Bigar, who holds three pass­ports (Swiss, French and U.S.), has explored cuisines across the globe as a lifestyle jour­nal­ist and reg­u­lar con­trib­u­tor to The Wash­ing­ton Post, New York Times, Forbes, and Food & Wine. She also co-wrote Daniel, My French Cui­sine with renowned chef Daniel Boulud and has been a recipe tester for numer­ous cookbooks.