Diane Rossen Worthington has long been considered an expert on both California and contemporary American cuisine. She is the author of 18 cookbooks and is an award-winning radio show host, food and travel writer and food consultant. She is a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services and is former editor-in-chief of Epicurus.com.

Among her books are The Cuisine of California; The Taste of Summer; Seriously Simple; The Taste of the Season: Inspired Recipes for Fall and Winter; The New California Cook and Seriously Simple Holidays.

Diane has written for Bon Appetit, Fine Cooking, and Food & Wine magazines, as well as Epicurious.com, Cooking.com, and Williams-Sonoma.com and other publications and websites.

She has appeared frequently as a media food expert on television and radio, including The Today Show, Fox and Friends, the Television Food Network, CNN, and NPR.

Diane twice won the James Beard Award for the radio talk show she hosted on KABC radio in Los Angeles.

Diane lives in Los Angeles. Her website is http://seriouslysimple.com/home/