About the Author

Sur La Table is the trusted authority when it comes to all things cooking related. Sur La Table entices aficionados and curious beginners alike with its amazing selection of cookware, bakeware, tools, cookbooks, and cooking school programs designed to make any cook's life easier. They have coauthored nine cookbooks including" The Art and Soul of Baking" (2008), which received the 2009 IACP Cookbook Award for Baking, was chosen by "Gourmet" magazine as a book club selection, and was nominated for 2009 baking book of the year by the James Beard Foundation." Baking Kids Love" (2009) was also nominated for a 2010 IACP Cookbook Award for Kids/Family Cookbooks. The original store and headquarters are in Seattle, Washington.
Marie Simmons is an award winning author, popular cooking teacher, and established food writer. Her recipes and articles have appeared in dozens of magazines, including "Food & Wine, Cooking Light and Eating Well." For more than fifteen years she wrote a monthly column for "Bon Appetit" magazine and a weekly column for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. She currently writes a bimonthly column, "Simmons Says," for the "Contra Costa Times." Marie has written eighteen cookbooks, including two James Beard award winners and a Julia Child award winner. She has taught classes at cooking schools nationwide, and she has made numerous television and radio appearances. Marie has also served as the culinary programs manager at COPIA, the American Center for Wine, Food, and the Arts. She lives in the Bay Area.
Marie Simmons is an award-winning author of eighteen cookbooks, popular cooking teacher, and established food writer. Her work has appeared in "Food & Wine, Cooking Light," and "Eating Well," and she has written a fifteen-year monthly column in "Bon Appetit" and articles for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Marie has won two James Beard awards and a Julie Child award. She lives in the Bay Area.