About Erin Jeanne McDowell
Erin Jeanne McDowell was an American cookbook writer, baker and youTuber.
Career McDowell got her first job in a bakery when she was 16. A year later, she moved to New York to attend the Culinary Institute of America. She hosts Food52's YouTube cooking series, "Bake It Up a Notch".
Her debut cookbook, The Fearless Baker: Simple Secrets for Baking Like a Pro, was named one of The New York Times' "Best Baking Books of the Year" in 2017. Her next cookbook, 2020's The Book on Pie (2020) was a New York Times' bestseller.
Personal life McDowell married Derek Laughren in 2019 at the New York City Hall. In 2022, they moved from North Bergen, New Jersey to Kansas City, Missouri. They filed a divorce in 2025
Books
The Fearless Baker: Simple Secrets for Baking Like a Pro (2017) The Book on Pie: Everything You Need to Know to Bake Perfect Pies (2020) Savory Baking: Recipes for Breakfast, Dinner, and Everything in Between (2022)
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