Linda Furiya

Linda Furiya is the author of Bento Box in the Heartland, which had strong and consistent sales out the gate. She has a large readership base in the Bay Area, where, since May 2000, she has written a monthly column in the food section of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Linda has been writing about ethnicity and food since 1992, when she wrote a syndicated monthly column titled “From Where I Stand, essays about my upbringing in a small town in Indiana,” for San Francisco’s Nichibei Times, Los Angeles’ Rafu Shimpo, Sacramento’s Nikkei West, Seattle’s Northwest Nikkei, and Montreal, Canada’s Montreal Bulletin.

She’s been a freelancer for the past fourteen years and has published numerous food and travel articles in various newspapers and other periodicals such as United Airlines’ Hemispheres, the South China Morning Post, Kikkoman’s Chef Forum, Asiaweek (an AOL/Time Warner business publication), and Silkroad, a publication of Hong Kong-based Dragon Airlines.

In July 2002, Linda completed a Chinese culinary program in Shanghai, China. She currently lives in Vermont, and travels to the Bay Area regularly.