Joy Wilson: Joy the Baker (New Orleans, LA)

A California girl now living in New Orleans, Joy Wilson, known more on the internet as Joy the Baker, never tires of the alchemy of baking at home. In 2008, Joy started a blog to share her indulgent, comforting, yet approachable recipes in her little corner of the internet, and the path since has been super sweet. She's a baking instructor, a three-time cookbook author, editor-in-chief of the Joy the Baker magazine, and she's been featured in numerous publications, including Food52, NYMag, TheKitchn, Better Homes and Gardens, and Country Living. Through it all, Joy proves baking is not about all the latest gadgets and high-tech gizmos, but about stepping into the kitchen with a monster sweet tooth, a curious attitude, and a willingness to practice coaxing something beautiful out of the oven.