Pamela Sheldon Johns is the author of seventeen cookbooks specializing in Italian traditional and regional ingredients. She lives at Poggio Etrusco, her organic farm/Bed & Breakfast in southern Tuscany and produces an extra-virgin olive oil called "Pace da Poggio Etrusco." After earning a Master's Degree in Education/Administration, Pamela taught cooking and food service to students with disabilities in southern California for ten years. She took a leave of absence in 1986 to pursue a love for cooking which began with employment with one of L.A.'s finest chefs, Joachim Splichal. This led to a management position with Ma Cuisine Cooking School for two years. When Ma Cuisine closed in 1989, Johns embarked on a freelance career that, over the last twenty years, has included teaching, Food photography|food styling, cooking school administration, food writing, innkeeping, and agriculture. In 1992, Johns and her husband, artist Courtney Johns [www.JohnnyJohns.com], moved to Santa Barbara where she started the cooking school at Jordano?s Marketplace. [More at Wikipedia]

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