Annemarie Colbin was raised in a vegetarian household and became a professional chef, driven by her desire to achieve well-being through food. She is the founder and director of the Natural Gourmet Cookery School in New York City. She has had many articles published in newspapers and magazines, including Cosmopolitan, the New York Times, and the New York Daily, and she is the author of The Book of Whole Meals. She lives in New York City.