Diana von Welanetz Wentworth has extensive credentials as the author of seven award-winning cookbooks including Chicken Soup for the Soul Cookbook which has sold nearly one million copies.

Her other books include The Pleasure of Your Company (winner of the French Tastemaker “Cookbook of the Year” award, Celebrations: Menus for Entertaining, and The von Welanetz Guide to Ethnic Ingredients, considered the classic reference work on the foods of the world.

You may recognize Diana from her years as host of her own long-running daily television series, The New Way Gourmet broadcast internationally on the Lifetime Network to millions of viewers.

Diana is a member of IFWTWA (International Food, Wine, and Travel Writers Association). She has been writing for various magazines since 1994 including Hemispheres, the United Airlines in-flight magazine. She has a byline of "The Traveling Gourmet" in Grand Tour, an upscale lifestyle magazine delivered to all the most expensive homes in Orange County, California (ranked third in the US for wealth per capita). She is honored to be a Professional Member (Chef Rôtisseur) of La Chaîne des Rôtisseurs and Les Dames D’Escoffier International.

Diana's romantic memoir, Send Me Someone: A True Story of Love Here and Hereafter (Renaissance/St. Martin's) was featured nationally on television and in People Magazine. It is currently under development for a television Movie of the Week by the Lifetime Network.

A popular public speaker, Diana has lectured internationally on “The World of Food”, “Entertaining with Style”, and “Your Life as a Work of Art". She lives in Southern California and is married to Ted Wentworth. Both are featured in Who's Who in America and Who’s Who in the World.

What others say about Diana:

"No one else has ever come close to combining such a depth of knowledge about food, conveyed with such style and Presence."
~ Hugh Carpenter, author of twelve cookbooks, including Chopstix, Hot Wok, and Pacific Flavors

(About Chicken Soup for the Soul Cookbook)
"...each feel-good recollection serves as a parable of a venerable quality, e.g., patience ... and appreciation for what one has"
~ Reed Business Information

(About The von Welanetz Guide to Ethnic Ingredients)
“Just about every exotic, unusual, and rare ingredient used in dishes in all corners of the world is covered . . .From ajwain to zatar, it’s all here, explained in a very concise format.”
~ Bon Appétit Magazine

(About Send Me Someone)
" ...her tale as that of a true survivor, whose drive to create happiness and success within her life should be applauded..."
--Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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