Acquired Tastes: The Lives and Recipes of Eight Culinary Ambassadors

James Chatto is one of Canada's best-known writers on food and drink. He has authored and co-authored seven books including, The Seducer's Cookbook and A Matter of Taste, and is an award-winning journalist, editor, and restaurant columnist. W.L. Martin studied art history and Near Eastern history and has worked as a teacher and school administrator. Martin has published A Kitchen in Corfu, a socio-culinary study of the island, and has several articles and books in the works. A historian of the early modern Baltic, Joseph Sproule completed his PhD at the University of Toronto and has taught there for over a decade. He has authored numerous articles in his field and pursued research or academic studies in nine countries.