Better Homes and Gardens is a publishing brand founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, who previously served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson and had founded the magazine Successful Farming. The brand's original title was Fruit, Garden and Home. It has since published numerous books on cooking, home, and gardening.

Born to Iranian parents in 1979, **Samin Nosrat** has transformed how home cooks understand the fundamentals of great cooking.

From the halls of the White House Office of Management and Budget to becoming America's most beloved culinary teacher, Ina Garten has built an empire on the simple philosophy that good food brings people together.

James Kenji López-Alt is an American chef and food writer.

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.

Anthony Michael Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author and travel documentarian.