Deborah Madison was the founding chef of the Greens Restaurant in San Francisco. She has also worked with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse, at the American Academy in Rome and as a contributor to the Time Life Cookbook Series.
Edward Espe Brown learned to cook at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and is the author of Tassajara Bread Book, Tassajara Cooking and The Tassajara Recipe Book.