Nick Malgieri is the director of the baking department at Peter Kump's Cooking School in New York and a frequent lecturer on baking and confectionery at cooking school across the Unites States. He has written for nearly every major food magazine, including Gourmet, Food & Wine, and Chocolateier as well as the New York Times and Ladies' Home Journal. He is the author of How to Bake, Nick Malgieri's Perfect Pastry, and Great Desserts.