Title:Contributing WriterEducation:Middlebury College, Institute of Culinary EducationLocation:Reno, NevadaExpertise:Recipe development, baking, performance cooking for athletesBrooke Siem is both a chef to professional athletes and the surprising face of psychiatric drug withdrawal awareness and advocacy. Her second book, May Cause Side Effects, won the 2023 BIBA Prize for memoir and was named as one of Good Morning America’s most anticipated reads. Her first book, Prohibition Bakery, was a 2015 Gourmand Award Finalist. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Post, Psychology Today, EatingWell, Esquire, Tasting Table, The Rumpus and more. She is a Food Network Chopped champion and founder of the newsletter Happiness Is a Skill.B.A. in History, Middlebury College; Degree in Culinary Arts, Institute of Culinary EducationEatingWell, aDotdash Meredith Brand, has been publishing award-winning journalism about food, nutrition and sustainability since 1990. Our mission is to share flavor-packed recipes from around the world, celebrating fresh ingredients and the farmers, artisans and chefs who bring them to our table. Through science-backed nutrition advice and smart stories about sustainability, we help readers live their best lives. Learn moreabout usand oureditorial process.

Title:Contributing WriterEducation:Middlebury College, Institute of Culinary EducationLocation:Reno, NevadaExpertise:Recipe development, baking, performance cooking for athletes

Title:Contributing Writer

Education:Middlebury College, Institute of Culinary Education

Location:Reno, Nevada

Expertise:Recipe development, baking, performance cooking for athletes

Brooke Siem is both a chef to professional athletes and the surprising face of psychiatric drug withdrawal awareness and advocacy. Her second book, May Cause Side Effects, won the 2023 BIBA Prize for memoir and was named as one of Good Morning America’s most anticipated reads. Her first book, Prohibition Bakery, was a 2015 Gourmand Award Finalist. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Post, Psychology Today, EatingWell, Esquire, Tasting Table, The Rumpus and more. She is a Food Network Chopped champion and founder of the newsletter Happiness Is a Skill.

B.A. in History, Middlebury College; Degree in Culinary Arts, Institute of Culinary Education

EatingWell, aDotdash Meredith Brand, has been publishing award-winning journalism about food, nutrition and sustainability since 1990. Our mission is to share flavor-packed recipes from around the world, celebrating fresh ingredients and the farmers, artisans and chefs who bring them to our table. Through science-backed nutrition advice and smart stories about sustainability, we help readers live their best lives. Learn moreabout usand oureditorial process.