Michele Jordan Michele Anna Jordan, a second-generation Californian who has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area her entire lif has twelve years of experience as an award-winning chef and has written a multitude of cookbooks. Currently, she writes three weeky columns for The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Savuer magazine, which recently took a first place award from the Association of Food and Wine Journalists. Jordan has held positions as restaurant critic for San Francisco Focus Magazine, as well as the San Francisco Chronicle, and has written for numerous national publications, including:Cooking Light, Wine Enthusiast, Kitchen Garden, Fine Cooking, Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Asian Week, Appellation, Sky, Wine & Spirits, and the Electronic Gourmet Guide. In addition to cooking and writing, Jordan teaches and lectures on a variety of food-related topics and is a frequent guest on radio and television around the country Jordan lives in western Sonoma County with her two black cats, Poe and Rosemary. Read More Read Less