Stephanie Swane

Stephanie Swane is the publisher of Modernist Cuisine and their in-house publishing department, The Cooking Lab for over 10 years. She develops and leads new publishing projects and partnership opportunities. She brings over 30 years of experience working on book publishing, global sales & distribution, brand management, foreign rights, production, and licensing to the team. In 2024, Stephanie added the management of the culinary and food science teams for their current project Modernist Pastry.

Publisher for the following award-winning Modernist Cuisine titles:

2017 - Modernist Bread – English edition

2019 - Modernist Bread - French, German, and Spanish editions

2021 - Modernist Bread – English edition

2022 – Modernist Bread -  French, German, and Spanish editions

2023 - Food & Drink The Photography of Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold

2024 - Modernist Bread at Home – English, Italian, French, German and Spanish editions

For the last decade, she has traversed the globe to help the team research bread, pastries and pizza from every imaginable angle. Stephanie has met with experts in baking, milling, agriculture, production, history, fermentation, equipment and ingredient manufacturers, and beyond. She regularly attends industry workshops and conferences that cover all aspects of baking, from commercial production to cereal science.

Prior to joining Modernist Cuisine, Stephanie worked with publishers that include becker&mayer!, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Putnam, Reader’s Digest Children’s Publishing, and Golden Books. She has worked with diverse groups of global brands, retailers, wholesalers, and licensors ranging from CBS/Paramount, Disney/Lucasfilm, Fox Entertainment, Hasbro, NBC/Universal, and Warner Bros. to Amazon Publishing, Barnes & Noble, Costco, Indigo, Target, and Williams-Sonoma. She holds an M.A. in media studies from The New School in NYC and a B.A. in art and a B.A in art history from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Stephanie is an active volunteer for Slice Out Hunger, who’s mission of #pizza4good is to fight food insecurity in the US.

Stephanie is an ambassador and the host of over 90-hour long episodes of Women in Pizza  IG Lives highlighting the amazing and inspiring pizzaiolas from around the globe and the moderator for Women in Pizza panels in US, Canada, and UK. She was recently included in the PMQ Pizza Magazine’s 20 Pizza Influencers for 2024.

In 2024, Stephanie had the opportunity to judge multiple categories in Las Vegas at the Pizza Expo and in Naples, Italy at the Caputo Cup.

From 2021 to 2023, Stephanie was part of the IACP Cookbook Awards Executive Committee in a variety of roles from Super Judge, Judge and lastly IACP Cookbook Awards Chair.

When not working on the next Modernist Cuisine project, Stephanie can be found in her Seattle garden and greenhouse. True to her Dakota farming roots, she enjoys growing exotic and native vegetables and fruits, including varieties of grains and tomatoes. She loves all things fermentation—from beer brewing to pickling.

Stephanie is also an active member of AACI, ACF, AIB, BBGA, Bakers Against Racism, Cherry Bombe Squad, IACP, Maine Grain Alliance, Northwest Editors Guild, Northwest Science Writers Association, Parabere Forum, Women in Hospitality, PNBA, and Women in Pizza.