Celebrating Comfy, Cozy Foods from North America

ASTRID TUTTLE WINEGAR is the author of the Cooking for Halflings and Monsters series. She is a nerd and a geek, but only in the most positive senses of the words. She loves Star things, both Trek and Wars. She loves J. R. R. Tolkien. She cooks and bakes too much, reads too much, watches television shows and movies way too much, then she writes about all of these activities in comfy, cozy cookbooks. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which is otherwise known as the Land of Enchantment. Ms. Winegar's first book, Cooking for Halflings and Monsters: 111 Comfy, Cozy Recipes for Fantasy-Loving Souls, was a finalist in the 2018 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. Her second book, Cooking for Halflings and Monsters, Volume 2: A Year of Comfy, Cozy Soups, Stews, and Chilis, was a finalist in the 2020 New Mexico Press Women's Communications Contest and the 2020 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of New Mexico. For more information, go to astridwinegar.com.