Sally Sampson is the author of The Bake Sale Cookbook and The $50 Dinner Party, and co-author of several books, including The Olives Table, The Figs Table, and The Olives Dessert Table with Todd English. She also co-wrote The Occidental Tourist with acclaimed Boston chef Stan Frankenthaler. She is a senior writer for Cook s Illustrated and has been a contributor to Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Fine Cooking, Self, The Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, Mode, and Microsoft s online magazine Boston Sidewalk. Sampson has appeared on The Early Show and QVC. Sampson lives with her family in Watertown, M...