Rob Mariani is a free lance advertising copywriter who moved from New York City to New England in 1967. His ad work has earned him numerous awards for creativity, and he is the on-line author of a number of essays on famous jazz musicians for allaboutjazz.com.

John Mariani is the author of seven books, including, with his wife Galina, The Italian-American Cookbook and America Eats Out. He is an award-winning columnist for Esquire, Diversion, and Bloomberg News and publisher of Mariani’s Virtual Gourmet Newsletter, and his work has appeared on scores of journals over the past three decades.