Tish Boyle, Cookbook Author and Food Editor
Tish Boyle is an accomplished food writer, editor, and award-winning cookbook author specializing in desserts. She’s currently the Managing Editor of Pastry Arts Magazine, a digital magazine and website for the baking and pastry industry, and co-founder of the Pastry at Home site for passionate home bakers.
Tish is the former editor of Chocolatier and Pastry Art & Design magazines, and a graduate of Smith College and La Varenne École de Cuisine in Paris. She’s had various positions in the food biz, including: hostess in the coffee shop at a Playboy Club (where her specialty was blowing up bunny balloons); cook on a barge traveling the canals of Burgundy and Bordeaux; caterer; food stylist; and pastry chef. She was also an associate food editor at Good Housekeeping magazine and a freelance recipe developer for major food companies and magazines.
A few years ago, Tish was featured as the answer to a clue in The New York Times crossword puzzle. The clue was ‘Cookbook author Boyle.’ The answer, of course, was ‘Tish.’
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Tish currently has ten books in print, about which noteworthy details follow:
*Flavorful (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015) was one of three books nominated for best book in the Bread, Baking and Other Sweets category by the International Association of Culinary Professionals.
*The Cake Book (John Wiley & Sons, 2006) has earned a place among Food & Wine magazine's top 25 cookbooks of 2006 and was named as one of the Top 7 Baking Books of All-time by Cooking Light magazine in 2011.
*The Good Cookie (John Wiley & Sons, 2002) was named one of Food & Wine magazines top 25 cookbooks of 2002.
*The Los Angeles Times chose Diner Desserts (Chronicle, 2000) to be included among its top 10 cookbooks of 2000.
*The International Association of Culinary Professionals honored Simply Sensational Desserts by François Payard (Broadway, 1999) - which Boyle co-wrote - with its 1999 Cookbook Award, Bread, Baking and Other Sweets category.