Clara Gonzalez, writer, designer, amateur cook and Dominican cuisine enthusiast is Dominican and lives in Santo Domingo with her Danish husband and their baby daughter. Ilana Benady, writer and development worker, originally from Gibraltar, she works and resides in the Dominican Republic. She lives in Santo Domingo with her Dominican husband and their young son. Jill Wyatt, writer and self-described lover of "all things food and words", resided for over half a decade in the Dominican Republic. She is now back in her native Canada with her two Canadian-Dominican sons.