ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Artist-turned-baker Patti Paige, creator and owner of Baked Ideas, a custom bakery in New York City, has appeared nationally on Food Network’s Barefoot Contessa (“How the Cookie Crumbles”) and the Cooking Channel’s FoodCrafters. Her cookies have filled the pages of O, The Oprah Magazine, Martha Stewart Weddings, Sweet Paul, the New York Times, and Brides magazine, among others. Patti has conducted cookie decorating workshops at Williams-Sonoma, the Sweet Paul Makerie, and other locations. Her work has been showcased with Hello, Cupcake!’s Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, and her diverse group of clients has included Alicia Keys, David Hyde Pierce, Tiffany & Co., Crayola, Gourmet magazine, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Hillary Clinton. Patti lives in New York City with her husband.