Mary-Frances is the Senior Food Editor of Food & Wine, where she oversees recipes for the brand and edits stories about food and cooking. She is the author of Sweet Potatoes and her writing and recipes have appeared in numerous cookbooks and publications including The Wall St. Journal, Eating Well, and Epicurious. She is the former test kitchen director of Bon Appetit and worked in the test kitchens of Lucky Peach and Saveur. Mary-Frances earned her BA in history from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a degree in culinary arts from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY.