Valentina Wein

Valentina's passion is food, and she loves spending time in her "kitchen retreat," as she refers to that room in her house. Valentina develops recipes for creative and comforting food that works perfectly for casual entertaining. Both her recipes and food photography have been featured many times on popular food websites and in print. Valentina shares her beautiful photographs as well as new and interesting recipes almost daily on her blog, Cooking on the Weekends. Outside the worlds of food and photography, Valentina's other passion is her family (including her two young boys, her husband and her puppy, Maple). To learn more about Valentina and where her work has been featured, visit her About page at Cooking On The Weekends.

Amee Livingston

Amee Livingston is a certified nutrition coach and CrossFit trainer and the recipe developer, photographer and creator of Amee's Savory Dish. Amee blends her love of food, health and fitness into a website focused on simple and nutritious family meals. Born and raised in the south, Amee has a true love of the southern food culture. She has a passion for recipe makeovers and shares quite a few lightened-up southern classics on her site. You can find her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Google+ sharing her latest creations.

Monica Kass Rogers

Monica Kass Rogers, a longtime national food writer & photographer, launched a vintage recipes revival column in the Chicago Tribune that eventually became her food blog www.lostrecipesfound.com Food & beverage, culinary tourism, vintage recipes and food history are what Monica has written about most, with some travel, gardening and sustainability features tossed in. Monica's photography/food styling and recipe testing/development work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, WebMD, Local Palate, the Local Beet, Chicago Parent & Edible magazine. Her written work has appeared in WebMD, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Parent, Going Places, EdibleChicago, TastingTable, Flavor & The Menu, LocalBeet, Club Management, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Mobil Travel Guide, Crain's Chicago Business, Chicago Social, Local Palate, Suburban SunTimes, Chain Leader, Cheers!, FoodArts, Michigan Living, Hotels, Restaurants & Institutions, Nightclub & Bar and Plate, among others.

Art Rodriguez

A graduate from Le Cordon Bleu, Hollywood campus, Art Rodriguez’ aptitude for cooking (and eating) has evolved into a flair for flavor, and a passion for pleasing the palate. Today, Art serves as the Culinary Expert for the popular food blog LatinoFoodie.com, which has been recognized and featured on NBC Latino, The New York Times, The Latin Kitchen, AOL Latino, KABC-TV, and others.

Prior to LatinoFoodie, Art spent five years honing his culinary skills working with a renowned food stylist and recipe tester, Rochelle Palermo. While with Palermo, he had the opportunity to conduct research, test, and refine recipes for Bon Appétit magazine and be part of the culinary team behind celebrity Chef Curtis Stone. In addition, Art assisted Executive Chef Nour Zitouni at Melrose Catering based in Brea, Calif., cooking for more than 300 guests at various events and weddings.

Besides working on his food blog, Art is a member of International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP), and manages social media platforms and online advertising for food and beverage clients.