Florida Restaurant and Food Publicist, Award-Winning Cookbook Author, and Food Writer, and Florida Farms Advocate.Heather McPherson is a former food editor, restaurant reviewer and multimedia journalist for the Orlando Sentinel. She handles press and media for the Millennium Management Group. Millennium owns and operates restaurants and entertainment complexes across the United States. The portfolio includes Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ Florida Kitchen & Southern Shine Bar (Disney Springs, Orlando), Everglazed Donuts & Cold Brew (Disney Springs, Orlando), Splitsville Luxury Lanes (Downtown Disney, Anaheim, Calif.; Disney Springs, Orlando; and Tampa, Fla.), Black Tap Craft Burgers & Shakes (Downtown Disney, Anaheim), and JOTORO Kitchen & Tequila Bar (Sparkman Wharf, Tampa).A past president of the Association of Food Journalists, she provides food content for the Florida Dairy Farmers at FloridaMilk.com and Edible Orlando. The author of three cookbooks, she has co-written five others and edited three cookbooks. Her latest works are “Mojito;” and “Field to Feast: Recipes Celebrating Florida’s Farmers, Chefs, and Artisans” and “Good Catch: Recipes & Stories Celebrating the Best of Florida’s Waters” both with Pam Brandon and Katie Farmand (all three University Press of Florida).She earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the College of Journalism and Communication at the University of Florida and was honored with the college’s Emig Award, given to the student the faculty believes will contribute the most to the state of Florida through journalistic pursuits.Born Indianapolis, Ind., she and husband artist Spencer Pettit live in Mount Dora, where she serves as Vice President of the Lake Cares Food Pantry Board of Directors. Her other volunteer interests include the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, Adult Literacy League, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Crimeline of Central Florida. In 2016 she was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society.