Sarah Owens

Sarah Owens (she/her/they) is a horticulturist and celebrated James Beard award-winning cookbook author who specializes in fermentation and sourdough baking. Her work seeks the intersection between the natural world and the most celebrated aspects of living. Sarah believes that food is a powerful medium for storytelling that can anchor a community in shared experiences and traditions. After working as the curator of roses at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and baking professionally for over a decade in Brooklyn and Queens, she now lives in Sonoma County, California where she writes, bakes, and defends her small backyard garden from marauding deer.