Betty Crocker is not a real person but a fictional character created in 1921 by the Washburn-Crosby Company, a flour milling business that later became General Mills. Developed as part of an advertising campaign, the name became one of the most recognized brands in America. The Betty Crocker Cookbook was first published on September 8, 1950, with an initial print run of 950,000 copies.

Edna Regina Lewis was a renowned American chef, teacher, and author who helped refine the American view of Southern cooking.

James Madison, the pen name of Charles Aronstein (August 27, 1870 – March 27, 1943), was an American theatre manager, writer, and publisher, best known for writing and publishing the periodical *Madison's Budget*.

Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment.

Walter Seff Isaacson is an American journalist who has written biographies of Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Jennifer Doudna, and Elon Musk.

Kamer Daron Acemoğlu is a Turkish-American economist of Armenian descent who has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1993, where he is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, and was named an Institute Professor at MIT in 2019.