I'm the author of THE NEW MILKS; 100-PLUS DAIRY-FREE RECIPES FOR MAKING AND COOKING WITH SOY, NUT, SEED, GRAIN, AND COCONUT MILKS (Atria/Simon & Schuster, 2016) and the creator of the dairy-free resource site, www.thenewmilks.com. I also wrote Mug Meals, Meatless All Day, Year-Round Slow Cooker, Williams-Sonoma New Flavors for Salads, and Tasting Club. In addition to writing books, I have contributed text or recipes to Every Day with Rachael Ray, Parents, Fine Cooking, Coastal Living, Specialty Food, Cooking Light, The Huffington Post, Food52, and more. With a background in visual arts, I photograph food; paint still lifes of produce and flowers; and teach cooking at schools such as The Institute of Culinary Education and The Natural Gourmet Institute. About 200 media outlets have covered my work. Just a few include Redbook, Real Simple, Every Day with Rachael Ray, The New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Post, "Fox" News in Boston and New York, NBC News, NPR, and Wisconsin Public Radio. Before embarking on my career in writing and teaching, I graduated from Columbia College, Columbia University (Anthropology/English Literature) and the Institute of Culinary Education Career program. I studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design and The Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery. Follow me on Instagram (@thenewmilks), Facebook (dinacheney), and Twitter (DinaCheney).