For nearly three decades,nbsp; Michael Turback nbsp;combined inventiveness, passionate cooking with local ingredients, and an award-winning list of regional wines at his legendary restaurant in Ithaca, Newnbsp;York. As an author, he has previously taken on, with distinction, such single topics as the ice cream sundae, the banana split, hot chocolate, mocha, coffee drinks, progressive gin cocktails, Finger Lakes wine country, and the bounty of both the Ithaca Farmers Market and the historic North Market of Columbus, Ohio. He lives in Ithaca, New York.