title: The (Faux) Pastry Chef: How I Found My Baking Fix
author: Mimi  Shotland Fix
description: Mimi Shotland Fix, a self-taught pastry chef, is the author of <i>Start &amp; Run a Home-Based Food Business</i> and <i>Home Baking for Profit</i>. Her career began in 1979 when she started a home-based baking business. She has since owned several successful retail bakeries, worked as head baker/pastry chef for multiple restaurants, and worked in corporate research and development kitchens. Later, she returned to school for an MA in writing and food studies. She owns Baking Fix, a culinary consulting firm, is an adjunct instructor in several local colleges, and teaches two classes through the Culinary Institute of America (CIA).
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  **A Pastry Princess**
  
   **Copyright © September 2011 by Jan Irving**
  
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