Joanna Pruess is an award-winning author, whose cooking articles and recipes have appeared in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, the Washington Post, Food Arts, Saveur, Food & Wine, and the Associated Press syndicate. Her cookbooks include Mod Mex and Seduced by Bacon. She and her husband, restaurant critic Bob Lape, live in the Bronx, New York.
Battman is a celebrated food photographer. His credits include being lead photographer of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for ten years, his photos displayed in permanent exhibition at the Empire State Building, and being featured in the New York Times. He lives in New York City.