Bonnie McDaniel, “Farm Girl In the City” is an accomplished chef, urban landscape designer, TV and podcast host. She is an award-winning restaurateur and hotelier, having won the distinguished Wine Spectator award and as a distinguished member of Select Registry, a club of top inns in the country.
A connoisseur of all things good, Bonnie McDaniel developed her brand, “Good Living” writing about what she loves; sharing personal and anecdotal experiences on food, gardening, travel and spiritual sustenance. Having been raised by her grandparents whose livelihood was cooking and farming, she shares a food and gardening tradition rich in southern and multi-cultural influences that is relevant to contemporary well-being.
She is an author of three books, Farm Girl in the City – Of Food and Love, Queen Bee and In the Eye of the Storm: A Celebration of Family and The Real Purpose of Home. She is currently working on her second ), the second in a 5-cookbook series. She is a former contributing writer for Small Room Decorating, food and gardening writer for patch.com, an editor for Family Digest Magazine and the creator and Editor-in-Chief for Recipes for Good Living Magazine.
Bonnie is an on-air food and gardening segment contributor for ABC’s Good Morning Washington, Fox 5 Morning News, CBS and CNN/HLN. She has also appeared on the TODAY Show sharing seasonal recipes and best practices for the home and garden.