Boards, Platters, Plates

Maria Zizka is a James Beard Award-nominated and New York Times bestselling cookbook author. She has written six cookbooks of her own and contributed to more than 50 other books. She studied biology at the University of California, Berkeley and food culture at L’Università di Scienze Gastronomiche di Pollenzo, where she now teaches as a visiting lecturer. In 2018, Forbes named her one of the 30 most influential people under 30 in the world of food and drink. Zizka lives and cooks in the Berkeley Hills with her husband and two sons. Her favorite party to host is an al fresco Sunday supper.