Amy Bizzarri is a Chicago-based writer who lives in a circa 1900 home. She's authored four books focused on Chicago history, but her experiences don't stop there. She's a teacher, tour guide, and certified wine expert. She also loves to re-create historic recipes. When Amy isn't home baking or curled up on the sofa reading a book with her dog, Gizmo, and cat, Tigey Boy, she's likely traveling the world. She's come face to face with gorillas while hiking Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, helped build a school in Mali, and is a proud mermaid graduate of the Weeki Wachee Mermaid School in Florida. Follow Amy as she wanders the world (instagram.com/amybizzarri).

Cook Up Iconic Dishes from Route 66--in Your Own Kitchen

"There are more than enough eateries along the 2,400-mile highway to support two recipe collections within a few months of each other, and Bizzarri's 45-entry book has only minimal crossover with Ly and Taylor's. Her taste for the kitschy is evident in recipes like the Root Beer Bread Pudding from Pops 66 Soda Ranch in Arcadia, Okla., which sports a "sixty-six-foot-tall, four-ton, color-shifting LED sculpture soda pop bottle" outside, and Catsup with a Kick, inspired by the World's Largest Catsup Bottle in Collinsville, Ill."--Publishers Weekly