Gail Monaghan

After some years owning and operating successful design businesses, she turned to food, earning a professional degree from The Institute of Culinary Education in 1991.^[3]

In 1992, she established her own gourmet baking business, selling to several New York City eateries including Dean & DeLuca, Felissimo and Petrossian.^[4]

She then published her first cookbooks, Perfect Picnics for All Seasons and Some Like It Hot, a cookbook inspired by the movie of the same name. Her more recent works include the highly acclaimed Lost Desserts and The Entrees, which tracked the origins of classic dishes from the past, sweet and savory respectively. Bloomberg's Peter Elliot named Lost Desserts the 'best sweets book of the year.'^[5] Publishers Weekly later named "The Entrees" one of the 'best cookbooks of 2010.' ^[6]

In June 2014, Monaghan revealed to the Huffington Post, that she had been working on her latest cookbook It's All in the Timing, to be published a year or so later by Agate.

• Monaghan, Gail (2010). The Entrees: Remembered Favorites from the Past: Recipes from Legendary Chefs and Restaurants. Rizzoli. ISBN 9780847833924
• Monaghan, Gail (2007). Lost Desserts: Delicious Indulgences of the Past Recipes from Legendary and Famous Chefs. Rizzoli. ISBN 9780847829835
• Monaghan, Gail (1996). The Some Like it Hot Cookbook. Abbeville Press, Inc. ISBN 9780789202444
• Monaghan, Gail (1995). Perfect Picnics For All Seasons. Abbeville Press, Inc. ISBN 9781558598027