Kim Laidlaw is a cookbook editor, author, baker, and mom who has been in the kitchen since she was big enough to stir biscuit dough. She is the author of
Home Baked Comfort and has worked as an editor in the cookbook world for over ten years. She was the first blogger on KQED's popular Bay Area Bites blog, which launched in 2005. Kim previously worked as a professional baker at La Farine French Bakery in Oakland, CA. She lives with her husband and their active and well-fed toddler in San Francisco.
Thayer Allyson Gowdy is a San Francisco-based photographer who has been featured in numerous magazines, including Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple, InStyle Home, and Parents, and in such books as The Baby & Toddler Cookbook, Healthy Baby, and Pattern Prints.
Lorena Siminovich is a designer, artist, and author originally from Buenos Aires and is now based in San Francisco. She has written and illustrated over 20 books for children, which have received praise from Parents Magazine, Pregnancy magazine and Publishers Weekly, among others. She is also the founder of Petit Collage, a line of modern wall d cor and accessories with a vintage twist.