Maria Speck

Maria Speck is the award-winning author of Simply Ancient Grains , which was selected as a top cookbook for 2015 by the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and Sweet Paul, as well as on NPR's Here & Now . It also won an M.F.K. Fisher award, first prize in the book category . Maria's first cookbook, Ancient Grains for Modern Meals , received multiple awards, among them the coveted Julia Child Award. Both the New York Times and the Washington Post named Ancient Grains a top cookbook, and...See more

Maria Speck is the award-winning author of Simply Ancient Grains , which was selected as a top cookbook for 2015 by the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and Sweet Paul, as well as on NPR's Here & Now . It also won an M.F.K. Fisher award, first prize in the book category . Maria's first cookbook, Ancient Grains for Modern Meals , received multiple awards, among them the coveted Julia Child Award. Both the New York Times and the Washington Post named Ancient Grains a top cookbook, and Cooking Light included it as one of 100 best cookbooks of the past 25 years. Raised in Greece and Germany, Maria has a lifelong passion for whole grains. She is a veteran journalist and food writer and has contributed to numerous publications in both the US and Germany. See less