L. J. Martin has been a cook most of his life, since age 8, and cooked his way through college as a lunch fry cook for 1,600. He's owned restaurants and cooked in hunt camps in the high Sierras and Rockies. This cook book has lots of narrative for those of you who like stories with your strudel. L. J. is the author of over 20 novels and 5 non-fiction books, as well as dozens of articles. He's lives in Montana and California with his wife, best selling romantic suspense author Kat Martin.