Brooke Dojny is the author or co-author of more than a dozen cookbooks, including Dishing Up Maine (Storey 2006), The New England Clam Shack Cookbook, Second Edition (Storey, 2008), and The AMA Family Cookbook, which won the James Beard Award in 1997. Other titles include A Flash in the Pan, Full of Beans, Sunday Suppers, Let's Eat In, and Parties! From 1990 to 2004, Brooke co-authored, with Melanie Barnard, Bon Appetit's monthly "Every-Night Cooking" column. She has written for most of the other major culinary magazines and now writes occasionally for Down East magazine and is a regular columnist for The Portland Press-Herald. Brooke started her culinary career in the 1980s when she worked as a catering directress for Martha Stewart, and then was on the staff of the original COOK'S Magazine. She lives on the coast of Maine, where she can be found hanging out at farmers' markets and clam shacks. Web: Blogger for mainefoodandlifestyle.com