Former restaurant chef turned blogger Dana DeVolk is newly wed, a homemaker, a daughter, lover of a good book, Mama to four beautiful fur babies and a cookin’ fool!

Dana was born near Chicago, where she spent the first half of her childhood. The other half was spent in and around Durham, NC. Raised in a family that always had a passion for cooking, Dana attended Johnson and Wales University where she received her Associates Degree in Culinary Arts.

Dana worked in well known restaurants for over six years, primarily in management roles. She was transferred from North Carolina to Florida where she currently resides, just outside of Jacksonville.

Dana’s first cookbook, The Cozy Table: Comfort Food Recipes for One, Two or a Few, was published September 19th, 2017 by Countryman Press, a division of W. W. Norton.

Dana's work has appeared in Woman’s World Magazine June 19th issue, Food Network’s The Kitchen Sink and many online publications such as Huffington Post, Country Living, BuzzFeed, Red Book Magazine and more.