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| Anna Li |
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| Anna Li has worked in event planning and catering for over 15 years, and haunts restaurants as often as she can. She is also an award winning and published playwright, now working on a young adult novel. She was born and raised in New York City. |
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| Antonia Trichopoulou |
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| Dr. Trichopoulou is considered to be one of – if not the – foremost authorities on the Mediterranean diet. A professor of nutrition at the University of Athens Medical School, she led the research team that found that Greek adults who adhered to their traditional eating styles had a 25 percent lower risk of dying from coronary disease and cancer than did those who adopted Western-style diets. Her research has been published in New England Journal of Medicine, the British Medical Journal, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and other prestigious journals. |
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| Ben McFarland |
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The current (and youngest ever) British Beer writer of the Year, Ben is a regular contributor to such publications as Flavour and The Publican. |
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| Bruce Schoenfeld |
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| Bruce is the wine and spirits editor for Travel & Leisure Magazine, is also a contributing editor for Wine Spectator and Cigar Aficionado. He writes about wine, food, travel, sports and sports business for a variety of international publications. He lives in Colorado. |
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| Cecilia Knutsson
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A graduate of New York City’s Culinary Institute, Cecilia has worked in such renowne kitchens as Aquavit in N Y, with cookbook authors in the US & Greece and, most recently, in editorial at Food & Wine Magazine. |
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| deTraci Regula |
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Writer
The editor of About.com’s Greece for Visitor’s guide, deTraci writes for such magazines as Good Housekeeping, Dining Out and Asian Journal. |
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| Diane Pappas |
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Associate Editor
Georgetown University grad Diane has spent her life surrounded by the food industry. Diane is devoted to her family and is proud of her Cefalonian heritage. She loves to critique restaurants and is passionate about food. |
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| Elena Fotiadi |
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Managing Editor
With a M.A. in MassComm and Culture, Elena has worked for the EU and several PR agencies and has spent most of her life in Berlin and New York. |
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| Deborah Rothman Sherman |
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| Is a cordon bleu graduate of Peter Kump's New York Cooking School, now known as the New York Culinary Institute. Once a professional cook, she now utilizes her skills to the delight of more intimate audiences, and in her free time travels in the pursuit of Michelin stars and other celestial, if not as celebrated, delights of local fare throughout the world. |
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| Ellen Gooch |
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Editor in chief
Ellen has been a marketing
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for both Inc 500 and S&P
500 companies, as well as
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| George Drakopoulos |
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Photography
Award-winning food arts photographer George Drakopoulos is a frequent contributor to such magazines as EY, Elle Deco, Harpers Bazaar and Ego. |
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| Ioannis Koulelis |
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Writer
The Senior Brand Manager
for wines at W.S. Karoulias,
Koulelis has held management posts at both Kir-Yianni and
Creta Olympias Winery. |
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| Katerina Gitsi |
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Advertising Manager
Katerina, Triaina’s Advertising Manager, has worked in the sales department of numerous Greek business-to-business and
lifestyle magazines. |
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| Lauren O’Hara
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Writer
Lauren, a columnist for the Cyprus Mail, a features writer
for the Athens News,
and contributor to the UK
national press. has lived and worked in eight different countries, the latest being Greece. |
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| Lisa Shara Hall |
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| She is the author of Wines of the Pacific Northwest and the co-author of The Food Lover’s Companion to Portland. The Senior Editor for Wine Business Monthly, Hall writes for numerous publications including The Oxford Companion to Wine, The Hugh Johnson/Jancis Robinson World Atlas of Wine and Decanter. Hall judges wine competitions regularly, including the annual all-Greek competition in Greece, and was one of only three North Americans invited to judge Decanter's inaugural (and annual) World Wine Competition in London. |
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| Melissa Ewey Johnson |
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Writer
A former editor at both Cooking Light and Time, Inc., Melissa
is now a free-lance writer specializing in fine food and wine journalism. |
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| Nick Cobb |
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| Nick Cobb, an honorary Greek by marriage and a former restaurant management consultant, is the marketing director for a leading fine and rare wine wholesaler in Massachusetts. Amazed at the depth, variety and honesty of the Greek culinary vernacular, and fascinated by the travails of the Greek wine industry, Nick founded greekwinemakers.com, the leading source of information on the Internet about Greek wine. |
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| Nikki Rose |
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Writer
Culinary Institute of America grad, Nikki Rose, is the director of Crete’s Culinary Sanctuaries, an eco-agritourism program that has received numerous international awards. She is a frequent contributor to a variety of publications. |
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| Noriko Maniwa
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Writer
Noriko, a Tokyo-born freelance journalist and 2nd Dan karate blackbelt, writes for several
magazines and newspapers.
A guidebook author, she recently completed a Beller Guide on NYC gourmet restaurants. |
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| Polina Moraitou |
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Art Director
Polina is a graduate of the University of Athens with a degree in Graphic design. Her work has centered on food arts and lifestyle magazines. |
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| Sophia Gaitani |
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Creative Art Director
With 16 years experience in magazine design, Sophia has been the creative influence behind such magazines as Eikones, Car & Driver and Playboy for Greece. |
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| Sotiris Kitrilakis |
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| Sotiris is a world-renowned Greek food authority and champion of the Slow Food movement. His first company, Peloponnese, was acquired in 1995 by Hormel Foods and he is still active in a second company, Mount Vikos, which produces hand-crafted Greek cheese
and other artisan products. He also runs Zante-Feast, a nonprofit agro-tourism organization dedicated to preserving traditional ways of life on the island of Zakynthos. |
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| Tad Mike |
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| Tad Mike is an internationally known photographer, art historian and food hobbyist. His work has been shown at numerous galleries, including the Barbara Ann Levy Gallery in New York, the Lamar Dodd Art Center in LaGrange, GA, the Nexus Multicultural Arts Center in Adelaide, Australia and the Aoyama Enkei Theatre in Tokyo. His work is part of the permanent collection of such institutions as Berkeley Art Museum and The Cochran Collection. When Tad isn’t shooting or writing, he’s cooking. |
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| Tina Webb
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Food Stylist
A frequent contributor to food and lifestyle magazines in, Tina holds a M.Sc from LSE and a food styling diploma from the Prue Leith School of Cookery. |
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