Author of the vibrant food memoir Cassoulet Confessions. Food, France, Family and the Stew that Saved my Soul, Sylvie Bigar explores the world in search of unsung culinary delights and vibrant destinations, armed with three passports and four languages.Sylvie has won a New York Press Club Journalism Award, the bronze prize from the Society of American Travel Writers for Best Culinary Travel, the gold Travelers' Tales Solas Award for Best Travel Writing and was recently awarded the knight insignia in the Order of Agricultural Merit by the French government for her contribution to French gastronomy. She co-authored Daniel Boulud's, Daniel, My French Cuisine and you can read her articles in the Washington Post, New York Times, Saveur, Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure and Departures among others. Sylvie is at work on a historical novel set in Brazil and France between 1916 and 1944. Follow her @sylviebigar or sbigar.com