Native Food & Wine was started in 2009 by Amber Share and Kevin Lynch who combine their 30 years experience in food, wine and cultural history to produce this site. We love to learn how people around the world are growing food, how they eat, drink and cook, what their stories are and what their lives are like. We tend to focus on Mediterranean countries, because we share a love for their cultures and cuisines, though we do try to get out and see what the rest of the world is doing as well. We recently spent 14 months traveling the world interviewing food and wine producers. A lot of that work can be seen and read here on Native Food & Wine. In addition to this site and our freelance work we also teach classes and Kevin provides wine cellar stocking.
KEVIN LYNCH is a certified sommelier through the Court of the Master Sommelier and a freelance writer. His many articles on wine, food and travel have appeared in print or online in national and international magazines such as Wine Enthushaist, Caviar Affair, and American Express Publication's Cellar— Fine Wines. He also has a national column as the International Wine Examiner and is a regular contributor to the Wine Club website based in Kolkata India. After completing his graduate work in Art History at the University of Salzburg, Austria, Kevin moved to the Bay Area where he got his start in the food and beverage industry. He has worked for James Beard award-winning chef Traci Des Jardins and at Michelin starred Bouchon Bistro in the Napa Valley. He has resided in Chicago, New York City, Paris, France and Florence, Italy. Kevin is an avid swimmer and plays guitar and drums. Currently Kevin is working on an article for Sommelier Journal and on a book about Tuscan history, food, wine, and culture.
AMBER SHARE is a certified wine professional with a degree in culinary arts and a certificate in graphic design. She has recently returned to school to study botany, microbiology and winemaking.
Her career began with ten years in the restaurant industry followed by training in graphic design and work as a photo shoot coordinator and designer before returning to the world of food and wine. She worked one year in a wine cellar and and one in a wine lab and then went on to pursue a formal education in the culinary arts. In 2007 she graduated from the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts with the title of Professional Chef and in 2009 earned the foundation level Certified Wine Professional I title from The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, Napa Valley, California.
Intending to learn more about cultural context of food and dining in Western Europe Amber recently spent 8 months in Italy and France and came away completely inspired by Mediterranean agriculture. She works part time as a cooking teacher and freelance photographer while continuing her studies.
All recipes and photography on this site, unless otherwise noted, are the work of Amber Share. All writing on this site, unless otherwise noted, is the work of Kevin Lynch. There is no monetray exchange for the work on this site, it is entirely self-funded and self-directed.
PRESS & OTHER WORK
Upcoming:
Dabble Magazine, Eat Like a Tuscan, by Kevin Lynch and Amber Share
Due out Spring 2011
The Sommelier Journal, Appellation Bolgheri by Kevin Lynch
Due out Autumn 2011
Gastronomica, Kangaroo Island Bees, by Amber Share
Due out August 2011
Air Canada's En Route, Photography on Matakana, New Zealand by Amber Share
Due out August 2011
Current:
Wine Enthusiast, Florentine Hideouts by Kevin Lynch with photography by Amber Share
The Wave Magazine, Going Native
Featured blog on TravelBlogSites.com, Amber Share and Kevin Lynch Go Native
Examiner.com, Re-civilizing native food and wine one country at a time, Providence Wine Examiner
Tom Wark's Fermentation
Read what one of America's top wine bloggers, an outspoken and influential wine PR man, has to say about Native Food & Wine.
Slow Food San Francisco
A nice write-up from the San Francisco convivia.
Some of our recipes and food photographs are featured at:
FoodGawker Native Food & Wine gallery
TasteSpotting Native Food & Wine gallery
CONTACT
kevin {at} nativefoodandwine {dot} com.
amber {at} nativefoodandwine {dot} com.