Dave Thurmond earned his Ph.D. in Classical Philology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of 'For Her Bounty No Winter: A Handbook of Food Processing in Classical Rome' (Leiden: Brill Academic, 2006), and 'From Vines to Wines in the Classical Roman World' (Leiden, Brill Academic, 2016. He and wife Sandy are authors of 'Mozzarella di Bufala Campana: Queen of Italian Cheeses' (Licosia Edilizia, 2017) and a new book, 'Beloved Cilento: Life in the Most Spectacular Part of Italy You've Never Heard Of (Acciaroli: Centro di Promozione Culturale per il Cilento, 2024). They currently live in Durham, NC and are working on a new book.
