About The Author

ERIN JEANNE MCDOWELL is a food writer and food stylist. She serves as Baking Consultant at Large for Food52.com and is the Recipe Editor for PureWow.com. Her work has appeared in newspapers, such magazines as Fine Cooking and Sift, and ad campaigns for print and television. The Fearless Baker is her first cookbook.

Originally from Lawrence, Kansas (a state she loves so much that she has it tattooed on the back of her neck), she trained at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. She lives in North Bergen, New Jersey. Her Westie terrier, Brimley, is an enthusiastic taste-tester.