Jessica Harris is the bestselling author of The Welcome Table, Sky Juice and Flying Fish, Beyond Gumbo, and Iron Pots & Wooden Spoons, among many others. Her work has appeared in Essence, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Cooking Light, and Eating Well. She is a contributor to food website zesterdaily.com and Saveur. Harris is a professor of English in New York City and scholar-in-residence in the Ray Charles Chair in African-American Culture, at Dillard University in New Orleans.