Beth Allen
Cookbook Author
A book producer with over 30 years of experience, Beth Allen has created 22 successful state-of-the-art cookbooks for major publishers. She is well known for producing top-quality, illustrated cookbooks that are well researched, professionally developed, interesting to read, and reliable to use.
She is the coauthor of Junior's Home Cooking and Junior’s Cheesecake Cookbook, producer of The Quick Cook cookbook series, and writer for the Good Housekeeping Great American Classics Cookbook. Other books include Readers’ Digest Perfect Pies, A Cozy Book of Tea Time Treats, and Down Home Cooking, The New Healthier Way. She has contributed to such publications as the New York Times, Woman's Day, Self, and Chef Magazine.
Beth is a past president of Les Dames d’Escoffier International and the New York Chapter, where she currently serves on the Board of Directors as a Delegate at Large. She is past president of the New York Women’s Culinary Alliance and was a member of the board of directors for nine years. She is a member of the American Book Producers Association and a past member of its Board of Directors. She is also an active member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Beth has a master’s degree in advertising from the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree in food science/home economics & consumer food business from Iowa State University. She has studied culinary science at Ecolé de Cuisine La Varenne in Paris, France and at the Antoinette Pope School in Chicago, Illinois.
