James Oseland was the editor-in-chief of Saveur from 2005 to 2014. He was the founding editor-in-chief of Rodale's Organic Life. He is also a veteran of Bravo TV's Top Chef Masters. He is the author of Cradle of Flavor, named one of the best books of the year by the New York Times and by the James Beard Foundation and the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Jimmy Neurosis, a memoir of his days in the 1970s punk scene.