Hess, Ronnie

Ronnie Hess is an award-winning journalist who has had a long and passionate interest in food, especially French food. She is the author of Eat Smart in France, a culinary travel guide that has received much praise and won several honors. Ronnie lived and worked in France as a reporter for CBS News and as a teacher and she visits the country often. Her food and travel writing has appeared in national and regional newspapers and magazines. Ronnie studied cooking with Liane Kuony at The Postilion Restaurant and School of Culinary Arts in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and for several years sold French-style tarts at Madison-area farmers’ markets under the name 4&20 Blackbirds. A poet, Ronnie is also the author of Whole Cloth: A Poem Cycle. She lives in Madison.