Writer

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usie Norris writes about food and culture. Her books are Chocolate Bliss (Random House/Celestial Arts, 2008), Hand-crafted Candy Bars (Chronicle Books, 2013) and A Baker’s Passport (February, 2019), which is based on the FOOD MARKET GYPSY blog. She served as Chef/Instructor at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts and runs an award-winning artisan chocolate business in Los Angeles.  Prior to her work in the food business, Susie was a television executive at NBC, CBS, Disney/ABC and other networks where she supervised writing and production. She is at work on her next book and travels in pursuit of market stories, desserts, and culinary drama.

Susie’s Press Portfolio

www.ChocolateBliss.biz

www.HappyChocolates.biz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist

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acqueline Rogers studied painting and illustration at Rhode Island School of Design. She has illustrated over one hundred children’s books for numerous publishers.  After trying different types of illustration, including magazine, newspaper, advertising, store windows and even scrimshaw, Rogers chose children’s books because they offered the most room for creativity. Rogers has been illustrating children’s books for thirty years.  She teaches all ages and specializes in watercolor classes for travelers to Chile, Peru, New England and Alaska.  For this blog, she will illustrate desserts, cityscapes, market life and travel inspirations.  www.jacquelinerogers.com

 

 

 

Photographer 

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racy Williams is the CEO of Los Angeles-based, award-winning public relations agency Olmstead-Williams Communications, Inc.  She specializes in business-to-business media solutions for technology, healthcare and professional services firms.  Culinary travel is her vacation (which her friends are forcing her to take), photography is her hobby, and the food markets of Europe, Asia and California are her subject.  www.olmsteadwilliams.com