Jordan Grosser, Author: Jordan Grosser has over 13 years of experience and expertise in the culinary industry. His passion and prowess in the kitchen was evident early in his career, assuming the role of sous-chef with Ted at La Soliel of Tucson. Jordan’s career pursuits brought him to San Francisco in 2004 where he worked at Azie. After a stint at Campton Place he left to join Wolfgang Puck’s Postrio where he quickly propelled to the esteemed role of Chef De Cuisine at this San Francisco fine-dining institution. Jordan re-joined Ted as co-executive chefs at Alembic. His foray into entrepreneurial pastures have him serving as a consultant to Kimpton Restaurants, launching Flossa Cheese Company and leading Forage SF’s Wild Kitchen.


Christopher Hastings, Author: Christopher Hastings is a writer and artist of comics and other things. He is the author of The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, a continuing online comic series with book collections available from Dark Horse Comics. He also writes the ongoing Adventure Time comic series. Christopher has written a bunch of other comics, most notably Deadpool, Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe, and a 2013 adaptation of the classic arcade game Dig Dug (which he also drew). He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Carly Monardo, and dog, Commissioner Gordon.

Andria Lo, Photographer: Andria Lo is a Bay Area freelance photographer. She grew up in Alaska and Texas before moving to the Bay to study Art at UC Berkeley. You can find her food photography in Lucky Peach, Sunset, and San Francisco Magazine.