Meg Ray is the chef and owner of Miette. She is a self-taught baker and lives in Oakland CA. Modern, cheerful, and always delicious, Miette is San Francisco's most charming pastry shop. A modern interpretation and the finest, unrefined ingredients available have made Miette one of the top ten pastry shops in the world, according to Conde Nast. She lives in Oakland, California.

Leslie Jonath is an editorial director and content producer. She collaborates with creatives-cooks, chefs, floral designers, artists, and makers-to make projects that bring people together. She is the author/producer of 20 books including Feed Your People: Big-Batch Big-Hearted Recipes to Gather Around, Postmark Paris: A Story in Stamps and The Little Local Cookbook series. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family and a teeny-tiny Japanese fire truck.

Frankie Frankeny is one of Entertainment Weekly's "100 Most Creative People in the United States" and a frequent photographer for Chronicle Books. She lives in San Francisco.