Constance Snow has been a freelance writer for more than fifteen years. She is the author of five books, including Gulf Coast Kitchens: Bright Flavors from Key West to the Yucatán, which won a 2004 IACP Cookbook Award in the American category. Her food and travel stories have appeared in numerous publications, including the Los Angeles Times, the Miami Herald, National Geographic Traveler, Bride's magazine, and Country Inns. Since 1995 she has written two weekly cooking columns for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. She lives in New Orleans.