Shelley Wiseman

"The Farm Cooking School: Techniques and Recipes that Celebrate the Seasons" is Shelley (Shelton) Wiseman's third cookbook and is co-authored with her dear friend and partner, Ian Knauer. Her other books include "Just Tacos" and "The Mexican Gourmet" (nominated for a Julia Child cookbook award) which she co-authored in 1995 with Maria Dolores Torres Yzabal. Both of her earlier books were written while she was living in Mexico City and running a French cooking school, L'Ecole de Cuisine La Place.

Along with Ian, Shelley runs The Farm Cooking School at Roots to River Organic Farm in New Jersey along the beautiful Delaware River. They teach classes year-round and offer curated culinary vacations both at the farm and abroad.

Shelley studied Philosophy at Cornell University and worked in the Art Department at House & Garden Magazine before discovering her love of cooking. She worked in various restaurants in New York and Paris to develop her knowledge until she discovered her calling as a teacher in Mexico before finding her way to the test kitchens of Gourmet magazine. Throughout her career, Shelley has dedicated herself to food and culinary communications—inspiring adults and children to cook through hands-on teaching as well as through magazines, books, radio, video and online media.