Bettina Mueller

Bettina Mueller is the author of A Taste of Heaven and Earth (Harper Perennial, 1993), which was nominated for a Julia Child Award and The World in a Bowl of Tea (Harper Perennial, 1997). At various times she's been a cook on a working tugboat, a news photographer, owner of a pioneering vegetarian restaurant and executive of a cutting edge Internet company. In addition to her interest in food and media, she's been a lifelong student of Zen, the Japanese Tea Ceremony and the natural world. For more information about her new book A Tea Garden in Tivoli http://www.TeaGardenBook.com