Rob Chirico is a freelance writer, former art history professor at the New York Fashion Institute of Technology, and artist whose work has appeared in the food journal Gastronomica. He flipped burgers in college and won the Sutter Home Build a Better Burger Contest in 1991. Previous works include Field Guide to Cocktails (Quirk Books) and Damn!- A Cultural History of Swearing in Modern America (Pitchstone Press). Rob lives in western Massachusetts.