
Elinor Klivans
Contributor
Elinor Klivans is an award-winning pastry chef trained in France and the United States. She is the author of over 18 cookbooks, including Chocolate Cakes; 125 Cookies to Bake, Nibble, and Savor; and Bake and Freeze Desserts (a Julia Child Cookbook Award nominee), and coauthor of Williams Sonoma Essentials of Baking. Klivans is also a frequent guest on radio and television and has written for numerous magazines. In 2024, the Portland Press Harold profiled Klivans in a story about her Passover traditions.