Ann Vanderhoof

Ann Vanderhoof is the author of The Spice Necklace: A Food-Lover's Caribbean Adventure (Doubleday, 2010) and An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude (Doubleday, 2004). Ann, who loves to experience the places she visits through her tastebuds, has also written travel-and-food pieces for magazines such as Gourmet, Caribbean Gourmet, Islands, and Caribbean Compass.  She blogs about her travels at www.spicenecklace.com.