Turback not only created and nurtured one of Upstate New York's first destination restaurants, he built a reputation around his ability to stalk, procure, and support the best of local food and wine. The Los Angeles Times called Turback's "the first Finger Lakes restaurant to really devote itself to New York's culinary and enological bounty." He is the author of a culinary trilogy ( Hot Chocolate , Mocha , and Coffee Drinks ), and has taken on, in print, such topics as the ice cream sundae, the banana split, artisan cocktails, food and cocktail pairings, and the pleasures of Finger Lakes Wine Country. He lives in Ithaca, New York. Bonnie Matthews is a food photographer, illustrator, and author of The Freekeh Cookbook , Hot & Hip Grilling Secrets , Hot & Hip Healthy Gluten-Free Cooking , The Eat Your Way Healthy at Trader Joe's Cookbook , and The Healthy 5-Ingredient Air Fryer Cookbook . She has photographed numerous cookbooks in The New York Times bestselling Fix-It and Forget-It series including Fix-It and Forget-It Holiday Favorites and Fix-It and Forget-It Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook, among others. When Bonnie is not creating recipes or photographing food, she's drawing and painting for children's books and magazines. She's illustrated twenty-five books for children, including the award-winning What to Do series.

In her spare time, she escapes to tiny islands and snorkels to get inspiration for the characters she draws. She lives in Costa Mesa, California.