Linda Bladholm is a well-traveled writer, photographer and cook with a deep understanding of global food and culture. In addition to taking Miami Herald readers along on her weekly explorations of South Florida, she is a contributor to Gourmet and Saveur magazines and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. She has written three critically acclaimed guides, The Asian Grocery Store Demystified, The Indian Grocery Store Demystified and Latin & Caribbean Markets Demystified (Renaissance Books), and is at work on a definitive Indian cookbook for W.W. Norton.