Ford, Eleanor: - Eleanor Ford is a food writer and recipe developer who has traveled widely to collect eclectic, evocative recipes. Her book Fire Islands: Recipes from Indonesia (Apollo Publishers) received two Gourmand World Cookbook awards, was named Food and Drink Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, won Der Deutsche Kochbuchpreis Bronze, and was awarded the Regional Cookbook first prize at the Guild of Food Writers Awards 2020. She is also the coauthor of Samarkand: Recipes & Stories from Central Asia and the Caucasus, which was named a book of the year by The Guardian and Food52's Piglet Tournament of Cookbooks, and awarded a Food and Travel Prize by the Guild of Food Writers. Eleanor started her career as a recipe developer and editor for the Good Food Channel and was later the local editor for Zagat's Hong Kong restaurant guide, a Zagat Buzz restaurant blogger in London, and a Time Out restaurant reviewer specializing in Asian and international foods. Her popular Instagram can be viewed at @eleanorfordfood. Eleanor lives in London, England.