Sharon McDonnell is a travel, culture, food/drink and profiles writer, published in Condé Nast Traveler, Food & Wine, Architectural Digest, AARP, Travel + Leisure, Next Avenue, CNN Travel, TEATIME, The Telegraph (U.K.) etc. plus many university magazines. She’s taken cooking classes in Italy, France, Morocco, Thailand, India, Malaysia, China, Bali and New Orleans. She lives in San Francisco.