Paula Shoyer

Paula Shoyer, “the kosher baker,” is the author of The Holiday Kosher Baker (Sterling 2013), The Kosher Baker (Brandeis 2010), The New Passover Menu (Sterling 2015) and The Healthy Jewish Kitchen (Sterling Epicure, November 2017). Paula graduated with a pastry degree from the Ritz Escoffier in Paris, and does cooking and baking demos across the United States and around the world for Jewish organizations, synagogues, Jewish book festivals and more. She is a freelance writer for the Washington Post, Hadassah, Joy of Kosher, and Jewish Food Experience, among other publications. Paula competed on Food Network's Sweet Genius and appears on TV before every major Jewish holiday – over 26 times. In 2015, Paula was honored by Jewish Women International as a “Woman to Watch” and in 2016 as a “kosher food pioneer” by the kosher food bloggers community. Paula lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland with her husband and four children.