Carolyn Wyman is the author of seven food books, including The Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie Book, The Great Philly Cheesesteak Book, Better Than Homemade, Spam: A Biography, and Jell-O: A Biography. Her nationally syndicated Supermarket Sampler column appeared in newspapers across the country for more than 20 years. Her writing has also appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Boston Globe. She writes, heats, and eats in Philadelphia, PA.

