Edward Bottone is a food and lifestyle journalist based in Philadelphia, whose works have appeared in Philadelphia Magazine, The Bermudian, London Times Express, Islands Magazine, and the online magazine www.tablematters.com.

He is Chef/Instructor in the Culinary Arts program at Drexel University. He is the author of The Curious Cook’s Tastes of Bermuda, a guide to Bermuda’s restaurants and pubs; and The Spirit of Bermuda: Cooking with Gosling’s Black Seal Rum.

Mr. Bottone is a member of the Commanderie de Bordeaux and the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Reach him at curiouscook@earthlink.net.

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