Curious about the world: Writer, photographer, traveler, story teller, home cook; author of THE MIRACLE OF SALT (now available): Recipes and Techniques to Preserve, Ferment, and Transform your Food, and of the award-winning cookbooks TASTE OF PERSIA: A Cook’s Travels in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, & Kurdistan; and BURMA: Rivers of Flavor; co-author of six other award-winning cookbooks of food and travel, among them Flatbreads & Flavors and Hot Sour Salty Sweet.