IVY KNIGHT has over ten years’ experience as a chef in Toronto, Kingston and Austin, Texas. A writer and editor, she is a regular columnist for the Toronto Star, writes regularly for The Globe and Mail and Toronto Life and is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Swallow, the popular and influential daily blog on food and food trends. Ivy is also a culinary consultant for the Food Network show Pitchin’ In (with Lynn Crawford) and is working with Jamie Kennedy on his new cookbook.

ROB FIRING has been marketing cookbooks for nearly twenty years and has worked directly with some of the biggest names in food in Canada and around the world, including Anthony Bourdain, Jamie Oliver, David Rocco, Laura Calder and Jamie Kennedy. He is an avid home cook and an occasionally successful gardener.