Joanne WeirJoanne Weir is an award-winning cookbook author, food writer, cooking teacher, and professional chef. She is the author of "Weir Cooking: Recipes from the Wine Country" and "You Say Tomato" and "From Tapas to Meze, " both of which were nominated for ames Beard Cookbook Awards, as well as the Williams-Sonoma series Seasonal Celebrations. Her work has appeared in major magazines and newspapers. Weir teaches around the world; she is the winner of the IACP Cooking Teacher Award of Excellence and the host of the public television series Weir Cooking in the Wine Country. She lives in San Francisco. Read More Read Less