California Headnotes

A culinary bridge builder and leading authority on Asian cuisines, Andrea Nguyen was born in Vietnam and came to America at the age of six; she has written seven acclaimed books.

Kristina Cho is a cookbook author, home cook, and baker based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Chef Matt Horn, a self-taught barbecue prodigy, began his culinary journey in 2016 and quickly became a legendary figure in the U.S. culinary scene.

Illyanna Maisonet is an award-winning writer & the first Puerto Rican food columnist in the United States.

Sara Calvosa Olson (Karuk) is a food writer and editor living in the Bay Area with her husband and two teenage sons.

Sarah Johnson is an Anglo-American pastry chef who trainedunder Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in San Francisco.

Viola Buitoni, a San Francisco-based chef instructor and food writer, was born in Rome and raised in Perugia, Italy.