Tara Bench has been in the food publishing industry for more than twenty years and is also the author of Live Life Deliciously: Recipes for Busy Weekdays and Leisurely Weekends. As a recipe developer and professional food stylist, she creates food content for brands, books, television, and advertising, as well as shares her expertise on her blog, TaraTeaspoon.com.

She was the food and entertaining director of Ladies’ Home Journal magazine and a food editor at Martha Stewart Living, Kids, and Weddings magazines. She frequently shares her expertise on TV, and has appeared on the Martha Stewart show, The Today Show, and the Food Network as a contestant and show judge. Tara encourages confidence in the kitchen with her attainable recipes for entertaining and everyday meals.