AMY SCHERBER is the owner and founder of Amy's Bread, a nationally recognized bakery/cafe that specializes in hand-made, traditional breads as well as sandwiches, sweets, and old-fashioned layer cakes. She launched Amy's Bread in 1992, and has three retail cafes in NYC. Her original location in Hell's Kitchen was only 650 square feet, and she started with 5 employees. Today the staff has grown to 150 and the bakery delivers to over 200 wholesale customers daily. The main bread bakery is in Chelsea Market, and the sweets are baked in her original Hell's Kitchen bakery. Amy is the co-author of The Sweeter Side of Amy's Bread and Amy's Bread, her just-released cookbook. Amy is a native Minnesotan, a graduate of St. Olaf College, member of the Bread Bakers Guild of America, Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, Chef's Collaborative, Bakers Dozen East, Slow Food, and loves the opportunity to share her enthusiasm for baking with her loyal fans and readers. When Amy isn't at the bakery she is likely to be running, biking, gardening, traveling, cooking, and playing with her son.