caption children birth_place nationality birth_date spouse residence image article_title name occupation alma_mater
naomi food and cookery , 2012 duguid among participants at the oxford symposium on 2 sons ottawa , ontario , canada canadian 1950 jeffrey alford 1985 2009 divorced toronto , canada naomi duguid.jpg naomi duguid
 naomi duguid food writer queen 's university
naomi duguid

naomi duguid -lrb- born 1950 in ottawa , ontario -rrb- is a food writer and photographer from canada .
duguid is based in toronto and has coauthored six cookbooks , and well as `` burma : rivers of flavor '' in 2012 which was her first solo publication .
she is best known for her cookbooks co-written with her ex-husband jeffrey alford .
duguid attended queen 's university in kingston , ontario and proceeded through law school .
after travelling around the world naomi met jeffrey alford in tibet in 1985 and the two were soon married .
she quit her job as a lawyer and went into writing cookbooks in 1995 .
she has jointly put out five books with her husband on world cooking .
all five books have gone on to be major successes and have won cookbook of the year from the james beard foundation in 1996 and 2001 as well as cuisine canada cookbook award in 1999 and 2004 .
alford and duguid have two sons together , and lived in toronto , canada until they separated in 2009 .
naomi duguid continues to live in toronto , and jeffrey alford now lives in thailand .
