Twohy, Cherie Mercer: - Cherie Mercer Twohy is a food writer, culinary tour leader, and unabashed Trader Joe's stockpiler. After 15 years of teaching thousands of students to fall in love with Trader Joe's, Cherie moved to a tiny town on the Oregon coast, where she sees whales from her window. She lives 60 miles from her closest TJs, but still makes frequent provisioning trips. With four Trader Joe's books to her credit, she is currently at work on a novel about a cheese whisperer. She always carries a corkscrew and a cheese knife.