Silvana Nardone is a writer, editor, cooking instructor, and food consultant, she is the coauthor of Saveur Cooks Authentic Italian and has written for Food & Wine, Departures, Ikea Space, Menu, Garden Design, Boston, Lifetime, The Source and YM. She has been featured in many publications including the New York Times, New York, New York Press, The New York Sun, Specialty Food and Radar and has appeared on NBC "Weekend Today," "WCBS News This Morning," WABC "Eyewitness News This Morning," E! Entertainment "True Hollywood Story," Fox News "Fox & Friends," and the Food Network's "Roker on the Road". She was profiled by Big Apple Parent and About.com for her focus on gluten-free and dairy-free cooking. Silvana owned her own Italian bakery, Fanciulla, when Rachael Ray hired her to launch her magazine, Everyday with Rachel Ray. Her newest endeavor is starting Easy Eats --a gluten-free magazine. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband Stephen and two children, Isaiah and Chiara.

Visit her blog at www.dishtoweldiaries.com.