Pat Sinclair

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<div>Pat Sinclair is a food consultant with over 18 years experience working for high-profile corporate clients who target American home bakers such as Land O’Lakes, General Mills and Pillsbury. She is the recipe editor for two <I>Pillsbury Classics Cookbooks</I> and also <I>Irresistible Desserts for Land O’Lakes.</I> These best-selling cookbooks are sold through subscription and at newsstands across the country.<br><BR>As a recipe developer, her corporate clients have included Ocean Spray, Diamond Walnuts, Smucker’s and Uncle Ben’s. She developed more than 275 recipes in the series “Easy to Bake, Easy to Make” for International Masters Publishers, a national publisher of recipe cards distributed through the mail.<br><BR>She is the recipe editor for <I>Carnival Creations</I> (1996) and <I>The Carnival Experience</I> (2001), cookbooks published by Carnival Cruise Lines and featuring featuring specialties from chefs on the cruise liners. She worked closely with the chefs to adapt recipes for home kitchens.<br><BR>For nine years she was a home economist on the Land O’Lakes Holiday Baking Hotline, where she responded to questions from consumers on a broad spectrum of baking issues. From this experience she gained a deeper appreciation for the challenges home bakers face.<BR> <br>Pat holds a bachelor’s degree in Food Research from Purdue University and a master’s degree in Foods from the University of Maryland. She is also a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). She lives in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis.</div>