Marti Rosenquist Dining Editor

Born and raised in the Midwest, Marti first traveled to exotic locations without leaving her parents’ kitchen. She and her father spent weekends trying out recipes for everything from homemade pasta to Swedish rye bread to coq au vin . . . endeavors unheard of in an age of convenience foods and white bread.

A love of food and travel has taken our intrepid food writer to every continent on the globe, every state in the Union except Idaho, and to sixty-seven different food-loving countries. “The world is always exciting for a foodie,” she says. “There’s always the next meal to look forward to, the next ‘it’ ingredient to discover.”

Although she’s embraced the Internet, Marti cherishes her vast collection of recipes clipped from newspaper food sections or handwritten by friends, and spiral-bound church-group recipe books foraged at flea markets. “A few years back I came across a recipe for a neighbor’s apple cake, written in her familiar hand. Not only could I recall the scent of the cake baking in her kitchen, but also the smell of her perfume.”

Marti hopes to write a book of favorite places and recipes with stories about those who made them special. “When I have the time. . . .”