Great Ribs Book

The husband-and-wife team of Hugh Carpenter and Teri Sandison are the authors of Hot Wok; Hot Chicken; Hot Pasta; Hot Barbecue; Hot Vegetables; The Fusion Food Cookbook, which received a James Beard Award nomination in 1995; Chopstix, which received the IACP nomination for Best Food Photography.

Hugh Carpenter is one of America's most popular cooking teachers and writers, and his articles appear in many newspapers and magazines.  In addition to  the cooks he has influenced through frequent television and radio appearances, he has taught more than 70,000 students in classes at cooking schools throughout North America and at his own school in Napa Valley, CA, which he runs in association with Cakebread Winery.

Teri Sandison began her art career in painting and drawing.  She then studied photography at Art Center College of Design, where she specialized in food and wine photography and later was a member of the photography faculty.  She has done the photography for more than 40 cookbooks from leading publishers and clients.

Teri and Hugh live in the Napa Valley community of Oakville.