Author Biography
Amazon best seller Francesca Bonheur is a thirty-five year old traveler, successful chef, and passionate nutritionist, born in her mother's hometown of Toulouse, France. At a very young age, Francesca noticed how people can be brought together by food, and she began paying close attention to her parents while they were preparing meals. It was at the age of two that Francesca began to join her parents in the kitchen on a daily basis, assisting however she was able. Before the age of five, she could prepare many family meals almost entirely by herself. Throughout her developmental years, Francesca was obsessed with improving her knowledge of ingredients and techniques, and so she would spend much of her free time reading cookbooks from cover to cover, and visiting the chefs who worked at successful restaurants in Toulouse. After graduating high school, Francesca left home to pursue a professional career in the culinary arts. She apprenticed and worked with several French chefs over a period of fifteen years before making her way to Italy to discover her Italian roots on her Father's side. Now Francesca's cooking style is a combination of her years spent in the best restaurants in Italy and France, her knowledge of French culinary technique, and her parent's French and Italian roots. At age thirty-two, Francesca decided to take a break from the discipline that is often found in restaurant kitchens, and began to travel. Today, Francesca can usually be found traveling between in Naples, Italy, and her hometown of Toulouse, but can occasionally be found on other continents as well, creating diet plans and cookbooks that pay homage to rich and savory flavors, without breaking calorie count.
