Maria Speck

Maria Speck is a veteran journalist and the award-winning author of Ancient Grains for Modern Meals and Simply Ancient Grains (both published by Ten Speed Press). Raised in Greece and Germany, Maria has a lifelong passion for whole grains and whole flours.
   Ancient Grains for Modern Meals received multiple awards, including the Julia Child First Book Award, The Health and Special Diet Award by the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP), and a Gourmand Award. Both The New York Times and The Washington Post named it a top cookbook, and Cooking Light magazine included it as one of their 100 best cookbooks of the past twenty-five years.
Maria’s second book, Simply Ancient Grains, won an M. F. K. Fisher Award for Excellence in Culinary Writing from Les Dames d’Escoffier International. It was selected as a top cookbook by The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and on NPR’s Here & Now.
Maria has contributed to numerous publications in both the United States and Germany, including The Washington Post, Saveur, Gourmet, Eating Well, and Gastronomica, as well as to The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating. She also contributed to the multivolume Modernist Bread. Maria’s hometown of Cambridge, MA, has recognized her work with an honorable mention as a Food Hero.