Margaret Visser writes on the history, anthropology, and mythology of
everyday life. Her books, Much Depends on Dinner, The Rituals of Dinner, The
Way We Are, and The Geometry of Love, have all been best sellers and have
won major international awards, including the Glenfiddich Award for Foodbook
of the Year in Britain in 1989, the International Association of Culinary
Professionals' Literary Food Writing Award, and the Jane Grigson Award. In
2002 she gave the Massey Lectures on CBC radio, subsequently published as
the best-selling book, Beyond Fate. Her books have been translated into
French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. She appears
frequently on radio and television, and has lectured extensively in Canada,
the United States, Europe, and Australia. She divides her time between
Toronto, Barcelona, and South West France.