Russian-born Anya von Bremzen is a contributing editor at Travel + Leisure magazine, where she writes about restaurants around the world. She is the coauthor of Please to the Table:The Russian Cookbook, which won a James Beard Award for Best International Cookbook, and of Terrific Pacific Cookbook. Her last book, Fiesta! A Celebration of Latin Hospitality, won her a second Beard Award. Von Bremzen contributes regularly to Food & Wine, and her articles have appeared in Gourmet, the Los Angeles Times, and Cond� Nast Traveler. When not traveling, she lives in Queens, New York.