How To Eat Around the World - About the Author

Richard Sterling graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and served in the U.S. Navy from 1971 to 1978 in Southeast Asia where he was first able to indulge in his passion for culinary discovery and adventurous travel. He has been dubbed “The Indiana Jones of Gastronomy” by his admirers, and “Conan of the Kitchen” by others. His most recent book is The Fire Never Dies. He is the editor of the award winning Travelers Tales Food: A Taste of the Road, and The Adventure of Food: True Stories of Eating Everything. He is also the principal author of Lonely Planet’s World Food series, which was proclaimed “Best Food Book Series in the World” by the International Gourmand Cookbook Awards. In 1994 Sterling received the nomination for the James Beard Foundation's prestigious M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award.

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