Wini Moranville Author's Facebook Author's Instagram Author's Website Title: Food and Wine Writer Education: University of Iowa, Université Laval, Iowa State University Location: Des Moines, Iowa Expertise: Cooking, Cooking Appliances, Food, Wine, French Cooking, Travel, Historical Recipes, Heirloom Recipes Food, wine, and travel writer Wini Moranville has written hundreds of articles for Better Homes and Gardens, Bonjour Paris, Relish Magazine, and many other publications.Highlights Contributor to national food magazines and websites, covering everything from Christmas cookies to Cognac to celebrity chefs.Author of three cookbooks: The Bonne Femme Cookbook: Simple, Splendid Food That French Women Cook Every; The Little Women Cookbook; and Everyday French Cooking: Modern French Cuisine Made Simple.Finalist for the Goodreads Choice Award, Best Food & Cookbooks 2019, for The Little Women Cookbook. Contributor to many Better Homes and Gardens cookbooks, including three editions of the iconic Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book.Former wine columnist for Relish Magazine. Experience Wini Moranville is a cookbook author and a food, wine, and travel writer with more than 25 years of experience helping readers enjoy life-enhancing meals and unforgettable travels.While Wini has covered just about every food topic imaginable—from bargain wines to fancy desserts—she's most passionate about the easy-yet-inspired everyday French cuisine she's discovered throughout more than twenty summers living and cooking in France. Her most recent cookbook is "Everyday French Cooking: Modern French Cuisine Made Simple," published by Harvard Common Press in 2022.Wini is also passionate about historical and heirloom recipes. As the author of "The Little Women Cookbook," she researched cooking and the food culture of the mid to late 19th century. She also served as the researcher and contributing writer for "Test Kitchen Favorites," a Better Homes and Gardens book that explored nearly a century of great American cooking, dating from the 1920s to the early 2000s.Honors & AwardsFinalist, Goodreads Choice Awards, Best Food & Cookbooks 2019. Education Wini Moranville holds a bachelor's degree in French and English from the University of Iowa; she also studied French at the University Laval in Quebec, Canada. Wini later studied creative writing at Iowa State University, where she received a master's degree in English and was the recipient of the Pearl Hogrefe Fellowship in Creative Writing. About Better Homes & Gardens Better Homes & Gardens, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is the only iconic home brand with a 100+ year history of providing trustworthy and achievable ideas for all doers and home-enthusiasts. We are the go-to resource for fresh takes on home, food, and gardening—inspiring people to bring their dreams to life at home on special occasions and every day. BHG reaches 45 million readers each month. Learn more about us and our editorial process.