Leslie Miller is the author and editor of various cookbooks and lifestyle books, including Uncle Dave’s Cow: And Other Whole Animals My Freezer Has Known, Ethan Stowell’s New Italian Kitchen, and the collection Women Who Eat. She lives—and drinks Negronis—in Seattle.

Shantelle Pace, known online as She The Bartender, is a bartender and creator with an online community of more than 200,000 followers across social platforms. After leaving a leadership role in corporate America, she pursued bartending full time, pairing recipes with bold storytelling that centers women and challenges outdated ideas about gender, power, and identity. Her work has led to collaborations with leading spirit brands and recognition across major cities. With her belief in existing loudly, her journey is rooted in the mantra she wears as a tattoo: “Prove Them Wrong.”