Hi, I'm BraveTart! I'm a CIA-trained baking nerd and pastry wizard, dubbed one of America's Best New Pastry Chefs by Food & Wine. (Wait, which CIA were you thinking?) When not in the kitchen, I spend most of my time polishing Star Trek quotes, re-watching the OA, tending to my plants, and waiting on the next Dragon Age.
BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts is my James Beard Award-winning, New York Times best-selling cookbook that I spent Way Too Long writing. It was named a Best Baking Book by the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, Bon Appétit, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Mother Jones, the Boston Globe, and my mom. Not to brag, but Tim Gunn bought his first stand mixer because of me.
Gimme!
Formerly a senior editor at Serious Eats, an award-winning destination for millions of passionate, discerning, curious, and hungry readers around the world. (They made me say that.)
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