About the Author
Jen lives in Portland with her imaginary mini bulldog and a lot of leftovers. Her hobbies include browsing grocery stores and farmers markets, experimenting with recipes involving melted chocolate and lots of it, reading The Onion, taking pictures of pocket ninjas, trying new cavas, and thinking about lunch. She has been a cook, food stylist, dessert caterer, and teacher, but these days, she writes about all the best things to eat and drink in Portland and beyond, for various media outlets and on her website, underthetablewithjen.com. She also runs wordcake.com.

