Alice Medrich

Author, pastry chef, and teacher, Alice Medrich is an expert on chocolate and chocolate desserts. She opened Cocolat in 1976, and since has been credited with popularizing chocolate truffles in the US and introducing the larger “American” chocolate truffle. Alice is an award-winning cookbook author, receiving three Cookbook of the Year awards from the James Beard Foundation and the International Association of Culinary Professionals for Cocolat: Extraordinary Chocolate Desserts; Chocolate and the Art of Low-Fat Desserts; and Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in Chocolate. In 2007, Gourmet, Bon Appétit, and Food & Wine magazines named her Pure Dessert one of the top cookbooks of the year, and Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies won the 2011 International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Award in the baking category. Most recently, she has authored Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts. @alicemedrich