David Lebovitz is a pastry chef, author, and blogger. David worked in many fine restaurants such as Chez Panisse and was named one of the "Top Five Pastry Chefs in the Bay Area" by the San Francisco Chronicle. He has also gotten critical acclaim in such publications as Bon Appétit, Chocolatier, Food+Wine, Gourmet, Condé Nast Traveler, Cook's Illustrated, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The New York Times, and numerous others. David has been featured on national television programs such as Gourmet magazine's Diary of a Foodie on PBS, the Discovery Channel, NBC's Today Show, and Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel. In 1999 David wrote Room For Dessert, which was honored… as a finalist for an IACP/KitchenAid Cookbook Award. David has also authored: Ripe For Dessert, Ready for Dessert (Ten Speed), The Great Book of Chocolate (Ten Speed), The Perfect Scoop (Ten Speed), and The Sweet Life in Paris (Broadway) which is currently a finalist in the Best Literary Writing category for a 2010 Cuisinart/International Association of Culinary Professionals award. David lives in Paris.