Andrew Schloss is a well-known teacher, food writer, and food product developer. Schloss has authored many cookbooks and countless food articles. His first book, "Fifty Ways to Cook Most Everything", was a Book-of-the-Month-Club Main Selection. "The Science of Good Food" (co-authored with David Joachim) won an IACP Cookbook Award, and their book "Mastering the Grill "was a "New York Times" best-seller. Schloss is also the author of "Homemade Soda." He is a past president of the International Association of Culinary Professionals and lives outside Philadelphia with his wife, Karen, and their incredibly well-fed dog.