CHRISTOPHER IDONE cofounded the renowned New York City catering company Glorious Food in 1969. He has written eight cookbooks, including the best-selling Brazil: A Cook's Tour, and has contributed articles and photography to magazines such as Condé Nast Traveler, the New York Times Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Gentlemen's Quarterly, and House and Garden. Idone has also served as consultant, lecturer, chef, and entrepreneur for De Gustibus at Macy's, the Christopher Blackwell Group in Miami, NYU, the New York Public Library's Night of One Hundred Dinners, and the Guggenheim New York's blockbuster show "Brazil: Body and Soul," among others.

TOM ECKERLE's photographs have appeared in many major publications including the New York Times Sunday Magazine, Food & Wine, House Beautiful, Victoria, Gourmet, and Vogue Entertaining. He has also photographed for many award-winning cookbooks including The Nantucket Table and the books of chef Jean Georges Vongerichten.