Patricia Wells – journalist, author, and  cooking teacher – is an American who has lived in Paris since 1980. She is the author of 10 books, including Bistro Cooking, Simply French, The Provence Cookbook, and The Food Lover’s Guide to Paris. She is the only woman and only foreigner to serve as restaurant critic of the French newsweekly, L’Express.  Since 1980 she has been food critic for the International Herald Tribune. Previously, she was a writer and editor for The Washington Post and The New York Times. 

She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for her contributions to French culture, and received an honorary degree in gastronomic journalism from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.   Several of her books have received the James Beard and IACP awards, and most of them have been translated into several languages. Throughout  the year, she conducts week-long cooking classes both in her cooking studio in Paris and at her farmhouse in Provence. She is married to Walter Wells, retired executive editor of the International Herald Tribune.

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