Alba Carbonaro Johnson was born in Naples, Italy and raised in Tunisia where she became an expert on regional Italian, Moroccan, Tunisian, Algerian, Greek, and Turkish cuisines. She has worked for over 16 years as a personal chef, culinary instructor, and editor, and has also made numerous television appearances,  conducting live cooking demonstrations. In addition, she also annually conducts culinary trips to Umbria and Tuscany. Visit her at https://easycookingwithalba.blogspot.com/. She resides in the Annapolis, Maryland  area. Paula Miller Jacobson has been working in cookbook editing and recipe development, as well as teaching cooking classes for over 20 years. She has edited and tested recipes for Italian, Turkish, Iraqi, kosher, Greek, Sephardic, Azerbaijani, and Maghrebi chefs. She is a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier International, International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Culinary Historians of Washington. Paula and Sheilah are partners in Cookbook Construction Crew. Paula resides in Rockville, Maryland. Sheilah Kaufman is author of twenty-seven cookbooks and has been a food editor and writer, culinary lecturer, and cooking instructor for more than 45 years. She is author of Sephardic Israeli Cuisine (Hippocrene Books) and co-author with Nur Ilken of A Taste of Turkish Cuisine (Hippocrene Books) and The Turkish Cookbook (Interlink). Sheilah trained at L’Academie de Cuisine in Bethesda, MD and travels around the U.S. teaching Turkish, French, international, and Mediterranean cooking. She is a founding member of International Association of Culinary Professionals and an active member of Les Dames d’Escoffier and Culinary Historians of Washington. She resides in Potomac, MDnit. Visit her at www.cookingwithsheilah.com.