Julie Van Rosendaal is a Canadian food writer, cookbook author, and broadcaster known for her blog Dinner with Julie, her role as a food columnist on CBC Radio's Calgary Eyeopener, and as a contributing editor to The Globe and Mail and contributor to Western Living and West Jet Magazine. She has authored several best-selling cookbooks including You are Human and You Need Cake, Cookies, Dirty Food and longtime favourites Starting Out, Grazing, Gathering and Spilling the Beans. She lives in Calgary.