About Nancy Harmon Jenkins

Nancy Harmon Jenkins is a food writer, journalist and historian with primary expertise in Mediterranean cultures and cuisines, and secondary strong interests in sustainable agriculture and farm-to-market connections.

Hailed as "an anthropologist of the human soul as revealed through food" (Amazon.com), Nancy Harmon Jenkins has written frequently about Mediterranean cuisine.  Her latest release, Cucina Del Sole: A Celebration of Southern Italian Cooking joins her other highly regarded titles such as The Essential Mediterranean, Flavors of Tuscany, The Flavors of Puglia, The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook available in bookstores worldwide.

Nancy also writes for national publications, including The New York Times, Saveur and Food & Wine Magazine.  She works closely with the Culinary Institute of America, leading tours to Italy and Spain for the CIA's Worlds of Flavor Program and Viking Life Culinary Tours.  Nancy divides her time between her farmhouse outside of Cortona, Italy and the coast of Maine.

If you would like to get in touch (or stay in touch) with Nancy as she travels the world exploring the heart and soul of culture and cuisine, please e-mail us.  For information regarding tours, lectures, culinary education, articles, appearances and press, visit our Contact Page.