About Ysanne

Ysanne Spevack, founder of OrganicFoodee.com , was born and raised in London, and moved to California in 2004. She is currently caring for her clients organic edible gardens, writing features for publications including the Los Angeles Times food section, writing a new book, making music, and enjoying the great California vista from her kitchen window.

She has had thirteen books published, all of them about organic and slow food. They include: Organic Cookbook; Fresh & Wild – A Real Food Adventure; and The Real Taste of Japan and an industry report for Reuters about the international organic, functional and whole foods market.

Her books have been praised by a bunch of great publications, including UK Observer Food Monthly and Zest. Los Angeles Magazine featured her in October 2009, Conde Nast’s Easy Living magazine featured her in 2008, and House & Home Ideas magazine voted her an eco-hero in 2004.

Her writing has been published in the LA Times, Food Illustrated, Organic Style, Natural Products News, Natural Parent, Yoga, and Organic Living, plus many other British, American and Asian magazines. She was founding consultant editor of Organic magazine in the UK, and has been interviewed on the BBC and independent radio numerous times. Her books have been translated into a number of languages, and are particularly popular in France.

Ysanne started OrganicFoodee.com in 1999. When not writing about organic food, she is gardening or making music. As a gardener, she is founder of Pick and Preserve, a service to plan, install and nurture edible gardens in the Los Angeles area, and then to pick the produce and preserve it.

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