Bettina Mueller is the author of A Taste of Heaven and Earth (Harper Perennial) which was nominated for a Julia Child Award, and The World in a Bowl of Tea (Harper Perennial).
At various times she's been a cook on a working tugboat, a news photographer, owner and chef of a pioneering vegetarian restaurant, and executive of a cutting edge Internet company.
In addition to her interest in food and media, she's been a lifelong student of Zen, the Japanese Tea Ceremony, and the natural world.
