Cindy Price is a regular contributor to the New York Times. In recent years, she has covered food and travel for the Travel, Escapes and Dining sections; but has written about a range of topics for the New York Times Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Gotham, FHM, the New Leader, and FreeWilliamsburg.com. She is also a contributing writer for the 2009 Michelin Red Guides. Much of her work surrounds the culture of food - why we eat the way we do both across this country, and outside of it. A 2006 feature on taquerias along California's Highway 1 garnered national media attention. Ed Levine called it "the definitive piece on California tacos" and it was the Times' second most emailed travel article of 2006. It was the first in a series of articles exploring Latin-American cuisine; a piece on the mole sauces of Puebla, Mexico followed, and later, a piece on pig roasts in Puerto Rico. A short essay on cold-brewed iced coffee that appeared in the Dining section in 2007 also made some waves in the blogosphere. This summer, she will be teaching a travel writing workshop in Washington D.C., and an online class at MediaBistro. A two-part interview with Ms. Price, talking about travel writing, can be found here: Part 1 and Part 2.                       Cindy Price was born in 1975, the youngest of four children, in Jacksonville, Florida. After graduating from Florida State University, she moved to New York City in 1998, and now lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Taylor Umlauf. Taylor also happens to be pretty good behind the lens and has photographed several of Ms. Price's articles. You can find him at www.taylorumlauf.com, or by shouting loudly into McCarren Park on Sundays. To track down Ms. Price, dial info@cindyprice.net.