Amy Pennington is a gardener, writer, and girl-about-town. She runs her own gardening business called Go Go Green Garden, which helps start, revive, and perfect vegetable gardens. Pennington was named one of Bon Appetit's Tastemakers and Seattle magazine's fifty most powerful players in Seattle's food scene. She is the author of Urban Pantry, Apples, Fresh Pantry and Salad Days. She lives in Seattle. Kate Bingaman-Burt is a nationally renowned illustrator.