Jessica Battilana is the Staff Editor at King Arthur Baking Company and an award-winning writer and recipe developer and the cohost of King Arthur's podcast, Things Baker Know. She is the coauthor of the the #1 New York Times best-selling King Arthur Big Book of Bread, the author of King Arthur's forthcoming kids' cookbook, Sweet and Salty!, and has authored or coauthored a dozen other books, including her solo book, Repertoire: All The Recipes You Need, Tartine Book 3 with Chad Robertson, and Baking at 20th Century Café with Michelle Polzine. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Sunset Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Rachael Ray Every Day, Yankee Magazine and various other publications; her work was also included in the Best Food Writing Anthology (twice!). She has taught live baking classes at the King Arthur Baking Schools in Norwich, Vermont, and Washington State, and hosted On-Demand and YouTube baking videos, including one about making the ultimate garlic bread.
A graduate of Mount Holyoke College, Jessica also earned a Grand Dîplome from La Varenne cooking school in Burgundy, France. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Jessica worked as a cheesemonger, private chef, elementary school lunch lady, and reservationist at Chez Panisse restaurant, which may have been the hardest job of them all. Jessica lives in Maine with her wife and two young sons. Potatoes are her desert island food, she makes King Arthur’s Crispy Cheesy Pan Pizza every Friday night, and she always has chocolate chip cookie dough in her freezer.
