Liza B. Zimmerman is a bilingual, bicultural and passionate about almost everything Italian. She is an honorary Italian who never managed to get a passport or the nice Italian last name, and has debated adding a vowel to the end of hers. She has a degree in Italian literature, went to the University of Florence and lived and worked in Rome for many years. She is the editor of Cheers magazine and the principal of Liza the Wine Chick consulting business in San Francisco.