The Author

Mervyn L. Hecht has been the wine buyer for a wine importing company for over 10 years. He is the wine columnist for the Palisadian Post newspaper, and a California wine judge certified by the University of California. He teaches a course on French and Italian wine for the UCLA Extension dept.

Judy Lamm has been a restaurant food consultant, caterer, party planner and cooking teacher in the Los Angeles area for more than 20 years. She has studied under Roger Jaloux of Restaurant Paul Bocuse, in Lyons France; Jacques Pepin, Wolfgang Puck, Ken Frank, Julia Child, and has attended the leading cooking schools in the world.