David Latt has been a television writer/producer for 30 years, working on “Hill Street Blues” (won an Emmy), “The Hitchhiker,” “Bakersfield P.D.,” “Get A Life,” “EZ Streets,” “Stir Crazy,” David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” (nominated for a second Emmy) and many others. He co-wrote half a dozen pilot scripts and headed the writing staff of DotComix a motion-capture animation website. And through the long hours and stress of dealing with production craziness — bad weather, out of control costs, needy actors, and distressed fellow writers — he shopped at farmers markets, cooked, and wrote about how important it is to eat well.

At times after a difficult week, he would cook all weekend. Eight, 10 hours each day, he worked at the cutting board and stove, cooking until he got his focus back and filled the dining room table with small plates of California-Mediterranean style dishes for his family and friends to enjoy. Wanting to share his passion about food, he wrote recipes and described the fun of exploring the local farmers markets.

Putting his television experience to good use, he created Secrets of Restaurant Chefs, a YouTube channel, with lively videos by well-known chefs sharing their favorite recipes.

In addition to writing about food for Zester Daily and his own sites, Men Who Like to Cook and Men Who Like to Travel, he has contributed to Mark Bittman’s New York Times food blog, Bitten, One for the Table and TravelingMom. His helpful guide to holiday entertaining, “10 Delicious Holiday Recipes,” is available on Amazon eCookbooks. He still develops for television but finds time to take his passion for food on the road as a contributor to Peter Greenberg’s travel site, New York Daily News and Luxury Travel Magazine.