Since 1983 Linda Griffith has been professionally involved in the art and business of food.

She writes regularly about food and wine for "Currents," a widely circulated life style publication in greater Cleveland. Over the years she has had numerous free lance writing assignments on food, wine, travel and books.

With her husband, Fred Griffith, she has written five books. The most recent is Garlic Garlic Garlic (Houghton Mifflin, 1998). Their earlier books were The Best of the Midwest (Viking, 1990), The New American Farm Cookbook (Viking 1993), Onions Onions Onions (Chapters 1994), and Cooking Under Cover (Chapters 1996). Their onion book was the winner of a James Beard Award. They are now at work on Nuts! The Cookbook for St. Martin's Press.

Linda Griffith was born and raised in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She attended Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield and Brandeis University. After marrying and moving to Cleveland, she studied art history at Western Reserve University.

She has been a staff member of the Cleveland Museum of Art. She served as an admissions officer and financial aid officer at Western Reserve University. For a decade she was the director of the Cuyahoga County Hospital Foundation where she raised money for medical research.

Food and cooking had always attracted her. In 1979, Cleveland Magazine named her as one of the ten best cooks in northeastern Ohio. It became possible for her to retire from the Foundation in 1984, and she was able to devote her energy and attention to a career in food.

She hosted food and wine programs on two Cleveland radio stations and started cooking regularly on her husband's television program. For three years she was a restaurant reviewer for a regional magazine and an afternoon television program.

She has produced food television, done some restaurant consulting, and regularly teaches cooking in her home.

She has traveled widely, to every continent except Antarctica. Her notebooks and computer are full of food observations and recipes. She has two sons and three step-children. All are married and involved in interesting careers. At last count, there were nine grandchildren.

Linda and Fred Griffith live in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with a challenging array of cats and dogs.