New Mexico food aficionados Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison are recipients of four James Beard awards for cookbook excellence and the International Association of Culinary Professionals Julia Child Award. Their cookbooks include American Home Cooking: Over 300 Spirited Recipes Celebrating Our Rich Tradition of Home Cooking, The Rancho de Chimayó Cookbook: The Traditional Cooking of New Mexico, The Border Cookbook: Authentic Home Cooking of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico, and Around the World in 80 Dinners: The Ultimate Culinary Adventure. Cheryl is a contributing culinary editor for New Mexico Magazine and a culinary consultant to the New Mexico Tourism Department.