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Kevin Miyazaki

Photographer

Kevin J. Miyazaki is a photographer and artist based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His food, travel, portrait and interior photography has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian, Food Network, House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, Martha Stewart Living and AARP. He has photographed 13 cookbooks, including two for Milwaukee authors: "Good Stock: Life on a Low Simmer", by Sandy D’Amato and "The New Art of Coffee" by Ryan Castelaz.

Miyazaki’s artwork has been included in exhibitions at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, the Haggerty Museum of Art, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Jewish Museum Milwaukee and the Hyde Park Art Center. His first public art commission, a collaboration with Indian Community School, is on view at the Baird Center in Milwaukee.

Ann Christenson

Author

A Milwaukee native, Ann Christenson has written about Wisconsin food and food culture since the late 1990s and is the longtime dining editor at Milwaukee Magazine. Christenson was raised on simple Midwestern home cooking (think casseroles made from Betty Crocker recipe cards), burgers from the old Pig & Whistle in Shorewood and pizzas from Zaffiro’s. As a teen, she subscribed to Seventeen magazine and Bon Appetit – the recipes, evocative photos and travel stories in the latter publication helping shape her then-sprouting fascination with the culinary world. Christenson trained as a reporter and is inspired by the literary journalists (e.g., Tom Wolfe) who reimagined nonfiction in the 1960s and ‘70s. Her education has been immersive and includes cooking, reading great food writing (M.F.K. Fisher, Ruth Reichl), traveling, taking cooking classes, and dining – frequently and ardently – in restaurants that represent diverse cultures and traditions.