Sylvie Bigar's antennae are out and travelers and gourmands are better for it. Her quest for the exceptional has led her to explore the remote village of Mund and its seductive saffron in her native Switzerland; the hidden paths of Crete's ancient cities and the kasbahs of Morocco. Thanks to her familial French culture, she often delves into the fertile traditions of regional terroir on a quest for perfect cassoulet or the most authentic bouchons Lyonnais.

Sylvie's many articles have appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times, Departures, National Geographic Traveler, Food Arts, Town and Country, Air Canada, Passport Magazine, Time Out New York, The Southampton Press, and New York Resident, where she served as food editor. She also contributes in French to her hometown newspaper, Le Temps, in Geneva.

On the web, Sylvie has her say through her blog, and contributes regularly to Time Out's The Feed where she keeps up with New York chefs. Her work often appears on Gael Greene's site, The Insatiable Critic, and her restaurant reviews and food stories appear on Gayot.com and WiredBerries.com among others.

Sylvie has worked with New York Times food writer Florence Fabricant in testing recipes for three cookbooks: Park Avenue Potluck volumes I and II (Rizzoli), and the 2009 edition of the New York Restaurant Cookbook (Rizzoli).

Fluent in French, English and Italian, Sylvie travels as often as possible from her long-established bases in New York City, Geneva, Switzerland, and Bridgehampton, New York.