As an award-winning author, chef, television personality, cuisine and culture expert, and educator, Amy Riolo makes frequent appearances on numerous television and radio programs both in the United States and abroad. Amy, an Italian American of Calabrian descent, also created and appeared weekly in ninety-second cooking videos entitled Culture of Cuisine, which air on nationally syndicated news shows on 28 different channels across the United States, totaling a reach of over 300 million people.

Amy’s book The Mediterranean Diabetes Cookbook (American Diabetes Association) received a starred PW review, won the 2011 Nautilus Book Award, and was named “Best. Diabetes. Cookbook. Ever.” by [...]. For Nile Style; Egyptian Cuisine and Culture, she won the World Gourmand Award for Best Arab Cuisine Book in the United States. Her book Arabian Delights; Recipes & Princely Entertaining Ideas from the Arabian Peninsula was chosen as one of the 16 Volumes Worth Staining by the Washington Post. She is also the author of The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook and The Italian Diabetes Cookbook. In addition, Amy contributed to The Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia and co-wrote The Al Tiramisu Restaurant Cookbook: An Elevated Approach to Authentic Italian Cuisine with award-winning chef/restaurateur Luigi Diotaiuti.

Amy is a Culinary Advisor for The Mediterranean Food Alliance. Her work has appeared in numerous print media including, USA Today, Cooking Light magazine,The Washington Post, [...], The Wall Street Journal, Gulf News, Popular Anthropology Magazine, The UAE National, and international newspapers and hundreds of blogs.