The Life-Changing Magic of Baking: A Beginner's Guide by Baker Joy Wilson (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781419776076)

Joy Wilson is well known for her daily dabbles in butter and sugar as her blogging alter ego, Joy the Baker. A California girl and longtime New Orleans resident who now calls Houston, Texas, home, Joy is a 100 percent taste buds-taught baker and home cook. Since 2008, Joy has shared her indulgent and comforting-yet-approachable recipes through her popular blog, inspiring home cooks of all ages to try new things. Joy is also a three-time cookbook author, editor in chief of the biannual Joy the Baker magazine, and editor in chief of Camp Joy, a zine inspired by Joy's viral backyard camping and cooking video series. On any given day she can be found with a bag of cookies and a pound of butter in her purse. Tatiana Kamshilina is a freelance illustrator and animator based in Russia. Her work is often inspired by nature, animals, human living, daily life, dreams, myths, and folklore. Tatiana mainly works digitally using traditional textures and brushes. She has worked as a freelance illustrator on projects ranging from product design, visual development, commercial illustration, and children's publishing.