Abra Berens

Abra Berens is a chef and author based in Michigan, and is a two-time James Beard Semifinalist for Best Chef, Great Lakes. Her cookbooks include Ruffage, which was a 2020 Michigan Notable Book winner and James Beard Award nominee; Grist, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Art of Eating Prize and named an Essential Cookbook by The New Yorker; and Pulp, named a 2023 Best Cookbook of the Year by Epicurious, Vice, Library Journal, and more. Today, she is the owner and headmaster at Everyday Cooking School in Traverse City, MI, as well as the Culinary Director at Large at Granor Farm in Three Oaks, Michigan.