Claudia Kousoulas worked as a land-use planner for more than twenty years in Montgomery County, Maryland, and is also a freelance writer and editor whose topics include architecture, urbanism, food culture and culinary history. She is the coauthor of Bread and Beauty, A Year in Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve. Ellen Letourneau is a fiber artist, baker and event planner. As a member of the Common Grain Alliance and Chesapeake Fibershed, she is interested in the revival of grain and fiber economies in the region and is also the coauthor of Bread and Beauty, A Year in Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve.
