Elinor Klivans is an award-winning pastry chef trained in France and the United States. She is the author of several cookbooks, including Big Fat Cookies and Bake and Freeze Desserts, a Julia Child Cookbook Award nominee, and a coauthor of Williams-Sonoma Essentials of Baking. Based in Maine, Klivans is also a frequent guest on radio and television and has written for numerous national magazines. Lauren Burke is a San Francisco-based still life and lifestyle photographer. Her work has appeared in several publications and magazines including Parenting, Rolling Stone, and Health.