Woody Wolston Author

Rose Levy Beranbaum is an internationally known food and baking expert whose books have been translated into Mandarin Chinese, Czech, Russian, and Spanish. She has been called the “diva of desserts,” “the most meticulous cook who ever lived,” and a “legendary baker.” She has published thirteen books, many of them award winners, including The Cake Bible (IACP’s Cookbook of the Year and an IACP Cookbook Hall of Fame book), Rose’s Heavenly Cakes (IACP’s Cookbook of the Year), and Rose’s Christmas Cookies (winner of the James Beard Award). Rose has mentored many aspiring bakers, has written for all the major food magazines, and had a long-running PBS Show called Baking Magic with Rose. She is also a designer of equipment for baking and cooking. Her popular blog, Real Baking with Rose, has created an international community of bakers. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, Woody Wolston. Woody Wolston emailed Rose Levy Beranbaum in 2003 to ask some questions about recipes in The Cake Bible, leading to many email discussions and eventually recipe testing for Rose from his Minneapolis home. He became Rose’s first-time assistant tester and co-writer on Rose's Heavenly Cakes, and in 2019 he became her husband. Having collaborated with Rose on five of her books, Woody insisted that it was time to revise The Cake Bible. Along with baking and writing, Woody enjoys landscaping their wooded yard, playing bridge, and practicing t’ai chi, which he is teaching to Rose.