The (Faux) Pastry Chef: How I Found My Baking Fix
Mimi Shotland Fix, a self-taught pastry chef, is the author ofStart & Run a Home-Based Food BusinessandHome Baking for Profit. Her career began in 1979 when she started a home-based baking business. She has since owned several successful retail bakeries, worked as head baker/pastry chef for multiple restaurants, and worked in corporate research and development kitchens. Later, she returned to school for an MA in writing and food studies. She owns Baking Fix, a culinary consulting firm, is an adjunct instructor in several local colleges, and teaches two classes through the Culinary Institute of America (CIA).