Kären Hess Editor & Author

John L. Hess, long-time journalist and former food critic for the New York Times, is the author of The Grand Acquisitors, Vanishing France, and other books. Karen Hess, the author of The Carolina Rice Kitchen: The African Connection and the editor of numerous historical cookbooks including Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery, And Booke of Sweetmeats, was hailed by Newsweek as "the best American cook in Paris."