From the halls of the White House Office of Management and Budget to becoming America's most beloved culinary teacher, Ina Garten has built an empire on the simple philosophy that good food brings people together.

Barry Hoffner is the author of Belonging to the World, a memoir chronicling his journey to every country on Earth. After earning his MBA from Columbia University, he worked in investment banking globally before a midcareer sabbatical transformed his path. He is also the founder and executive director of Caravan to Class, a nonprofit that builds schools in Mali, Africa, and is the father of two sons.

Linda I. Meyers is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst based in New York City and Princeton, NJ, who trained at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. She has published in professional journals and academic books. *The Tell* is her first published memoir, with two chapters appearing in literary journals in 2016, including "The Flowers," a top-five finalist in the Alligator Juniper contest.

Jennifer Baggett is a co-author of *The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World.* She previously held editorial positions at *Self* and *Woman's Day* magazines before serving as a project manager at the Food Network. She collaborated with co-authors Holly C. Corbett and Amanda Pressner on a second book.

Books about and authored by Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States (1977–1981)..

Christopher McDougall is an American author and journalist.