Alana Chernila

Alana Chernila writes, cooks, and teaches cheese making. She created the blog www.EatingFromTheGroundUp.com in 2008. Alana is a graduate of St. John's College in Santa Fe and lives with her husband and two daughters in Western Massachusetts. Alana is the author of three books: The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making, The Homemade Kitchen: Recipes for Cooking with Pleasure, which was nominated for an IACP award, and Eating from the Ground Up: Recipes for Simple, Perfect Vegetables.