Ethel W. Brennan is a freelance writer and prop stylist. She is the coauthor of At the Farmers’ Market with Kids, Citrus, and Goat Cheese, and the author of Baby Gifts and Herbes de Provence. Her work as a prop stylist can be seen in such books as Vintage Cakes, SPQR, Princess Tea Parties, The Wild Table, Kokkari, Mixt Salads, The Cook and the Butcher, and The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook, which was nominated in 2011 for a James Beard Award for best photography. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and twin boys.