Andreas Viestad Andreas Viestad is a home cook and food writer. Originally from Norway, where he has written a weekly column for the magazine section of the newspaper Dagbladet he has written a number of cookbooks. He is a food writer for the Washington Post where he has a monthly column about the science of everyday cooking. Andreas has been the host of three seasons of New Scandinavian Cooking, co-host of Perfect Day. He is now in the process of shooting the second season of Perfect Day. His first English Language Cookbook Kitchen of Light – The New Scandinavian Cooking got rave reviews and is now out in paperback. His second book Where Flavor Was Born follows the spice route around the Indian Ocean, and was a 2008 winner of Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Andreas’ passion for food is not about making the “right” kind of food, or fancy food, rather about nurturing family, friends – and finding out more about the world we live in. ”The food world has a wonderful new voice” The Times, London

To contact Andreas: admin@andreasviestad.com Please respect that due to the volume of emails, Andreas may not be able to answer all correspondence. For requests regarding books you can contact Andreas’ agent, Lisa Ekus: lisaekus@lisaekus.com http://www.lisaekus.com/ Or Chronicle Books: amy_portello@chroniclebooks.com Regarding Perfect Day: caroline.oigarden@tellusworks.com