Francine Cohen, a proud native Washingtonian (DC), is the journalist and consultant who founded www.insidefandb.com to cover the business of the f&b/hospitality industry. In addition to writing about food, drinks, hotels, bars, brands, bartenders, chefs, farmers, producers, and purveyors she provides strategic business planning and marketing execution guidance to the industry and has never met a cheese she doesn't like. She lives with her husband in New York; leaving him behind to visit New Orleans every summer.