Andrea Slonecker is a Portland, OR-based food writer whose work has appeared in the Oregonian's MIX magazine and Northwest Palate magazine. She contributed the restaurant section in the guidebook Best Places Portland and served as the research assistant for James Beard Award winning journalist Cole Danehower's book, Essential Wines and Wineries of the Pacific Northwest. Since 2008 she has worked with Chronicle Books author Diane Morgan, consulting with her on each of her last three books and developed and wrote many of the recipes. She is the executive director of the Portland Culinary Alliance. She also spent 2 years at Ken's Artisan Bakery. She is now a chef instructor at the International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Portland.