Alexandra Greeley was food editor for Vegetarian Times magazine from 2002 to 2005, during which time she learned a different way of cooking, eating, and thinking about food. She has worked as a food journalist and restaurant critic in the Washington, D.C. area, and her work has been published by Gastronomica, Gayot.com, Fine Cooking, Chili Pepper, AOL's DigitalCity Washington; the Washington Post, Washingtonian magazine; DC Examiner, Newsday, and the InTowner. Her cookbook credits include coauthoring the cookbook Kitchen Memories; coauthoring a 650-recipe revision of Vegetarian Times' cookbook; and writing Asian Soups, Stews & Curries and Asian Grills.