Sheela Prakash is a food writer, a recipe developer, and the author of two cookbooks, Salad Seasons and Mediterranean Every Day. She was an editor at The Kitchn for eight years, honing her clear, service-oriented recipe style, and prior to that, worked at Epicurious and Food52. She is a contributor to New York Times Cooking and publishes recipes in Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, and beyond. She received her master's degree in Food Culture & Communications at the Slow Food-founded Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche in Bra, Italy, holds Level 2 and Level 3 Awards in Wines from the Wine & Spirits Education Trust, and speaks Italian.