Maria Speck is a veteran food writer and cookbook author of the upcoming Baking with Ancient Grains, as well as Simply Ancient Grains and Ancient Grains for Modern Meals. Her work has received multiple awards, including a Julia Child First Book award by the IACP and an M.F.K. Fisher cookbook award. The New York Times named her first book a notable cookbook, and Cooking Light included it as one of 100 best cookbooks of the past 25 years.

Raised in Greece and Germany, Maria has a lifelong passion for whole grains. She has contributed to numerous publications in both the US and Germany, including The Washington Post, Gourmet, Eating Well, Saveur, Gastronomica and Modernist Bread. The publisher of Modernist Cuisine, Stephanie Swane, included Maria among 20 Top Women Visionaries in bread and pizza in America.

Follow her on Instagram @MariaSpeck and for more visit www.MariaSpeck.com.