Victoria Abbott Riccardi is a journalist and book author. For over 20 years she has written food, wine, travel, and culture articles for a variety of consumer print and online media in the U.S. and abroad, including Bon Appetit, Conde Nast Traveller, and The New York Times. In 2003 she wrote the travel memoir Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto (Broadway), a New York Times 2003 Notable Book; winner of Best Asian Cuisine Book in English at the 2003 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards; and excerpted in Best Food Writing 2003 (Marlowe & Company).